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Mr      ROBERT      B  A  I  L  L  I  E, 
I  Principal  of  the  Univcrfity  of  Glafgow. 

(  "         Carefully  tranfciibcd  by  Robert  Aiken. 


-  / 


Containing  an  impartial  accoiinf.  of  public  tranfaflions,  Civil, 
Eccleiialtic,  and  Military,  both  in  England  and  Scotland, 
from  i6<7  to  1662;  a  period,  perhaps,  the  moil  remarkable 


I  i  that  is  to  be  met  with  in  the  Britilh  iiiilory. 


Aa  Account  of  the  Author's  Life,   prefixed  j 

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p.  no.  1.  44--,  p.  118.  1.  24.;  p.  137.  1.  36.;  p.  177.  1.  i.-> 
p.  202.  1.41- •>  P-  -97-  1- 3^'  37- •'  P-  299-  1-  15- >  P-  3°> 
1.  5, ;  p.  314.  I.  17. ;  p.  335.  i.  40.  ill  all  thcfc yir  PoUocl: 
read  PvoUock. 


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our  prince 

your  prince 

89. 

24. 

Parens 

Parens 

135- 

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uproars 

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33- 

their 

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voiccrs 

voices 

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Moufley 

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170, 

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Altar 

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302. 

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Andrew  Pollock 

Ilcnry  Rollock 

305- 

22. 

Syncclymnias 

Smedtymnuus 

309- 

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burrow 

borrow 

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Monkey 

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P>irkenbog 

320. 

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Balcolume 

Balcolmy 

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Strange 

35«- 

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beleaguer 

365- 

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they  could  confide. 

could  they  confide  ? 

415. 

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Nicolfoa 

Nicholas 

117- 

41. 

women 

woman 

444. 

24. 

cakuunitics 

calamities 

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270. 

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above 

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281. 

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Duke.                  ''■'■' 

288. 

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confident 

293- 

I. 

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the  tower^ 

321. 

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in  fo  far 

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LETTERS     and     JOURNALS, 

■  ■       '  *  "     .    ■ ";  w  R  I  T  T  E  N       B  Y 

':    '     Principal   R  o  b  E  R  t    B  a  i  L  l  i  E.  \ 

50.  To  Mr  mniam  Spang.     Jpril  19-  1644. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Coufm,  .,  ■ 

You. s  of  tko  .2,hot  this  infant  ,h,s  day  I,""'-^' 

written  for  Mr  Durie,  is   n.ore  than  I  .now      tl.u  the  1^ 
nod  did  never  write  for  him,  or  any  n.an  elle    1  ^^^ 
furedly  ;  for  fmaller  actions  exceed  thc.r  V^''''\.%Y. 
Xer  to  the  fvnod  I  heard  read  with  no  great  rcga:d  ,   tor   t 
favoured  of  fomewhat.     If  he  be  pleaied  to  eo.ne  over  to 
oXd    hemayrefolve   to  be   taken  ^vh.]e  he  hves  by  t  s 
dl  h"  e  for  a  malignant ;  and  if  he  ihould  come  to  us  vuh 
t   e  leaft  tinaure  of  Epifcopacy,   or  htt,rp,ck  learnmg    he 
wotdd  not  be  welcome  to  any  I  know.      As  Y-^    «-/;  ; 
man,  perfuade  hhn  to  Hay   at    this  tm.e  wh.ic   ^'^ ^'^^ 
canno    be  fo  well   or  honourably  emp  oyed  any  wl..c  I 
know.     As  for  Dr  Forbes,  you  have  done  very   wd       a 
xny  mind,  who  have  not  given  hnn  your  pulp  t       As  y 
deilremntobemiftakea   by   too  many,  ^^^  j'^^  not  wua 
him,  or  any  who  flee  from  our  church-cenlure.     I  know 
Ul^xe  arc  fundry  exceptions  againft  that  man,  and  that 
the  laft  general  alTen.bly  gave  order  to  enter   m  procds  a 
cainft  him.     No  man  did  more  for  hm.  n.  the  allembly  ot 
Sb  ^iin  Ihan  I ;  but  it  is  my  earned  advice  to  you,  t.  i.^ 
him  away,  and  not  to  engage  yourielf  u^  any  of  his   at. 

^O^r  aEtirs  here  go  very  ftrangely.  '^^' ^^'^J^ 
Newark  cai\  us  much  down  ;  the  v^ciory  ^^  "^^  nn  I 
puts  us  as  far  up.  AVe  hoped  Sir  "^ ^^'^ ^^"^^  ''''^ 
Shortly  regain  ill  the  north-,  we  feared  Pnne  Rvi-^'. 
-.voukl  make  havock  ia  my  Lord  Manchcftcr  s  ..U.c  a  . 
•    Vol.  II..  A  ^^     '^ 


I A  a 


•  i  r<^l  .qi     '.:■ 


2  To  Air  U'lUiam  Spang.  Let.  50. 

tlons  :  but  in  both  we  were  clean  dlfappolntcd.  PriiKC 
I\up;n't  m;id^  a  haily  march  to  iShrcwlbury  ;  Sir  Wilhani 
Waller's  forces  inched  quickly  to  a  poor  handful  -,  the 
Lqndoners,  and  others,  as  is  their  miikent  cuilom,  after 
a  piece  of  fervlce,  get  home  :  fo  that  Waller  being  weaker 
than  the  quickly-rallied  forces  of  the  enemy,  were  forced 
to  retire  without  the  conqueft  of  one  foot  of  ground. 
We  are  exceeding  fad  and  alJiamed  that  our  army,  fo 
much  talked  of,  has  done  as  yet  nothing  at  all,  \\'hat 
can  be  the  reafon  of  it  we  cannot  guefs,  only  we  think, 
that  Cod,  to  humble  our  pride,  and  to  difappoint  the  carnal 
confidence  of  oiu-  friends,  has  not  yet  been  plcafed  to  af-  | 

"  ilfb  theni.     Thefe   bygone  days  there,  has  been  the  matter  ^ 

of  our  Ihamc  and  fear.     AVe  were  begun  to  think,  it  was  \ 

the  General's  wildom,  having  Sunderland,  a  port  open  by  j 

i'ea,  and  having  q\iartered  by  eaft  and  ibuth    to  Durham,  1 

v/hereby  he  was  provided  in  plenty  of   vicStuals  and  forage,  3 

to   defeat   the   enemy  without   flroke  of   fword.     In    this  I 

hope  Ave  were  confn-med,  when  the  other  news  we  heard  of  i 

the  great  victory    of  Sir  Thomas   Fairfax   and    IMeldruin  | 

jit  Selby,  which  made   our   friends   ablblutely  mafters  of  | 

the  fields  in  Yoikfliire,  and  enabled  them,  without  impedi-  I 

inent,  to  follov/  their  iiillruL^ions,  of  going  down  to  join  with  \ 

our  army,  or  fill  on  Newcaflle's  back.   This  put  us  in  hopes  ) 

quickly  to  be  conquerors  of  al!  the  north.  Only  thisw.is  our  j 

•   grief,  that  litde  honour  would  come  to  our  army,  which  had  \ 

Jo  long  done  lo  little.  Ungrate  people  did  not  conlider 
that  our  lying  th.ere  did  keep  off  tliat  great  and  very  con- 

/ilderable  army  of  Newcaflle,  v/ho  being  free  of  us,  had, 
Vvithout  doubt,  not  only  kept  Fairfax  in  his  old  holes,  but 
3\ad,  in  all  likelihood,  been  lon;j  a^o  at  the  oates  of  London, 
llov/ever,  v/e  were  glad  that  Uod  Ihould  end  the  work, 
hew  fmall  a  part  focver  we  flioulu  ha^■e  in  the  praife. 
But  behold  we  have  other  thoughts  this  day  put  in  our 
heads  :  Prince  Rupert,  we  are  advertlfcd,  has  gathered, 
together  an  army  of  12,000  men  ;  and  that,  with  all  fpeed, 
lie  is  marching  northward  to  join  with  Newcaftle,  and  to 
crufh  Fairfax  in  his  vi-ay,  that  all  together  may  thunder 
on  our  army.  AVe  are  looking  up  to  God.  This,  if  hq 
help  not,  m.ay  wrack  us.  We  have  fent  to  Manchefler  to 
follow.  We  hope  oin-  ai-my  will  be  advcrtifed,  that  they 
may  fght  before  Prince  P^upert  conic.  All  here  thought 
Prince  Rupert  woidd  liave  come  hitherward  ;  but  the  fa- 
ta' lazinefs  of  all,  and  tre;'.cherv  of  the  faction  hcre^ 
\nakcs  i\xzm  all   fvgi\re   iU   Qxiovdj    and   inilVcgard  our 

threats, 


;  (• 


rj) 


Let.  50*      '     '      T-o  Mr  IVilUam  Spang.  "         -J 

threats.  This  day  was  appoinrccl  a  rendezvous  at  Aylef- 
bury  for  our  forces,  more  than  30,000,  to  go  feek  the 
King  where-cver  lie  be.  Oxford  was  iaid  to  prepare  for  a 
fiege  ;  the  Queen  and  the  children  to  be  in  the  way  to 
Brifto),  and  thence  to  IreLand  or  France  :  but  not  a  man 
have  wc  in  rcadinefs;  "Waller's  army  is  molten  away; 
Manchcfler's  are  moftly  north  ;  the  General  will  be  re- 
cruiting till  doomfday  ;  the  city  is  on  their  new  motions 
of  levying,  on  their  p;iy,  20,000  foot :  but  wliile  thefc 
conceits  are  in  daily  debate,  the  enemy  is  in  action. 
Your  good  amb.ifladors  have  fo  encouraged  and  flrength- 
ened  the  potent  faction  in  both  houfes,  and  in  the  city, 
that  we  mull:  be  miferably  fpending  all  our  thoughts  and 
,time  in  drav/ing  up  articles  of  peace,  while  the  enemy  is 
encoiTipalling  us  for  our  j'uin.  It  is  faid  that  a  peace  to 
the  King's  mind  is  drawn  up  already  in  private,  which  we 
muft  either  be  perfuaded  or  forced  to  accept.  Great 
jealoufies  here.  One  favoui^able  blow  in  the  noith  woidd 
make  both  the  open  and  fecret  malignants  dcfpair,  and 
take  our  too  merciful  conditions.  They  fiy  the  Queen's 
child  is  dead  in  her  belly,  and  that  Ihe  takes,  now  and 
then,  convullions  of  a  palfv. 

Our  affembly  at  laft  has  perfedled  ordination,  both  \a 
the  doiSti'inal  and  directory  parts.  I  think,  to-morrov/, 
they  ihall  prefent  it  to  the  Houfes.  It  has  coft  vis  much 
labour,  and  above  twenty  long  fcl'ions.  1  hope  it  Ihall 
do  good,  and  over  all  this  land  Ihall  erecl  piefcntly  an 
aflbciation  of  miniiters  to  ordain.  Our  preltjytcry  Ihall 
fliortly  follow.  The  Independents  are  refulved  yet  to  give 
in  their  reafons  apainft  us,  and  that  will  be  the  bepinnin'j- 
of  an  open  fchifm.  Likely,  alter  tint,  we  vvill  be  forced 
to  deal  with  thcni  as  open  enemies.  They  h;ive  been  here 
nioft  unhappy  inftiumcncs,  the  principal, _  if  not  the  fole 
caufes,  why  the  parliament  were  fo  long  in  culling  an  af- 
fembly,  and  when  it  was  called,  why  n<  thing  in  a  whole 
year  coidd  be  gotten  concluded.  In  the  mc.m  time  they, 
over  all  the  land,  are  making  up  a  faction  to  their  own 
way,  the  far  molt  part  whereof  is  fallen  oiT  to  Anabap- 
tilm  and  Antinomianifm.  Sundry  alio  wovjc,  if  vv'oi-j'c; 
needs  be:  the  mortality  of  the  foul,  the  denial  of  angels 
and  devils,  and  caft  oil  all  facraments,  and  many  blalpe- 
mous  things.  All  tb.-^fe  are  from  New  England,  where 
divers  are  in  irons  ior  their  blafphemics,  condemned  to 
perpetual  ilavery,  and  well    near  by   a  f.w  vojes   it   went 

A  i  for 


4  to  Mr  J'/iliiam  Spang.  Let.  50.. 

for  the  lite.  They  proclaim  their  fears  of  the  rigours  of 
IDrcfbytery.  Poilibly  they  are  coufcious  of  their  unfuEFer- 
ablc  teiitts,  and  certainly  they  know  their  own  rigour  a- 
gainft  the  Prefbytcrians.  In  all  New  England,  no  liberty 
of  living  for  a  Prcfl^yterian.  Whoever  there,  were  they 
angels  for  life  and  doctrine,  will  eflity  to  fet  up  a  different 
way  from  them,  fliall  be  furc  of  prefent  banilhment.  Be 
diligent,  we  befeech  you,  with  your  fynod.  While  I  am 
wriiing  this,  praife  to  God  for  evermore,  a  melTengcr 
comes  to  us  from  our  army,  fliev/ing,  that  on  Fi-iday  night 
the  enemy  hearing  of  Fairfax's  victory,  marched  away 
from  Durham  towards  the  Tyfc  j  that  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day we  were  following,  and  were  within  three  miles  of 
them,  rcfolving  to  follow  whcre-evcr  they  went.  The 
great  God  be  with  us.  I  mufl  clofe,  for  the  poll  is  go- 
ing.      ,     •    .  ; 


51.  For  Mr  Willuvn  Spang.     Jpril  2^.  1644.    ■ 

Reverend  and  Dear  Coufin, 
Yours  of  the  iSth  I  received.  You  have  fomc  of 
inmc  fince.  The  employments  of  Pvlr  C.  was  procured  by 
Ivlr  Strickland's  letters,  calling  for  him  oft  by  name  ;  be- 
fides,  he  is  of  very  good  efteem  with  us  all  •,  neither  had 
\vc  any  ready  of  iuch  truft.  The  books  you  wrote  for 
you  fliall  have  all  Ihortly,  and  what  more  you  delire.  I 
Avifli  all  odds  in  our  counts  were  evened ;  for  I  am  too 
long  behind  ;  whercfoj-e  1  pray  you  write  hitlicr  for  what 
you  plcafe.  We  are  all  very  I'enhble  of  your  prudent  di- 
ligence J  by  all  means  go  on  \vith  your  divines  for  their 
anfwer.  I  wiih  thefc  whom  you  have  engaged  in  Zealand 
were  put  on  to  engage  with  themfelvcs  the  divines  of  the 
other  provinces,  eipecially  the  prefl^ytcry  of  Leyden,  alio 
r>.ivet  and  Voetius.  There  is  great  need  ;  for  this  is  a  \t-> 
ry  wavering  and  iickle  people.  Write  what  they  pleafe  a- 
gainfl  biiuops  and  ceremonies  obiter^  for  our  contirma-< 
tion  ;  for  dicfe  are  are  now  out  of  the  hearts  of  all  here 
^Imoft  :  but  above  ail,  and  in  carneli,  let  them  exhort  to 
be  watchful  againft  anarcliical  fchifms,  and  the  herefies  of 
Autinomians  and  ii.nabaptifts.  Thefe  three  come  toge- 
ther cordially  againil  all  ihe  Reformed  churches,  and  in- 
ereafc  lo  much  in  nuniber  and  boldutis,  as  eafily  they 
y,'Ould  carry  all  here  to  a  lamcniablc  coafiilion,  if  the  fear 

of 


(    .V  .    i.^  \:. 


Let.  5i»'   ,  -For  Mr  JVUIiam  Spang.  5? 

of  our  armies  did  not  keep  them  in  order;    and,  as  it  is^ 
many  fear  they  jlvall  do  much,  if  God  prevent  it  not.    We 
have  given  in  to  the  parliament  our  conchillons  anent  or-: 
dinatlon  ;  wheretipon,  1  think,  we  have  fpent  above  forty 
.lons^  feffions.     To  prevent  a  prefent  rupture  with  the   In- 
dependents, v/e  were  content  not  to  give   in   our   propofi- 
tions  of  prefbyterics  and  congregations,  that  we  might  not" 
necelTitate  them  to  givt^  in  their  remonhrance   againlt   ouv* 
conclufions,  which   they  are   percmptor  to   do    when  wc- 
come  on  that  matter.     We   judged   it   alfo   convenient  to 
delay  till  we  had  gone  through   the   whole  matters  of  the 
prefoyteries  and  fynods  ;  to  fend   them  up   rather  ia  their 
full  ftrcngth  than  by  pieces ;  alfo  we  fullered   oiu-felves  to 
be  perfuaded  to  efchew  that  rupture  at  this  time,  when  it 
were  fo  dangerous  for  their  brucklc  ftate.     The  Independ-- 
ents  having  fo  managed  their  atfairs,   that  of   the   officers' 
and  ibldiers  in    Manchelfer's   army,    certainly  alfo   in   thd 
General's,  and,  as  1  hear,  in  Waller's  iikewile,  more  than 
the  two  parts  arc  for  them,  and  thefe  of  the  far  moft  re- 
folute  and  confident  men  for  the  parliament-party.     Judge 
ye  if  v.'e  had  not  need  of  our  friends  help,     i  wilh  we  hwd 
letters    by   fome   of  your  friends  means  from  Switzerland 
and  Geneva  ;    and   however   the    French   divines  dare  not 
keep  'publick    correfpondence,    and    I   hear   the  chief   of 
them  are  like  fome  of  yours,  fo  much  cotu-tiors,  that  they 
will  not  help  us  in  the  half  they  dare  and  might,    policy 
and  prudence  fo  far  keeps   down   their   charity  and  zeal; 
yet  I  think  fome  of  the  minifters  of  Paris,  and  their  pro- 
felTors,  if  ihcy  were  dealt  with   by  fome   of  your  friends^ 
might,  in  private  letters,   either   to    fome    here,    or    fome: 
with  you,  write  fo  much    of  their   mind   in   this    publick 
caufe  of  church-governmeiit,  as  miglit  contribute   to  tlic 
encouragement  of  this  fainting  and  weak-hearted  people. 
In  any  letters  that  come  here,  1  wilh  they  m;iy  be  Ipari'.M^ 
of  the  point  of  the   magiftrate  ;  alio  in  the   enlarging   ot 
the  power  of  particular  congregations.     I  v^ilL  they  niighc 
fpcak  home  to  that   you  aiiure  is  their  practice,  of  givin^^ 
ordination  only  to  the   clafies,   ai^.d  excommunication,  at 
leail  tor  regulating   of  the   procefs ;    albeit   vs'c   make    the 
chief  parts  of  the  procefs  to  be  led  before  the  dalles,   and 
gives  them  the  power  of  the  decree  ;  for  we  count  it  a  ;;;?/- 
Jd  conijuunis^  and  of  fo   fiigh  a  confeouence  as  can  l)e,  to 
cut  cfl"  a  member,  not  from  cme   congreg:.tion  only,  but 
the  wliole  church  and  body  of  Chrill.     Our  brethren  h.erc 
•  .  arc 


6  ■  For  Mr  William  Spang,  Let.  514 

are  fo  pcrcmptor,  that  they  will  by  no  means  tie  themfelves 
fo  much  as  to  advile  any  thing  in  the  whole   proceis   with 
tlie  chifies;  only  when  they  have  fcntenccd,  it"  they  be  rc- 
quiretl,  they  will  give  an  account  to  any  whom  they  have 
otlenclLcl.     We  have  got  letters  this  day  fi-om  our  army  at 
Wethcrby.     The  JNIarquis  of  Newcaftle   ftole   away   from 
}3urham  ;  we  followed  fo  fafl  as   we   could.     He    is   now 
.  with  all  his  remaining  forces,  in  York,  and  about  it.    We 
and  Fairfax  are  joinetl,  and  lie  about  York,    at  fomc   di- 
fiance,   at  Sclby,   Welherby,   Tadcaftcr,    &c.      Prince  R.u- 
pert   is   expected,    and  MancheAer   on   his    back.     Likely 
there   muil   be   blood    flaed    there,    except    God,    without, 
blood,   (as  hitherto  we   have   fhed   very   little,    thanks    to 
God),  make  them    melt   away.     Waller   coidd    make    no 
ufe  ol'   his  viclory  \  for  prefcntly  the   London   foot   would 
home.     The  General  alio  called   back    his  horfe.     The  e- 
nemy  incontinent  drew  up  fo  firong,  that  Sir  William  was 
forced  to  give  ground,  and  return  to  Farnham.     Jealoufy 
and  lazinefs,   and   pojllbly  correfpondence    with   Oxford, 
for  all  our  great  wo;ds  to  keep   a   general   rendezvous  on 
Friday  the  19th,  makes  that  yet  we  are  not   near  ready  to 
march.     V/e  have,   through  your   amballadors,    and   the 
friends  of  Oxtord  among  us  their  importunitv,    been  more 
iiiarply  debating  propolitions    of   peace  than   thinking   of 
war.     Yet   as   all   other  our  enemies  plots,  fo  haply  this 
fliall  turn  to  our  good  :   for  that  which  feejus  was   intend- 
ed lor  dlvlhon  of  the  nations,   and  of  the  one  lioufe  from 
the  other,  and  of  the  Iloufe  of  Commons  among   them- 
selves,  and  the  city  among  themfelves,    I   hope   fhali,  be- 
fore all  be  done,  unite  them  all  the  more   hrmly  ;   for  we 
are  all  like  to  agree  to  itard  to   fuch    articles   of   peace  as 
fliall  give  the  contrivers   of   the   motion   fmall   advantape. 
The  Qiieen  is  towards  Ih-iitol.     The  reports  of  her  health. 
are  various.      Procla.n.uions   from    the  iving    call  for    the 
victuals  of  the  neighbouring  counties  to  Oxford,  or  threat- 
ens fire. 


London y  j^pr'il  26, 


Robert  Baillie. 


.  52.  To  Mr  David  Dickfon.     ylpril  2C).  1644. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
Yours,  in  the  begiiuiing  of  April,  wc  received   ycftcr-< 

•  .  Di'jlit. 


■\<>   .tri'.. ,. 


.:i ;  .l.l--.vi     I 


..i..oa 


j^et,  r2'  '      fo  Mr  David  Dickfon.  J 

nmlit.     Your   letters   and   memory,   believe  it,   ure  very 
fweet  to  all  here.     I  hope  before   this   you   have  received 
manv  of  mine  fiace  the  i8th  of  February.     You  have  here 
the  doubles   of   my  letters  to  Mr  William  Spang,    and   his 
to  me.     Thefe    are    to    yourfclf,    Mr  llobert,  and  Mr  G. 
YouncT  J  alfo  the  paper  the  fynod  gave   in    to    the    parlia- 
ment.    Of  this  no  copies  are  yet   come  out ;   fo  keep  it  to 
yourfelf  alone.     Difperfc  the  reft  as   you  think   fit.      For 
publick  news  that  any  may  fee,    I  have   fent    you   printed 
papers  to  fpare  my  wriiing.     The  moft  in  the  diurnal  and 
intelligences  are  true.     Aulicus  and  Britannicus   are  for 
jcfts  only,  and  not  worth    the  reading.     \'ou  have  in  my 
wife's  letter  a  paper  for  foreign  news.     I  wrote  to  you  my 
mincl  anent  the  motion  of  our  coming  down  to  the  general 
aflembly.     I  am  ilill  of  that  niind,  and  my  Lord  Warifton. 
thinks  fo  with  me  ;  yea,  it  is  all  our  minds  that   Mr  Ilen- 
derfon  cannot  be  fparcd  •,   for  the  matter  of  both   govern- 
ment and  directory,  efpecially  in  the  points  of  prayer,  ia- 
craments,   preaching,  which  we  have  given  in  already  ;   the 
•  caiechifm,  which   is   almofc  ready,  and  the  other  parts  al- 
io, will  fhortly  be  in  fuch  a  maturity,  that  about  the  midit 
and  end  of  JMay  it    is   like   our  work  lludl  be  hottefl;.      ISIr 
Henderfon's  abfence  for  a  little  might  not  only  retard,  but 
alfo  ptu  matters  fo  far  v/rong,  as  wotdd   not   in    hade   be 
cotten  riidited.     For  any  other  ol  us  to  come  down  to  the 
aflembly,  we  conceive,  were   not  only  very  needlefs,  but 
in  fome  rcfpevSts,  which   I   will  not  write,  difidvaiuagcou:; 
to  affairs  here  and  there  both  ;    yet   if   you    oa   tiie    |)Iace 
think  lit  to  fend  for  any  or   all   of  tis,    we  are  all  willing 
and  ready  to  obey  yotu-  calls.     Hovv^ever,   in    this   long   a- 
narchy,  the  fe*^tarics  and  hercticks   increafe   marvcUoi'.fly  ; 
yet  we  are  hopeful,  if   God   might  liclp  us,  to  have   our 
prefl^yteries  erected,  as  we  expecl   ihortly   to    have    them, 
and  get  the  chief  of  the  Independents   to    join    with   us   in 
our  practical  conclufions,  as  we  are  labouring  mtich  tor  it, 
and  are  not  yet  out  of  hope,   we  trtilt,    to   win   about    ail 
the  relt  of  thele    wild   and    enormous   people.      However, 
for  the  time,  the  coni'uiions  about  religion  are  very  great, 
and  remedilcfs.     There  were  many  bickerings,  and  fear  of 
breaking,  about  the  articles  of  peace  ;   but,  tnanks  to  (Jod, 
I  hope  that  fear  be  pall.     The   committee    of   both    king- 
donis  has  unanimoidly  agreed  the  articles,  which  my  Lord 
AVarifton,  for  the  far   moll   part,    drew    up.      I    lidnk  he 
piay  cQme  down  \viih  lUcm  hiiuielf  ouc  of  t;hcfe  days,  \q 

b.; 


.   -  "    ■  :i  'i    ■,     '.I  I    :  ii.    .    . 


«  To  Mr  David  Did/on.  Let.  52/ 

lie  agreed  to  by  you  there.  Upon  your  firft  hearing  of 
his  coming  to  Editiborgh,  make  hafte  to  be  at  him,  for  l\c 
cannot  Aay.  The  articles  are  inch  as  uoubtlefs  the  King 
•will  fcorn,'  till  his  wicked  council  and  party  be  broken, 
which,  by  God's  help,  will  fliortly  be.  Prhice  Rupert,  lb 
^ar  as  vet  we  hear,  is  to  come  Ibuth  to  join  with  the  reit 
about  Oxford.  We  hope  ere  long  to  be  on  the  llclds  with 
a  great  army  •,  Eflex,  Waller,  and  Manchefter.  In  the 
mean  time,  Lefly  and  Fairfax,  we  hope  in  G.od,  fliall  get 
York  ;  and  then  we  conceive  the  reft  will  faint  and  give 
over.  The  florm  wdiich  long  has  been  threatening  you 
from  Monirofe  and  the  reit  in  the  fouth,  lliuuly,  and 
thefc  in  the  north,  are  like  to  break  vrry  feafoiiably.  1  hope 
it  ihall  do  no  harm  but  to  the  contrivers.  We  look  for  a 
merciful  and  glorious  end  of  all  thefe  troubles.  I  pray  you 
remember  my  love  and  bcft  attcflions  to  all  our  fcholars,  and 
to  thefe  moft  who  give  you  greatck  fatisfaftion.  All  of  them, 
who  will  be  gracious  and  learned,  are  likely  to  be  well  pro- 
vided, if  once  v«'e  had  peace.  — —The  Lord  be  with  you, 
Your  Brother,  Robekt  Baillie. 


53.  For  my  lord  Eglinton.     Jpril  ^o.  1644. 

My  very  good  Lord, 
I  am  much  refreihed  to  hear  of  your  Lordfhip's  good 
health  in  fo  hard  and  laborious  fcrvices.  1  do  oft  joy  to 
hear  of  your  Lordlhip's  perfonal  valour  and  fuccefs.  I 
pray  God  prcferve  your  Lordlhip  from  all  hurt.  All  our 
worldly  hopes  depend  on  the  happinefs  of  that  your  army. 
You  are  every  day  near  the  hearts  of  all  the  godly  here. 
Next  to  the  falvation  of  our  fouls,  v/c  wifh  that  army 
profperity.  We  etleem  our  lives  and  eftates,  and,  which 
is  more  dear  to  us,  our  religion  and  liberties,  both  ours 
and  the  poflerity's  in  all  the  three  kingdoms,  to  be  at  this 
time  in  your  hands.  We  truft  in  the  goodnefs  of  our 
God,  that  he  wull  furniih  you  with  fo  much  grace,  wif- 
dom,  and  courage,  that  you  fluiU  make  to  us,  and  after 
ares,  a  very  good -account  of  thefe  greatell  and  moil;  pre- 
ci'cjus  jewels  which  you  now  carry  on  the  points  of  your 
fwords.  We  are  very  hopeful  here,  that  when  God  gives 
you  a  profperous  day  againO:  York,  it  Jhall  be  a  real  de- 
feating of  all  the  enemies  both  before  and  behind  you. 
For  qc'curreiKes  here,  I  know  your  Lordihip  in  that  com- 

.         '  ->  mittcc 

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Let.  53.  For  my  Lord  Eglinfot:.  p 

mittee  receives  them  from  much  bcttjr  nnd  more  legible 
hands  than  mine  ;  only  1  do  here  prLftnt  yotir  Loidihip 
with  .1  copy  of  my  poor  fermon,  and  with  my  very  hearty 
fervice  ;  tor  well  it  becomes  mc,  all  the  days  of  my  life,  to 
remain,  your  Lordlhip's  very  aliection.ue  lervant, 

Robert  Baillie. 


■^         54-.  To  Mr  JVlUiam  Spang.     Blay  3.  1644. 

'    Reverend  and  Dear  Couhn, 

Yours  of  the  I'^th  of  April  I  received.     You  had  two 
of  me  fince,   and  this  is  ilie  third  ;   fo  you  arc  much  in  my 
debt  J  but  1  moil  freely  forgive   you.     For  that    letter  of 
your  fynod,   a  better  turn  could  not  have  been  done  to  lis. 
It  was  read  with  very  good   acceptance,   and  a  committee 
is  appointed,   not  only  to  tranflate,  and  tranfmit  it   to   the 
Houfes,  as  the  i-ornier,  but  to  ihink  of  an  anfwer ;   which, 
according  to  their  woeful   way,    cannot    be   expected    for 
fome  montlis.     Doubtlefs  the  point  of  the  magillrate  will 
hinder  the  printing  of  it  here  j  but  we  wifli  it  were    print- 
ed  there,   and  fent  over,  with  the  foimer  of  Wallacnren's. 
No  man  here  can  get  the  copy  of  either.     We  have  print- 
ed our  letter  to  you  both  in  Latin  and  Engliih,  why  Ihould 
not  you  do  the  like  with  yom-s  to  us  ?  alio  in  your  V/ala-> 
chren  letter,  if  I  remember,  you   profefs  your  putting  ia 
print  your  former  letter  to  the    fynod  ;    certainly   there   is 
much  more  ufj  of  thcfe  two  latter.     What  I  wrote,  of  en- 
gaging your  other  provinces,  profelTors,  and  other  church- 
es, you  will  do  what  you  may  herein.      I   fent   to    you    by- 
Thomas  Cunningha.n  my  fennon  before  •,  but  receive  now 
another  ;  aifo  three  of  Goodwin's  pieces,  one  at  5  s.  ano- 
ther at  r  s.   ^  d.  a  thuxl  at  i  s.  6  d.     I  cannot  help  the  ex- 
traordinary dearth.      Th^.y  fay,  the  great   fum   which   the 
author  puts  on  his  copy  ii  the  caufc  of  It.     Alfo  ?Iuet   on 
Daniel,  at  2  s.    lod.   and   a   v.'ickcd  piece,  which   one   o£ 
the  Independents  wrote  againft  D.  Stuart,   at   6  d.      la    all 
IIS.  4  d.     For  the  folio  liuie,  as  yet  I  have  not   got  any 
to  my  mind.     I   hear   you    may   have   better  and  cheaper 
there-,  lb  I  would  fend  none  till  you  advertifed  again.    Mr 
Saniuel  has  fent  vou  one  of  lii:>  fermons,  and  one   of  his 
great  bool;s  which  came  out  the  other  day;  alfo  other  two 
to  Voetius  and  jMr  Forbes  at  Delft.     Mr  George  alfo  fends 
Tou  his  fermou.     All  thcfc  arc  bouud  up  together,  and 
"    Vol.  JI.  C  delivered 


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To  Mr  JVlUuvn  Spang. 


Let.  54. 


dclivoicd  to  Mr  Tcrcn's  man,  who  undertook  to  ret  all 
ral"e  lo  you  what  I  {"cnt  him.  I  cannot  tell  how  thinos  90 
here.  If  God  do  r.v)t  tlds  work,  it  will  j)c-rilh  ol-'idclf 
without. an  enemy.  Extreme  inlack  of  money  for  all  oc- 
cailons,  which  )  tt  daily  are  many  and  <;n.at  ;  a  miolu/ 
party  in  the  llouies,  in  the  city,  and  every  where,  who 
mind  their  own  things,  and  caufe  fuch  dillrulb,  and  feai-s 
of  treachery,  as  are  tormidable  ;  in  all  the  armies  great 
divifions,  and  extreme  v/ant  of  pay.  When  \vc  have  anv 
truce  with  the  Independents  anent  our  prelhytery,  we  fall 
in  new  wars  v»ith  otiicrs.  Tor  our  felTions,  a  r;reat  party 
m  the  fynod,  for  lear  of  ruling  ciders,  and  in  oppoluion 
to  Independency,  will  have  no  ecclefiaftlck  court  at  all, 
but  one  prefbytery  for  all  the  congregations  within  its 
bounds.  1  cannot  tell  }ou  our  daily  perplexities;  vet  wc 
•mufi:  truft  in  Cod,  and  not  f.iint,  for  all  the  vexation 
which  paflcs  from  far  and  near  on  all  hands. 

Our  army,  of  14,000  foot  and  2000  horfe  at  Icaft,  arc 
joined  with  Fairfax  his  20GO  horfe  and  .jcco  of  foot :  they 
are  about  York  on  all  cjuarters  near  the  town.  Before 
they  came  fo  near,  Neweaflle  fent  out  all  his  horfe,  who 
are  foliov/cd  by  all  otn-s  ;  but  it  is  thought  \vc  v/ill  let  thcni 
be  gone.  The  dellgn  is  fufpccled  to  go  tov/ards  Shrewf- 
bury  to  join  with  Prince  Rupert,  that  all  may  come  tO'.;c- 
ther  to  relieve  the  liege  ;  but  this  we  do  no  much  regard. 
Albeit  JNIanchefler,  with  good  8coo  or  9000,  is  in  ^Lin- 
coln  to  wait  on  theie.  But  our  greateft  diJilculty  is  want. 
No  penny  have  v/e  got  iince  we  came  to  England,'  except  it 
have  been  a  fortnight's  pay  at  moit.  The  country  gives  no 
victual;  our  dileipiinc  hinders  the  taking  of  it.  'The  lol- 
diers  cloallis  arc  worn  ;  their  extremity  is  great.  Sundrv 
think  ii:  was  not  vrcll  advifed,  tlr-.t  lliey  (laid  not  till  ihcy 
had  taken  Duj  ham  and  Neucaille  ;  yet  we  hope  all  ihali 
turn  to  the  bell,  /ugylj,  I  hope,  by  tliis  has  gotten  or- 
der 01  Ilunlly,  and  Callendar  of  INIontrofe  ;  ib  I  hope 
both  ihortly  ihall  come  to  Newcaftle  as  they  purpofe,  and 
clear  the  north  oi  J'nglan.d;  while  Leily,  after  York  is 
f.ottcn,  may  go  over  Trent.  JMy  Lord  Warillon  is  gone 
to  tJcotlantl  v/itli  tlie  articles  of  peace,  whereto  the  com- 
mittee of  both  kingdoms  hath  unanimoufly  agreed,  and 
tranfmiitcd  them  to  the  lioules,  1  am  in  halle.  The  Lord 
help  us,  and  be  with  you.  ■  ' 


:>:>' 


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Let.  ^^.  To  Mr  Robert  Ram/ay.  1 1 


-    -•       55.  To  Mr  Rzhcrt  Rnr.if.iy.     Mr.y  i).  164.1. 

Picvcrcncl  and  ])e:ir  Brotlicr, 

I  liave  got  none  from  yoii  fmcc  I'chruary  11.  I  faw  a 
fhort  one  of  Mr  David'sj  without  u.itc,  l)cForc  you  went 
to  tlie  provincial.  Since  that,  J  thinlc,  he  lias  I'undi-y  froni 
me  long  enough.  You  may  (ec  our  aii'aii  s  in  thi;  p:i;icrs. 
The  moft  is  true,  and  all  arc  the  common  reports  here. 
The  infide  oi"  our  ali-drs,  experience  oi'  God's  cari-y- 
ing  of  this  caufe  from  the  beglnaiu!-,  to  tidsday,  and  ever 
coming  in  with  Ids  iocn  and  ia-imediaie  lulj'),  nvake  us  that 
we  dare  not  hut  be  conlidcnr  of  a  hapji)-  iilue  ;  but  were  it 
not  for  our  hope  in  Ciod,  v/e  ofc  \\-ouid  be  put  to  blade 
thoughts,  wlien  we  beliold  tlie  cari-i  i':e  and  dilpofitioub  of 
men.  This  people  are  lo  divided,  and  fubdivided,  in  their 
judgements  and  practice,  that  if  ever  eidier  their  church 
or  llatc  fettle,  it  is  God's  mirafulnus  mercy,  il.id  not 
God  railed  our  nation  to  join  \<\\.\\  all  our  Itrer.gtli,  long 
ere  th.is,  widrout  all  doubt,  tl\ey  had  been  iwailowed  up 
by  their  cnennes  ;  yea,  they  had,  without  the  hand  of  an  e- 
nemiy,  by  their  own  broken  and  languid  proceedings,  been 
loft  irrccovei-ablv  j  and  as  yet  it  itands,  the  dangers  arc 
exceeding  great. 

For  our  afTemblv-mattcrSj  we  are  d.dly  perplexed  ;  not 
only  we  make  no  progrefs,  and  are  far  from  the  light  of 
any  appearance  of  an  end,  but  alio  matters  oft  in  hazard 
of  milcarriage.  The  Indej^endents,  {'o  far  as  yet  we  can 
fee,  arc  peremptory  for  a  fchilui  •,  and  their  party  is  very  1 
ftroniT  and  frrowinii,  einecia'lv  in  tb.e  army.  The  leading  / 
men  in  the  affembly  are  much  at  tliis  tinie  divided  about  / 
the  queflions  in  hand,  of  tiie  povrer  of  congregations  and 
fynods.  Some  of  them  w(mld  give  nothing  to  congrega- 
tions, denying  peremptorily  all  example,  precept,  or  rea- 
fon,  for  a  congregational  clder(hi[->  •,  others,  and  many 
more,  are  wiliid  to  give  to  congregational  eldeiihlp  ail 
and  entire  power  of  ordination,  cxcomriiunic.ition,  and 
all.  H:id  not  God  fent  IMr  Jlemlcribn,  ?.:;•  llulherford, 
and  ISIr  Gillcfpie  among  ib.em,  I  fie  not  that  ever  they 
could  agree  on  any  lettled  gcnernnicnt.  Wc  expect  the 
favour  of  God  to  help  us  over  the  rocks,  and  through 
the  ftorms,  in  the  midlt  whereof  we  iail  at  this  l.our. 
The  anfwcr  and  return  of  yotir   prayers   we  olt  fed   and 

13  2  acknowledge. 


I . ' , , 


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,2  7'o  Air  Robert  Ram/ay,  Let.  ^^, 

acknowledge.     All  our  company,  bleflcd   be    God,    have 
had   perfect  health,  good  courage,  and  hearty  unanimity, 
in  all  things  •,  great  credit   and   reputation  ;  fenliblc  afllll:- 
ance  in  every  thing,,  and  hitherto  very  good  fuccefs,  to  all 
our  motions,  either  for  churcii  or  flaie ;   To   that   \\c   are 
hopeful  to  wreftle   through    tiie   prefent  difficulties,  as  Ave 
have  done  many  before,    by    the   help    of  the    prayers  oi 
God's  people  among  you.     The  humour   of  this  people  is 
very  vario\is,  and  incUnable  to  llngidarities,  to  ditlcr  from 
all  the  world,  anel   one    from    another,    and   Ihortly   from 
themfelves.     No  people  had  {o  much   need  of   a  i)refbyte- 
ry.     The  affairs  of  the  ftate,    marvel  not  that  I  and  others 
write  oft  fo  di\  crfely  of  them  ;  for  tircre  are  many  contrary 
and  divers  tides  into  them.     AVe    are   ftill   feared  that  the 
Kino  come,  and    fet   hlmfelf  down  in  the  parliament.     If 
he  had  done  ("o  this  twelvemonth  b\-gone,   or  yet  would,  it 
would   put  our  afl'airs  in  the  greateft  hai:ard  of  confnfion. 
To  crofs  that  dangerous   defign  of  the   mighty  fa<^Hon  a- 
monp  VIS,  the  engine  of  the   articles  of  peace  is  turned  on 
the  face  of  the  aiuhors,  to  our  great  advantage.      We  have 
oot  fuch  articles  paiTed  the  committee   of  both  kingdoms, 
and  tranfmitted  to  both  lloufes,  as  Warifton  has  brought 
down.     They  are  ol'  our  own  framing.     Nine  of  the  great- 
eft  are  conf^nted  to  by  the   Commons,    and    the   reft   will 
•    ftiortly  pafs,  I  iruft:.     Yefterday  the  whole  Houfe  went  to 
the  Lords  i^or  a  conference,  and   recpiired    the   pafling   of 
three  ordinances,  which  long  had  lien  by.      i.  The  conti- 
nuance of  the  committe  of  both  kingdoms  for  other  three 
ironths.     That  conmiiitee  is  the  gieat  bulwark  againft  the 
^  facflion.     The  hrft  franiing  of  it  was  over  their  heads.     It 
has   been   their    greateft   eye-fore.     It   expires   the  morn. 
They  thought   either   to   hinder  the  renewing  of  the  ordi- 
nance, or  to  add  unto  ir  fuch  other  members  of  both  Ilou- 
ies,  of  their  mind,  as  might   have   overfwayed   the  better 
party  and  us  ;  but  we  liope   this  union   of  the   Commons 
v.'ill   counteracSl   that   plot.      2.  The  continuance  of  I\lan- 
chefter's  ordinance  for  other  three  months-,  that  I\Ianche- 
ftcr  fliould  have  fo  ntany  counties  under  him.     It  was  the 
fa(^tion's  grief;  itm.ade  him  a  greater  and  better  paid  army 
than  the  General's.     It  and  Vv' aller's  army  were  their  great 
ftrength,    if  any  treachery  had   been  uild  by  any  others  ; 
for  unhappy,    and,    I  liope,  ungrounded   jcalotiUes  here, 
trouble  all.      llov/evcr,   it  was  llie  delign    ot   Ibme  to  have 
IvIaxKhefler  and  Vv'allcr's  ordinance  aUe/cd.     The  3d  was, 
■        .    ■  ■•     V  for 


iQt.SS^  '^^  ^^^^  i^oi.^r/   Ram/ay.  13 

for  the  excluding  of  thefc  from  the   IIoulls  that  returned 
from  Oxford.     Sundry  of  them  arc  here  aheady,  as  liol- 
land,  Bcdl-ord,  Clare,  Kingilon,  Trennant,  and  Conway, 
and  many  more  are    coming      It  was  leaved   then-   errand 
was  not  pood.     To  preveen  the  danger   of  then-   couniels, 
the  Con-^nons  prefs  ihev  may  not   b;;   readmitted   to   their 
places  in  hafte.     An  anfwer  this  day  is  expcded  from    the 
Lords.     'Idie  General  one  of  thefe  days  will   march   out. 
He  and  VValier  joined  will  have    greater   forces  tlian  any 
the  Kin:;- can  oppufe   in   thefe  bounds.     The  Queen   is   at 
Exeicr/vcry  big.    It  is  feared  (lie  flip  over  to  France,     i  he 
wars  of  Italy  are  certainly  ended.     The  treaty  of   Munhcr 
at  laft  is  begun.     Sundry  tliink,  that  either  a  peace,   or   a 
truce,  is  like  to  be  taken  between   France   and  Spun.  ^  Ir 
this  be,  our  condition  is  in  a  horriole   ha'/.ard,  it   cjuickly 
we  come  not  to  an  end  of  our  builnefs.     Manchefter,  witii 
a  pretty  good  army,   of  8000  or  90CO,  has  taken  Linco.u 
by  forced  and  io  could  not  hinder  the  plunder  oF  it.     Vv  e 
'    have  ftraitlv  beleagured  York.     On  tlic  event  oi"  that  fiege, 
the  affitirs  both   of  this  church  and  kingdom   doth   mucn. 
depend.     To-morrow  there  will  be  ihipp-d  L.  20,000  Stcr- 
Hnp  for  our  armv,  and   the   next  w^eek  L.  16,000  for  Ire- 
lanll  i  and  more'at  once  will  follow.     V/e   trult    God  will 
arife,  and  do  fomewhat  by  our  Scots  army.     We   are    at- 
flic^ed,  that  after  fo  long  time  we  have   gotten   no   hit  ot 
our  enemy;    we    hope    Cod  will   put  ;nvay   that    fliame. 
Waller,  rilancheller,  Fairfax,  and  all   gel  victories;    but 
Lefly,  from  whom  all  was   cxpcfted,   as   yet   has  hacl  hi.<> 
hands  bound.     God,  we  hope,  will  loofc  them,  and  fend 
vis  matter  of  praife  ;  but  hkUed  be  his  name  that  we  are  in 
fo  good  a  pollure,  and  the  enemy  in  fo  bad,  that  without 
ftrokes  we  can  overcome.     It  is   bell.     I  muft  end;  for  I 
am  in  hade.     My  fervice   to   all  who   mind  the   caufe   ol: 
God  in  hand,  ^uid  to  no  other.     Thefe  for  yourfeh,  Mr 
.     David,  and  Mr  George  young. 

Your  Brothci", 

Robert  Baillie. 


'56.   Memorandum  to  Mr  Buchan.m, 

1  conceive  it  very  expedient,   that  you  write  to   fome  of 
the  minifters  of  Paris,   Geneva,  and  L>ern,  the^  true  eftatc 
Qf  our  allairs,  how  that  a  mighty  facUon  is  arifen,  to  pre- 
fer 


■  I  / .  1        (I  '11 

.u   ..■   ri." 


;   'r.  -r-'fh 


A.A:.i.-y^.r^^ 


»  '    ;<  ;'  (     ,•»..     ,:.'io-'  ; 


14  Mcmcrandinn  io  Mr  Buchanan.  Let.  56. 

fer  liberty  orconfcicnce  for  all  fctls,  at  leaft  a  freedom  for  Mo- 
veljius's  popular  government  of  the  church  ;  that  the  Scots, 
ftnd  molt'  of  the  iynod  and  parliament,  are  for  the  eftablilli- 
inp'  the  povcrnmcnt  bv  fvnods  and  claiTcs.  It  would  encou- 
rage  them  much,  if  the  divines  of  Gciieva  and  Switzerland 
■would,  in  their- anfwcrs  to  the  fynod's  letter,  as  the  di- 
vines of  Zealand  liavc  done  in  their  letter,  and  the  di- 
vines of  Hcfie  aliO,  exhort  the  f)nod  at  fomc  length, 
and  in  carneft,  to  beware  of  that  pernicious  liberty  of  all 
iich,  in  particular  thofe  who  aie  enemies  to  the  difcipline 
of  all  the  Reformed.  Thei-e  is  a  golden  occafion  in  hand, 
if  improved,  to  get  England  conform  in  worlliip  and  go- 
vei'nmcnt  to  tlie  rell  of  the  Ruformed.  It  nothinp;  dare 
be  written  in  p\d)lick  by  the  Fi'encl),  fee  if  they  VvmII  write 
tlieir  mind,  for  om'  encouragement,  to  any  privaie  friend 
]icrc,  oi'  in  Holland.  You  would  write  for  the  fame  pur- 
pofe  to  Moulin  in  .Sedan,  and  Spanhcim  in  Leydcn.  It 
tvere  good,  if  they  write,  that  their  letters  were  conceived 
in  the  greateft  names  they  could  procure  ;  the  ili^ologie 
of  l>ern  would  get  a  letter  from  the  Switzerland  cluu-ch, 
thcfe  of  Geneva  h'om  their  whole  ecclcfjartick  cl  iires, 
3N1oulin  from  the  univerllty  of  Sedan,  and  Spanhcim  from 
tlie  univerfity  of  Lcyden.  It  were  not  ill,  that  in  all  their 
letters  they  congratulated  the  abolition  of  Epifcopacy  and 

•  }?op!fh   ceremonies,  and   exhorted  to   fet  up  quickly  the 

•  government  of  Cin  ill  ;  that  fo  long  an  anarchy  as  has 
beeif  litre,  is  the  mother  of  hercfics,  arid  fchifms,  and  many 
more  evils. 


57.    71?  Mr  WlUiani  Span^. 

Dear  Coufin, 
I  wrote  not  to  you  -tlie  laft  Friday  j  for  •what  J  wrote 
with  your  poft  tlie  three  Fridays  preceeding,  I  know  not 
vet  whether  you  have  received  them  ;  neither  dare  I  v.-rite 
any  more  by  the  poll,  while  I  find  you  receive  them  un- 
broken up.  I  icni  to  )-ou  the  Hooker  you  wrote  for, 
and  fome  other.  'J'lic  letter  of  your  claffes  of  Zealand, 
I  fear  it  Ihall  here  be  drained,  as  v/eil  as  that  of  AVallach- 
j-en,  becaufe  the  IiKL]-)cndcnts,  on  the  occafion  of  the 
cla-afe  of  the  magifti-aie,  work,  by  their  too  many  friends, 
on  the  parliament  to  jupprefs  it.  You  would  do  Avell  to 
caufc  print  it  there,  and  fend  over  a   number  of  copie-^ 

of 


.'     \    -•.   ^    .r^ 


Let.  57.  To  I^h^  V/ill'iam  Spang.  15 

of  it  here  :  you  did  fo  with  your  other  letter  the  laft  year ; 
and   the   fyuod  has   caufed  print,  in  Latin   and   Englifli, 
their  letter  to  you  ;    who  can  juitly  ollend,  if  you  do  fo, 
with  your  letter  in  anfwer  ?    I  ajiprovc  exceedingly  well  of 
Apollonius's  letter,  to  enquire  of  the  Independents  thcm- 
felves  their  judgements  in  three    heads  he  propofes.    TJie 
two   books  which   1   have   fent   you   lall,  will  inform  hint 
more  of  their  mind.     Little  D.  ilomes,  the  author  of  the 
Cool  Conference,  M.  S.  againll  A.  S.  is  John  Goodwin  of 
Colman-ftreet.     He  names  you  exprefsly,  and  pi-oielles  to 
cenfure  the  letter  of  Zealand.      lie   is   a   bitter  enemy   to 
prefbytery,   and  is  openly  lor  a   lull   liberty  ot   cor.fciencc 
to   all   feiits,    even  Turks,    Jews,    Papifts,    and   all  to   be 
more  openly  tolerate   than   with  you.     This   Vv-ay   is   very 
pleafmt  to  many  here.     We  arc   much  obliged  to  that  ex- 
cellent divine    ApoUonlus.       We   trull   he   will,    with   all 
diligence,  go  on  in  his  avowed   intention  :    there   is   no- 
thing wherein  he   can   do   better  ilrvice  to   God  and  the 
Reformed  churches.     To  underftand  them  better,  I   lend 
you  herewith   other   tvv'o   pieces.     That   faction   increafes 
mightily   in    number,  hopes,  and    pride;  but  ii-   it    plcale 
God  to  give  tis  good  news  from  York,  we  will   tell  them 
more  of  our  mind.     Our  opinion  of  their  piety  and   inge- 
nuity   is   much  diminiilied,  by   that  we  fee  and  hear   daily 
from  the  befl  of  them.     It  is  marvelled,  th;it   the   reft   of 
your  provinces  and  profeflbrs  will  not  follow   the*  gracious 
and  charitable   example  of  Zealand.     Shall   they  lee  both 
the   chtu'ch   and   ftaie  of  all    thefe  three  kingdoms  pcrifh, 
and   ftand  aloof  without  the  leaft  allillance   by   the  Itrctch 
of  their  pen,  when  they  are  called    to   it   by   our  lajuent- 
able  letters,  and  the   gracious   example  of  their   compaf- 
fionate  brethren  ?    See  how    they   will  be   anlV/erable   for 
fuch  an  apathy   in   fo    necell'iry   a   time.     Mr   Forbes,  in 
Delft,  has  fent  us  over,  in  writ,  a  very  pretty  piece  againfc 
the  Apologetick.     I   like    it   very  well,  I   willi   it  were  in 
print.      It    is   good   yott   keep    correi'pondence   v/ith   that 
young  man,  and  acquaint  hint  with  all  yoti  know  in   this 
fubject.     We   and   Fairfax,  with  20,000  horfe  and  foot, 
are  lying  about  York.     Manchcfter,  with  mo]-e  tiiaa  8000, 
is  in  Lincoln.     Prince  Pvupert,  with   all   he   can  make,  is 
drawing  near  Newark.      It  is  expecled  fliortly,  that  there- 
about the  fatal  blow  will  be  given.     Ellex  and  Waller  arc 
going  out  at  lalf,  they   fay,  to-morrow,  with    19,000   be- 
uvixt  them.     However,    Prince  Maurice,    lluthven,    and 

Hopeton, 


••     i      V 


l6  To  Mr  William  Spang.  I^et.'cy. 

Hopeton,  can  make  no  power  to  withfland;  yet  we  expect 
fmall  aolion  in  thcfc  tju.irters.  JMontrolV's  foolifh  brava- 
do is  turned  to  nothing.  The  gentlemen  of  Teviotdale, 
b-fore  Callendar  drew  near  with  the  army,  chafed  )iim  in 
to  Carflile,  with  the  lofs  of  moll  of  his  cannon,  llunilv 
with  forne  3000  men,  rim  over  the  field?  as  far  as  Mont- 
rofe  i  but  we  hope  ihortly  it  lliall  be  othcrwife.  On  Fri- 
day,^ after  a  week's  debate,  we  carried,  albeit  hardly,  that 
no  fm^le  congregation  had  the  power  of  oidination.  'Jo- 
morrow  we  begin  to  debate  if  they  have  any  rit  ht  of  ex- 
communication. We  gave  in,  long  ago,  a  paper  to  the 
great  connnittee,  v/'ie/ein  we  aflerted  a  congregational  cl- 
clcrlliip,  for  governing  the  private  aifairs  of  the  cont'.reija- 
tion,  from  the  rfclh  of  iVIatthew,  Mr  David  Calderwood, 
in  his  letter  to  us,  has  cenfured  us  grievoufly  for  fo  doiu'?  •, 
fliewing  us,  that  our  book?  of  difcipline  admit  of  no  pref- 
bytcry  or  clderiliip  but  one;  that  v^-e  put  ourfelves  in  ha- 
zard 10  be  forced  to  give  excommunication,  and  fo  entire 
government,  to  congregations,  which  is  a  great  ftep  to  In- 
depender,cy.  Mr  llenderfon  acknowledges  this  :  and  we 
are  in  a  peck  of  troubles  with  it.  In  many  things  we 
had  need  of  tlie  prayers  of  our  friends. 


58.   Pitulick  Letter.      May  14.  1644. 

•  Since  my  laft,  the  9th  of  this  inftant,  our  affairs  here 
go  :vs  you  may  fee  in  the  two  inclofed  diurnals,  and  buH- 
2iefs  abroad  as  you  may  fee  in  the  paper.  Yefternipht 
iiflex  went  out  to  his  army ;  Waller  will  go  to-morro"\v  : 
they  will  be  pretty  ftrong.  There  is  great  tear  at  Oxfoixl. 
Jimall  hope  of  the  relieving  York,  or  iliving  any  part  of 
the  north,  from  ihc  hands  of  the  Scots.  Their  hopes  in 
^orce  are  near  an  end;  they  have  therefore  returned  to 
their  old  ways  of  treacherous  plotting.  A  prcat  v/ord 
here  of  the  icing's  coming  hitlier,  and  putting^'all  in  the 
will  of  his  parliament ;  being,  as  is  feared,  confident  of 
the  one  houfe,  and  a  great  part  of  the  other,  and  of 
many  in  the  city.  This  now  is  our  grcatelt  fear;  and  care, 
to  provide  for  it  :  wc  hope  the  diicovery  fhall  prove  the 
prcventiiig  of  it.  We  cxpeft  daily  the  rendering  of  York. 
This  day  L.  20,000  Sterling  is  Ihiuped  for  our  army.  We 
hope,  belore  cigiit  days  end,  to  have  near  as  much  fliip- 
pcd  lor  Carricktw-rpus.  In  our  publick  letter  to  the  pene- 
i  "   ral 


I  >  I  : 


:..l:.  yV 


(II     '•  .; 

'.•.1!      .1 


■''"'  '\ 


Let.  s^. 


Publick  Letter.  17 


r 


ral  afTtnnbly,  fince  we  arc  coinnnandcd,  all  of  us,  to  iftay 
l^i!l,  wcj  lliall  give  an  account  how  the  ati'ths  ot"  our  fy- 
nod  go.  The  greatell  things,  both  in  church  and  fcate, 
are  prefently  in  Iiand.  O  il'  wc  had  humbled  hearts  to 
deal  earnelily  with  God,  who  hatli  granted  us  fo  much  of 
our  delli-cs,  and  hath  put  us  in  ib  fair  a  way  lliortly  to  obtaia 
all,  albeit  in  To  wile  a  difpenfation  as  to  mix  our  hopes 
with-very  great  dangers,  that  he  may  ftiil  be  lied  to  and 
depended  on.  We  keep  a  fait  in  the  aifembly  on  Friday 
f.cxt,  for  all  the  armies,  and  the  great  affairs  which  ia 
that  fynod  are  prefently  in  hand.  We  hoi)e  our  Father 
will  hear  and  comforc  us.  The  Queen  is  at  Exeter  ;  it  is 
thought  llie  can  hardly  be  delivered  ;  it  is  fulpe^^b.-d  ihe 
will  go  to  France.  Much  of  Wales  is  rifen  for  the  p.irlia- 
ment.  A  few  days  may  produce  great  things.  We  had 
much  need,  and  tontidently  we  expect  the  help  of  your 
prayers  to  our  very  great  and  diiiicult  employment.  All  our 
company,  bielVed  be  God,  are  in  health  and  chearfulnels, 
feeling  lenlibly,  in  God's  continual  alliQance,  the  anfwci: 
6t  your  prayers. 


59.   Pojlfcript  to  I\lr  Spang' s   Letter.     May  17. 

While   I   had   v.-ritten   thus   far,    yours    of  the    3d   of 
May  comes  to  my  hand.   To   I   will    venture   to   fend  this 
yet  by  the  poft.     Apollonius's   letter  and  queftions   I   had 
gotten  before,   by  another  fecret  means.     1  fear  thefe  mea 
fliall   either  not  write,   or   delay   too   long,   or   write   ob- 
fcurely  ;    for,  as   I   conceive,  they  are  not   at   a   point,   ia 
their  own  mind,   as  yet,  what  to  Hand  at.     Among  ihcm- 
felves  are  fundry  diliercnccs,  which   time    v;ill    briu'j    Out. 
They  profefs    to   diller  fi  om   thefe  of  England ;   but   who    , 
knows  wherein  ^    The  main  feems  to  be  in  liberty  of  con-    \ 
fcience ;  for  both    feem   to   avov/   the   divine  right  of  fy-    ' 
tiods  for  confulting,   albeit   the   delti-oying  of  prefbyteries   : 
claihcal  j  for  a  prelbytery  to  them  is  our  llfllon,  and  our   . 
prefbytery    is    their    fynod.      Take    lierev/itJx    another   of  J 
their  apologies  :  it  is  old,  namelefs,  and  as  yet  I  have  not 
read  It  \   only  they  in  New  England  arc  more  ftri6t  and  i^i-  / 
gid  than  we,  or  any  chtirch,   to  fj|)pi-efs,  by  the  power  of : 
the  magifuate,  all   vv'lio  are  not  of  ihcir   w  .y,  to   banilli-- 
nient  ordinarly,  and  prefently  even  to  dc  uh  lately,  oi-  per- 
petual fla\erv,  for  outf  Joctin,  fomctimc  a  famous  citlzcik' 

Vol.  il.  '  C  here. 


'^t' 


,\\?'\      Vf 


i8  Pojlfcrlpt  10  Mr  Sp,-!/:g's  letter.  Let.  59. 

here,  {"or  piety,  having  taiiglu  ii  number  in  New  Enpland 
to  caft  off  the  word  anti  iacrament,  and  dc'ny  anrcis  ami 
devils,  and  teach  a  grofs  kind  of  luiioii  with  Cluift,  in 
this  Hte,  by  force  of  arms  was  brought  10  New  ijollon, 
nnd  there,  with  ten  of  the  chief  of  his  followers,  by  the  ci- 
vil court  was  decerned  perpetual  fl  ivcs  ;  but  the  votes  of 
inany  were  for  their  execution.  They  lie  in  irons,  tliough 
gentlemen  ;  and  out  of  rheir  prifon  write  to  the  Admiral 
'here,  to  deal  with  the  pirlianient  for  their  deliverance. 
The  Independents  here,  hading  they  have  not  the  inagi- 
\  ftrate  fo  oblequious  as  in  New  Engl.^nd,  tuin  their  pens, 
;  as  you  will  fee  in  IMS,  to  take  Ironi  the  magiilraie  all 
/  power  of  takin.g  any  coeici\e  order  v/ith  the  vileh  here- 
/  tides.  Not  imly  they  praile  your  nKigiltr.ite,  who  for  poll- 
(  cy  gives  fome  lecret  tolerance  to  divers  religions,  wJierein, 
/  as  1  conceive,  your  divines  preach  againll  them  as  great 
f  hnners ;  but  avow,  tliat  by  God's  (onnnand,  the  magi- 
Urate  is  difcharged  to  put  the  Icaft  difcounefy  on  any 
man,  Jew,  Turk,  l^aplft,  Socinian,  or  wlunever,  for  hi? 
religion.  I  wiOr  Aj)ollunius  conlidei-ed  this  well.  The 
live  he  writes  to  will  not  iay  this  \  but  iM.  S.  is  of  as  trreat 
authority  here  as  any  of  them.  Your  courl'e  of  engaging 
the  other  provinces  is  very  good.  I  {'cn'A  this  inclofed  to 
II  friend  here,  (vide  p.  13.),  who  is  well  aco^u.iinted  in  Pa- 
ris, Bern,  Leyden,  .Sedan,  and  Geneva,  wlio  aceordino- 
]y  has  written  to  all  tliele  live  places  for  tlieir  afliitance  \\\ 
the  common  caufe.  P-.Iy  correlpcndence  with  you  is  ib 
Jecret  as  may  be.  Some  of  them  fufpect  lomcwiiat  of 
yoit  •,  but  know  little  :  howevj)-,  iliey  mtilt  be  content  that 
all  the  llelormed,  '»vhom  ihey  openly  avow  to  opnuon^ 
flioidd  declare  what  ienle  ihey  have  of  tiieir  vx'ountis  and 
danger  irom  them.  1  long  for  iMoreliius  and  Sadael,  alfo 
if  by  I\h-  Paget,  or  r.ny  oi  your  frlciidi  .it  Amllerdam,  you 
could  lind  any  of  tiu  wv'vr,  of  lirown,  the  iirlf  llchu-v; 
^-."For  hov/ever  I  Ir.ue  iHld  all  pollible  diligence,  vet  cannot 
I  find  any  of  that  ntuTs  writs  here  :  ihey  would,  1  con- 
ceive, be  very  iiietul  10  iiic.  This  d  ly  was  tlic  beft  that  I 
have  I'ecn  linee  1  came  to  i'jiglanJ.  CTeneral  Efiex,  wjicii 
he  went  out,  lent  to  the  aiiembly,  to  intreat,  that  a 
day  of  falling  might  be  kept  for  him.  \Yc  appoint, 
this  day,  foin-  ol  our  number  to  preach  arid  pr.iy  at 
Chrlli's  ( hureh  ;  alio,  taking  the  occalion,  we  thought  it 
meet  to  be  hunibicd  in  the  airembly,  lb  v/e  fpent  from 
iiiiic  to  ilvt  very  graciouily.  Ai'ier  D.  Twillc  had  begun 
,        .  ^  will* 


J.et.  ^(),  Po/I/irlj'^t  to  Mr  Spring's  hllcr.  19 

with  a  brief  prayer,  Mr  Marfl.all  prayed  large  two  hours, 
moit  diviiielvj  conrefVmp;  the  iins  of  the  members  of  tiic 
aiTembly,  in  a  wonderful,  .laibctiek,  I'.nd  prudent  way. 
•After,  Mr  Arrowfniith  pre.iched  an  hovw,  then  a  pfalm  \ 
thereafter  Mr  Vines  prayed  near  two  b.ours,  and  Mr  Pal- 
mer preached  an  hour,  and  Mr  Seaman  prayed  near  two 
hours,  tlien  a  plalm  •,  after  Mr  Henderlon  brought  them 
to  a  fweet  conference  of  the  lieat  conKlled  in  the  allem- 
bly,  and  other  fccn  fauhs,  to  be  ren-iedied,  and  the  eon- 
veniency  to  preach  againft  all  ilcts,  eipeciaily  AnabaptKls 
and  Anrinomians.  l)r  Twiii'c  clofed  with  a  Ihort  prayer 
and  bleiling.  God  was  ib  evidencly  in  all  this  exercife, 
that  we  cxpciSl  certainly  a  blclllng  both  in  our  matter  ot 
the  afTembly  and  wlv)!c  kingdom,  'j'hcy  have  hdlicd  cut 
of  York,  once  or  twice  ;  but  ;'.re  beaten  in  with  lols. 
Callendar,  witii  llooo  or  10,000,  is  lying  ai">out  Carlille. 
We  have  4000  or  5000  about  Newcaftle.  J3avid  Leily, 
with  the  ip.oll  of  our  Fairfax  and  INhtnclieiler's  horfe,  are 
about  Nottingham.  V/e  liear  nothing  of  I'lince  Rupert. 
Waller  is  our  widi  8000  or  9000  men  :  iiUcx  with  tea.  The 
King  with  h'vr,  foices  are  near.  Von  IJiali  hear  more  with 
the  next  •,  the  poll:  cm  llay  no  long-.r.      Farewell.  ; 

Your  Cou lin, 

PvODlLRT    BaJLLIE.     ' 

Our  Admiral  lias  taken  a  fhip  with  L.  7000,  and  fomc 
ihoufimd  of  arms,  coming  from  you.  No  more  notice 
here  of  your  amba.^adors.  Our  affairs  liere,  blelled  be 
God,  are  iii  an  excellent  pothu-e  every  where.  Vv^hen 
wc  feitle,  your  eftates  cannot  hope  to  get  any  thanks. 
We  might  Jiave  perilhed,  and  they  looked  on  us  without 
any  help.     God  \.'ill  Jiot  be  mocked,. 


60.  Fcr  Mr  Robert  Blair.     Mny  19.  1.644. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brotlier,     '   .  ■      ■  ' 

The  condition  of  our  aflairs  liere  yon  will  fee  in  our 
publick  letters.  This  is  only  a  poltfcript  which  I  was  de- 
lired  to  write  to  you.  We  are  advertifed,  th_at  much  more 
than  the  moil  part  of  my  Lord  Mancheiter'e  army  are  I'e- 
thiceJ  to  Independency,  and  very  many  of  them  have  ;uUi- 
cd  either  yVnabaptifm  or  Antinomi  taiiin,  or  l)ot!i.  We 
hear  that  their  horfe  and   yoiu's   Hrc   conjoinevi,    and  that. 

C  2  occafions 


..:i      .,..1 
1  i  J .  ■. ,'    ■ , 


J  -  '  •  I  --i   -I  .;  ;  \  •;  .1 


•     .    .  :     vr\r 


20  For  Mr  Robert  Blair.     "  Let.  60. 

pccafions  may  fall  out  wherein  more  of  them  may  join  to. 
you.  We  all  conceive,  that  our  filly  funple  lads  are  in 
great  clanger  to  be  infetkd  by  their  comp.my  ;  and  if  that 
peft  enter  in  pur  army,  we  fear  it  may  fpread.  We  re- 
member, that  in  our  former  expedition,  on  far  lefs  occa- 
iiOn  than  now  is  apparent,  fome  of  our  foldiers  were  lea- 
vened, and  at  their  return  wci-e  the  authors  ot  trouble  in 
divers  parts  of  our  land.  We  carneifly  intreat  you  and 
Mr  R.  Douglas  to  advife  of  the  mt)!!;  prudent  and  fafe 
ivays  of  preveening  the  danger  of  this  evil  j  which  we  all 
apprehend  to  be  very  great,  except  God  blefs  you  our 
brethren  there  with  Avjfdom  and  zeal  to  prevcen  the  be- 
ginnings. Prayi.ig  for  the  help  of  God  to  you  ill  this  par- 
ticular, and  all  things  clfe,  I  reft,   Your  loving  brother, 

liCBERT  JiAII.LIE. 


61.  Tq  Mr  r/ilUam  Spavg.     May.  21-  1644. 

Coufin, 
Yours  of  the  -:;d  of  May,  and  that  inclofed,  I  received 
yeflernight.     The  hooks  I  ieiit  v/iih  I\lr  Garct,   the  youn^^ 
man  with  whom   Thomas    Cunningham    lay,   by   whom    I 
fend  all   my   Icaers.      As  for  the   fynod's   acceptance   of 
your  Zealand  letter,   I  airure  you,   alter  it   was   read,  Mr 
Calandiin  was  called  in,  and   it   was   folemnly  declared  to 
Iiim,   by  the  pioloeutor,  how  thankhd'y  the  alfembly  took 
it,  and  how  much  they  were  obliged  for   it.      As   for  re- 
turning an  aniv/ei-,  they  have  no  power  to   write  one  lin£ 
to  any  foul,  but   as   the  parliamciu   direds ;  neither  may 
they  importune  the  parliament  for   warrants   to   keep  fo- 
reign correfpendence.     With  what   art  and  diligence  that 
general  one  to  all  the  churches  \sas  gotten,   I  know.     Yoii 
knoAv  this  is  no  proper  allembiy,   but  a  meeting   called    bv 
the  parliament  to  advife  them  in  v/hat  things  they  are  aik- 
<?d  ;  io  their  not  anluering  comes   on   no  neglect   1  know 
very    well.      By    all   means    encourage    Apollonius,    and 
whomever  elfe  you  can,  to  afiiit  in  this  common  caufe  :   if 
this  fcafon   be  nulled,  it  v/ill   b.c   hardly  recovered.     The 
Independents  have  no  conhderable  power  either  in  the  af- 
fembly  or  parliament,  or    the  General  or   Waller's  army  -, 
but  in  the  city  and  country,  and  Manchelfer's  army,  their 
strength  is  great  and  growing  j  yet  by  the  help  of  God  and 
9ur  fticnds_,  if  one?  \vc  had  the  a;rembly   at   an   end,   and 

peace. 


Let.  6l.  to  Mr  WiWiam  Sj\a}ig.  '  2t  "^ 

peace,  wc  would  get  them  quieted.     Since  our  Friday  fad 
we  have  made  good  fpecd   in   the  ailemhly.     Our  church- 
feffions,   to  which  Independents  gave   all,  and  their  oppo- 
fites  nothing  at  all,  we  have  got  fettled  with  unanimity  in 
the  Scots  falhion.     Our  great  debate,  of  the  power  ot  ex- 
communication,  we  have  laid  alule,  and  taken    in   at   hifi: 
the  directory.      Already  we  iiave  paft    the    draught  of  all 
the  prviyers,  reading  of  fcripture,  and  hnging  of  pfaims, 
on   the  Sabbath-day,   ncmiu^  ccntraduoite.     AVe  truft,  ia 
one    or    two  fefTions,   to  pafs  alfo  our  draught  ot    preach- 
ing.    If  v/e  continue  this  race,  we   will  amend    cur   ior- 
mcr  inFamous  flowncfs.    Always  I  can  fay  little  till  once  wc 
pafs  the  directory  of  the  Lord's  fupper.      In    tlie  commit- 
tee Ave  found  they  were  very  nickiing  i  the  Independent"^, 
and  all,  love  fo  v/ell  fundry  of  \.\vJ\\  I'^nglilh  guUVs,  \vhich 
we  mud  have  away  :  however  we  are  in  liope  of  a   better 
fpeed  than  before.     "VVc   have    not   heard    from   Scotland 
thcfe  twenty  days.     AVarifton  is  down    to    the   parliament, 
for  their  confirmation  of  the  articles  of  peace,     liie  Ox- 
fordian  faction   is   now  qtiieter  lure.     1   told   you  how   it 
was  prell  to  cite  the  King  to   a   day    for   his   coj-ripcara.nce 
here  ;  if  that  had  been  alked,  he  had  appeared,  as  now  we 
find.     The  next  was  to  importune  a  draught  of  articles  of 
j>eace,  lioping  about  thcfe  to  have  divided  us  j  but,  Ciod  be 
thanked,  we    have   made  vantage  of  that   plot   alfo,  and 
have  agreed  unanim.ouily  to  fuch  articles    as   we    hope    in 
the  tn(S.  to  obtain,    'i'iae  laft  was,  lor  the  Ivlng  to  come  to  the 
parliament  without    any  conditions ;  ior   iliis   we   \\crea- 
fraid,  as  exceedingly  dangerous  :   but   upon  the  firfl;  fiifpi- 
cion  of  the  defign,  fuch  courfes  were  taken   as   made  that 
plot   to    evanifa    alfo.       At    the    expiring   of    the    tlncc 
months  of  the  committee  of  both  kingdotns,  it  was  plotted 
that  this   committee  lliould  not  be  renewed,  lor  it  was  tlie 
luirnour  of  the   evil    party,   but  that  the   General  himlelf, 
with  his   very   fufpectcd   counfellors,  ihould   manage   the 
war  ;  or  if  it   Ihould  be  renewed,  they  Ihould  be  ordered 
fo  many,  and  fo  fui'j>ect-  perfons,   that  it  iliould  be   an  en-. 
ginc   againlf    us.      Witii    this    deih-e    we   were    many  days 
vexed.     Let  the  Ploufe  of  Connnons  and  the  city  do  what 
they  would,  if  all  ihould  have  gone   to   all,   the    iioufe  of 
Lords  VvMs  pereniptor.     I'he  comniittee  they  woidd  not  re- 
new, without  i'uch  alterations  as  matle  it  inciiVctual  for  it<? 
end:   yet,  by  God's  providence,  a  nuan  at  lalt  was  found, 
v.hich,  nill  they  will  they,  forced  them  to  renew   it   as   it 

was 


7  -i 

1 

1 


^1  To  hh  William  Spang.  -Let.  6r. 

was  before.  I  have  no  time  to  write  it.  By  the  dirctnilon 
of  this  conimittLC  all  is  guided.  Elllx  and  Waller  are 
joined  :  they  have  half-chafed  the  King  and  his  army 
from  Pleading  to  Wantage,  from  Wantage  to  Abingdon, 
from  Abingdon  to  Oxford,  from  this  to'lflip  and  Wood- 
flock.  We  tnift  fliorily  to  hear  of  their  defeat.  Man- 
cheftcr  has  above  12,000  very  well  appointed  nien  •,  nuick- 
ly  he  regained  all  Lincolnfliire,  laid  a  bridge  over  the 
'j'rent,  has  joined  wiih  our  army.  We  ;ind  F.iirfix,  uith 
above  20,000  brave  men,  lie  abotit  York  :  hnding  it  h;is  more 
vichial  than  we  expecled,  we  are  preparing  10  ftorm  ir. 
It  is  Arong  in  works,  has  above  6000  armed  men,  and 
plenty  Of  ammunition  :  their  confidence  is  in  I'rince  \\\\- 
])crt's  fuccours.  He  is  an  ubiqnitary  ;  he  holds  boili  York 
jind  Oxlord  in  full  expectation  of  his  coming  daily  :  ye: 
where  he  is,  and  what  arc  his  forces,  no  mari  can  certain- 
ly tell,  lie  has  been  long  about  Cheiter,  waiting  foi-  the 
performance  of  the  promife  of  15,000  Iriih.  The  King 
has  granted  them  peace,  oblivion  for  bygi)nes,  liberty  of 
confeience,  and  all  they  delire  for  time  to  come.  Tins 
horrible  grant  cannot  but  j)rovoke  God  and  man's  indi",- 
iiaiion.  \Ye  are  grieved  to  liear  nothing  of  CalLmlar. 
Ivlontrofe  ravages  at  his  pleafnre  in  ail  Nori]uimherlan;i 
and  liiihoprick  :  we  hope  it  ihall  not  be  fo  long.  I  doubt 
if  your  book  be  Sadael  againft  Txlorellius  :  1  \hink  it  i^ 
a  writ  before  that  debate  was  heard  of.  Your  tranflatinp  of 
yotjr  Dutc!\  notes  is  a  purpofc  myiclf  and  uKiny  mocr  here 
clo  pafnonately  dcfn-e.  i^iodati,  1  conceive,  is  not  fo  good  , 
yet  it  fells  excellently.  The  ffationers  here  would  doubt- 
iefs  caufe  tranflate  and  print  your  Dutch  notes,  but  they 
delay  for  their  own  gain.  They  have,  on  the  prefs,  laigi: 
Englilh  notes  by  lome  divines.  While  that  imprelhon  be 
fold,  that  cannot  come  out  this  twelvemonth,  they  will  not 
.  nieddle  with  the  other;  but  we  look  for  little  good  fron' 
thcfc  Englilh  notes.  The  authors  were  fet  on  by  Epifco- 
Y,\\  men  •,  neither  are  they  of  fuch  ahiliiics  or  difpoficioii 
as  that  work  would  require.  If  you  can  hnd  a  means  t" 
get  thefe  Dutch  notes  printed  in  Englilh,  it  woukl,  as  1 
conceive,  be  a  work  exceeding  profitable  ;  but  of  ihi'^ 
j-nore  hereafter.  Will  neither  Rivet  nor  Voetius  follo'^v 
the  example  of  brave  Apollonius  ^.  Do  your  befl  in  tliii- 
if  nien  will  forfake  therafelvcs  and  us,  we  will  be  tlv; 
jviore  obliged  to  CJod.  All  Glafgow  quarrels  are  to  r.n' 
"  P1 


Let.  6i.  to  Mr  Winiam  Spang.       '  _        23 

jov  fettled  bv  Mr  George  Young's  coming  to  tlicm.    Farc- 
\yell. 

62.   Pitbruk  Letter.     June'].   1644.  ' 

"We    are   niucli  rejoiced  to   hear,    that   our  mallgnanu 
countrymen,  both  in  the  north   and'  fouth,   arc    fo   cailly 
compefced.     It  is  tiie  Lord  that  watches  over  tliat   blcllccl 
land  :  _  a   bleflcd   land  indeed,    if   compared  with  others. 
The  miferies  of  England  you  nvay  f;e  in  the  iuclofed  print, 
and  thefe  of  Denmark  and  Germany  in   the   Avrit.     Civil 
vyar  wracks  Spain,  and  lately  wracked  Italy.     It  is  coming; 
by  appearance  fliortly  upon  France.     The  juft  Lord,  who 
beholds  with  patience  the  wickednefs  oF  nations,  at  lail  a- 
I'ifes  in  fury;   gi'cat  is  his  nicrcy  unto  finful  Scotland.    Wc 
trvift  God  will  lend  peace  to  this  land  by  the   ruin   of  the 
malignant  party.     Both  the   Spanilh   and   French   juntoV, 
are  glad  nov/  to  change   the   Oxford  dialect,   and  ipe.ik  tc^ 
the  iloufes  at  Weftminfter  as  a  true  parliament.    On  Mon- 
day at  night  the  King  broke  up,  with  all  his  horfe,  and  lo 
many  of  his  foot,  as  he  could  moimt,  and,  with  all  fpeed, 
made  firft  as  it  were  to  Worceifer,    but   thereafter   ttirnctl 
tou-ards  Briftol.     ElFex  and  Waller  are  on   his   back  :    lie 
will  not  be  able  to  keep  the  lields.     Very   like,    before   he 
can  come  to  Briftol,  the   fmdl   army  he  has  will  be  rout- 
ed.    The  only  conhderable  force  he  has  is  with  Prince  lUi- 
pert  in  Lancafliire,    where   great   and   barbarous   cruelties 
are  committed.     AVe  hope  before   this   a  ct)urfc   is    taken 
with  that  infolent  man  \  for  Meldrum  in  Manchefier   \<\\\ 
be  4000  or  3000.     Denbigh  can  bring  him  3000  or  4000  ; 
and  the  armies  now  about  York  may  fparc  io,ooo  for  that: 
fervice,  and  keep  good  1 8, 000  behind.     If  God   be  plea- 
led  to  bleis,  there  are   men   enow    to    break    that   wicked 
faction  fliortly  in  pieces  •,  yet  it  is   in    God   alone   that   wc 
%vill  put  our  trull.      We  hope  his   gracious  Majelly  will  io 
much  the  more  be  pleafed  to  look  tipon  us,  as  iio  rcmorlc 
at  all  appears  in  our  enemies  ;  but  horrible  cruelty,  rapine, 
and  uncleanncfs,    rages   among    them    as    much    as   ever. 
'J  heir  only  trull  is  in  the  Irilh  butchers  and  Sj>ain.     France 
has  given  them  o\er,  and   will   be   glad,  if  we  pleafe,  to 
join  with  us.     'Fhe   Sv.'cdes    ha\e    lent  agents    for   a   llridt 
league  with  tis.    Tlie  Iriih  butchers  have  gotten  jieace,  and 
all  they  dehre.     The  Protellant    comuullioners    from   Ire- 
hind  came  all  hither  yellernigh.t  from   Oxford,     l-or  the 

oncourancmcnt 


^A 


PuUic'k  letter. 


JLct.  'Ci\ 


encouragement  of  our  IriOi  army,  there  Is  gone  away  in 
coin  L.  to,ooo  Sterling,  and  as  much  will  be  gotten  for 
them  ere  it  be  Ion-.  We  long  much  for  Callendar's  co- 
ming to  Newcaftle  5  doubtlels  the  p.u-liamcnt  here  will  take 
burden  of  his  army  alfo.  ,  ,   t^  , 

Our  pro'jrcis  in  the  alTembly,  albeit  flow,  yet,  blelled 
be  God,  is  rendble  daily.  V/e  have  palled,  but  after  a 
world  of  debate,  all  tbe  directory  which  concerns  ordina- 
ry prayers,  reading  of  the  word,  finging  of  plalms,  and 
proachinP.  Our  toil  is  exceeding  great;  every  day,  from 
ei"ht  in  the  morning  till  near  one,  and  oft  in  the  after- 
noon from  three  to  h.df  part  fix,  we  are  in  exercife  ;  only 
th-  Sa'urday  free,  arid  that  for  our  Sunday's  preaching, 
when  hngle  times  any  of  us  does  vaik.  All  ol  us  long  much 
to  b-  at  home  ;  but  we  are  all  commanded  to  Hay,  and  at- 
tend this  great  fervice.  Of  a  truth,  to  our  power,  we  put 
fnui  s  to  their  How  lidcs.  V7c  hope  all,  ere  it  be  long,  (h  dl 
I'o  accordin<^  to  our  hearts  dehre.  The  Independents,  our 
nr-at  retarders,  it  is  like,  fhall  not  vaunt  tlunnfelves  m  the 
?nd  of  their  oppofitions.  The  moil  of  their  party_  are 
f  d'c'i  otT"  to  Anabaptifm,  AnnnO)nianifm,  and  .-.ocinia- 
pifm;  thereiiare  divided  among  themfelves.  One  Mr 
Williams  Ivis  virawn  a  great  number  alter  him  to  a  hngular 
Tndenendencv,  denying  any  true  church  in  the  world,  and 
^viH  have  eve'ry  man  to  ferve  God  by  himielt  alone,  with- 
out anv  cluirch  at  all.  'rhis  man  has  made  a  great  and 
b=U-r  fchi^n  h'tely  among  the  Independents.  \v  e  hope, 
if  once  we  had  peace,  by^God's  help,  with  the  fpirit  of 
meeknefs  mixed  with  a  litde  juftice.  to  get  the  molt  of 
thefe  exi-oncous  ipirits  reduced.  The  miniilers  of  Lon- 
don, near  hx  Icore,  have  their  weekly  meetings  Ihcy 
are  all  Prclbvterians,  except  Burton,  laid  to  be  a  brown- 
iff,  John  Goodwin  to  be  a  Socinian,  and  one  Icruphng 
Piedobaptifm.  Some  of  the  Indep.ndcmts  arc  leotureri, 
but  none  fettled  minifters  We  had  much  need  ot  the 
m-^ycrs  of  God's  people  there;  by  th,it  help  a  very  glo- 
rious work  !-.ere  may  be  ha!\cned.  AH  our_  compa.iy  are 
in  f^ood  h-^'l^h.  Ott  our  fpirits  are  ovcrwc  iried  ;  out  UoJ 
ahwivs  bv  n-w  favours  rcfrelhes  us.  No  man  here  to 
fpeak  a  word  either  for  biihops,  or  liturgy,  or^  any  cere- 
mony. AVe  are  thinking  of  a  new  woi-k  oyer  lea  if  t  us 
clitu-ch  were  ieitled.  TTie  times  of  Anticnnk  s  fall  aie 
npproachino.  !  he  very  outward  providence  of  God  leei.is 
to  be  difpoling  France,  SpViu,  Italy,    and   Gcrm^-.y,    fo. 


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Let.  .62.  ,      Publkk  Icttrr.    ,>.  ,-.^^ 

the  receiving  of  the   oofoeh     When   the   curtains   of  the 
Lord's  f.ibern^cle  are  thus  f.ir,   and   much   farther,   cnl.ir- 
ged,   by  the   means  which   yet   appear  not,  how  ih  ill  our 
mouth   be   Tilled   with   laughter,    oar   tongue  wuh  piMiie. 
and  our  hearts  whh  rejoicing!     My  hearty   fervice    to    all 
friends  on   whofe  fpirit  any  piece   of  the   burden  of-    th-s 
great  work  doth  lie.      Thele  on  whofe  heart  there  lies   no 
tveiaht   but   of   this   world,    I  pity  more,  but  regard   Ids. 
Th«" French  General  in  Catalonia,  afrer   he   hid   fupphed 
the  ga.rifon  of  Lerida,  would  needs  let  upon  the  Spanilh 
army  that  lay  near  by.     The  fruit  of  this  ralh  and  needle.s 
enterprife  was  the  total    rout   of  the   French  army,   the 
ftria  beleaguring  of  Lerida,  the   great  hopes  of  dmgmg, 
the  French  out  of  all  Catalonia.    Yet  the  French  are  uhng^ 
all   diligence    to    make    up   their    lofs.     The    INlarilial   ot 
Turenne  could  not  get  his  army  made  fo  ftrong  as   to   re- 
lieve the  iiege  of   Ubcrlingen  ;  fo  at  laft  the  Bavarian  Ge- 
neral Merci  has  gotten  it,  and  come  down  nearer  Lnlac.c,^ 
to  b.efiege  other  places   in    Alfatia.     Tue    great    dcfign   ot 
the  French  is  on  Graveling,  a  fea-port  betwixt  Calais  anu 
Dunkirk.     INIany  doubt  of  the  event  of  that  liege.     Sun- 
dry rumours  of  bad  dcfigns   in   Monlleur's  counieUors  to 
trouble  the  Hate.     The  P.-otefiencs  are  in  dool  for  Mr  Co- 
ligni   Chatillon  his  eldeft  fon's  untimeous  deuh.     The  pi- 
ty is.  that  his  other  only  fon  Andelot   revolted   the   other 
year  to  Popery  •,  yet  they  fpeak  now  of  forae  hopes  of  his 
return  to  the  Proteftant  religion. 

.  63.  To  Mr  iniliam  Spapg.     June  9.  1644. 

Coufin, 

I  wrote  not  with  Friday's  pod.  I  have  got  no  anlwer 
from  you  of  what  I  wrote  before.  Lei^  this  bearer  lliould 
come  to  you  with  nothing  from  me,  you  have  here  wnat 
I  feni  the  other  day  to  our  friends  in  .Scotland.  1  can  add 
little  to  it.  Upon  Tuefday  at  night,  Waller,  without  or- 
,der,  followed  the  King.  'Wliat  is  become  of  either  party, 
as  yet  we  know  not,  which  is  lirange.  General  ETex  was 
pleafed  to  fit  Itill,  and  after  io  long  delay  to  fend  a  luvill 
party  of  horfc  to  make  a  falhion  of  purfuing.  When  he 
iounJ  Waller  with  all  his  forces  was  gone,  he  fent  word 
to  the  Houfes  he  would  go  for  the  relief  of  Lyme,  dlus 
was  not  well  takca  >  for  iw  was  to  eater  into  the  heart  o^t 

Vol.  iL  D  Widlers, 


'        '!     >1^Vi\ 


S6  To  Mr  WiUlam  Spang.  Let.  63.' 

"Waller's  aflociations,  and  really  to  fubvert  his  army.    The 
Aclmiral,  and  the  bravciy  oi:  that  poor  garrifon  of  Lyme, 
1  liopc  will   liave  rcfolveii   tljat    queftion ;    for   the   other 
veek,  on  our  folemn  faft-day,  that  unhappy  prince,  Mau- 
rice, having  airaulted  with  conildence  of  carrying  of  that 
fmall  town,  was  beaten  off  with  fo  huge  a  flaughter,  that 
they  are  in  no  more  fear  of  hirji.     We  hear  the  Admiral 
has  taken  three  fhips,  which  were  carrying  from  you   to. 
'Exeter  L.  45,000  Sterling.     If  it  be  fo,  it  is  a  good  prize. 
Manchefter,  with  all  his  forces,  have  lien  down  before 
York.     On    Wcdnefday  lafl  they  drew   near  the  walls. 
They  within  put  all  the  fuburbs  in   a  fire.     We  were  fa-* 
vourcd  by  the  wind  to  quench  it.     We  are  now  within  pi- 
ftol-ihot  of  the  walls,  and  are  making  ready  to  ftorm  it ; 
for  they  havq  much  more  vidUials  within  than  was  thought. 
It  cannot  but  be  a  bloody  bulinefs.     Frince  Rupert  rages 
in  Lancaihire ;  it  is  thought  he  will  make  a  great  army  be- 
fore he  come  to  York.     If   God   help  us   to  take    York, 
and  dtfc<u  him,  the  bulinefs  is  ended  in  England.  Send  me 
IMoreliius,  if  you  can  get  him.     i  have  got  Brown  at  lafi:. 
l''orbes  is  on  the  prefs.     Hold  Apollonius  on.     The  Inde- 
pendents have  fet  up  a  number  of  private  congregations  in 
the  city«     They  are  exceeding  bufy.     We  will  have   much 
to  do  with  them.     Edward's  piece  we  expcdc  the  next  week 
at  fartheil.     Strange  !   that  your  divines   of  Holland  will 
iearn  nothing  from  England.     Do  they  fit  Aill    v/hile  wc 
are  a-dying  !     The    calamity   may   ihortly   come    over   to 
them.     Be  affured,   your  ftate  will  follow  the    fortune   of 
England.     If  the  nvdiguHnts  prevail,  all  the  force   of   this 
iflc  will  be  employed  to  put  the  Nafibvian  yoke  on   their 
/  neck,  nill  they  will  they  ;  and  if  the  democratic!:  anarchy 
ve>;  our  churches,  ye  are  blind  if  ye   fee   not  that  pell  iu- 
cumbeiit  to  you  likcwifc.     Paper  bids  me  fay  adieii. 


6.\.  J\ly  Publhk  Utter. 

Affairs  here  at  this  time  fland  thus.  After  the  King 
broke  up  from  before  Oxford,  Waller  followed  him  be- 
yond Worceller  towards  Shrewfbury,  his  foot  being  Ictt 
in  divers  flrcngths  by  the  way.  AValler  could  not  over- 
take him  ;  only  was  careful  he  ihould  not  win  to  Prince 
llupert,  nor  raiCc  any  new  forces  in  thcfe  quarters.  His 
IMajeuy  fintllng  this,  turns  i^bout,  and  with  all  Ipced,  with 

what 


.■I'AVil,    :'.''A4;j'^.    vlf; 


het.  64*  My  Puhlkk  Letter >,   \  .  27 

what  he  could  carr}^,  returns  to  Oxford.  Waller  is  fllll  at 
his  heels:  after  fonie  days  rell  at  Oxford,  having  joined  all 
he  could  make  out  of  the  ncigbour  garrifons,  he  got  to- 
wards the  aifociate  counties.  This  puts  us  in  fome  per- 
plexity -,  yet  we  are  informed  this  night,  that  Waller  is  at 
his  back,  and  the  counties  have  call:  10,000  well-armed 
men  before  his  face  ;  fo  that  much  harm  cannot  be  done 
in  thefe  bounds.  The  General  having  gone  of  his  own 
head,  yea,  contrary  to  the  diredlion  of  the  Houfe  of  Com- 
mons and  committee  of  both  kingdoms,  to  the  well,  Islau- 
rice  rofe  from  Lyme.  Weymouth  rendered  to  us,  and 
fair  hopes  were  made  of  a  Ihort  recovery  of  the  v.'holc 
weft;  but  wife  men  do  not  look  for  much  good  from  ihac 
airth.  Prince  Rupert,  after  the  fpoiling  of  LancaflxirCj, 
and  the  great  increafe  of  his  army  there,  has  returned  to 
Chcfhire.  We  were  once  much  afraid  he  (hould  have 
gone  to  Scotland ;  but  now  that  fear  is  paft.  Left  he 
jhould  do  harm  where  he  is  going,  there  is  a  gallant  army 
now  in  purfuit  of  him.  10,000  from  York,  6000  from 
Lancaihire;  Denbigh  and  others  will  join  all  the  forces 
they  have.  In  the  mean  time,  thcfe  about  York  will  be 
quiet.  The  ftorming  of  the  town  will  coft  much  blood  ; 
and  if  Rupert's  ai-my  were  once  oii*  the  fields,  all  hope  of 
fuccour  being  cut  off,  it  is  hoped  it  will  render.  The 
Queen  on  Sunday  laft  was  delivered  of  a  daughter*  Wc 
are  proceeding  in  our  aflembly.  This  day  before  noon 
Ave  got  fundry  propofuion.s  of  our  directory  for  the  facra- 
ment  of  the  Lord's  fupper  palled  ;  but  in  t!>e  afternoon  we 
could  not  move  one  inch.  The  unhapj^y  Independents 
would  mangle  that  facrament.  No  cacechiiing  nor  prepa- 
ration before  •,  no  thankfgiving  after  ;  no  facramental  doc- 
trine, or  chapters,  in  tlie  day  of  celebration;  no  coming 
up  to  any  table,  but  a  carrying  of  the  elements  to  all  in 
their  feats  aihort  the  church  :  yet  all  this,  with  God's 
help,  we  have  carried  over  their  bellies  to  oar  pradfice. 
But  exhortations  at  tables  yet  we  ftick  at.  They  would  have 
no  words  fpoken  at  all.  Nye  v^ould  be  at  covering  the 
liead  at  the  receiving.  We  mufi:  difpute  every  inch  of  oup 
ground.  Great  need  had  we  of  the  prayers  of  all  God's 
people.  We  i-ejoiced  at  the  peaceable  couclufion  of  our 
general  aflembly.  By  the  printed  papeis  you  liave  the 
common  reports  here ;  and  by  the  writ  which  comes 
wcrkly  from  Bruilels  to  my  good  friend  Sir  P^obcrt  An* 
i.lruiher,  you  may  fee  how  things  go  over-fea. 
•'     •  ■      -         y^  i  6^.  Tor 


^S  For  Mr  Robert  Riimfciy,       '  Let.  65* 


65.  Tor  Mr  Robert  Ram/ay.     The  end  of  June. 

I  will  continue  ftill  to  write  unto  you,  though  none  of 
yours  has  come  fince  that  of  February  11.  "Wherc  Mr 
David  is,  I  do  not  know:  if  he  be  in  town,  let  this  ierve 
you  both.  We  have  here  many  ups  and  dov/ns,  great  fc- 
•  curity  and  luxury  in  the  city,  and  over  all  the  land  where 
the  Avord  rages  not,  which  makes  us  afraid  of  further 
judgements  than  yet  have  appeared.  We  fee  very  littld 
zeal  or  mind  in  the  parliament  for  the  houfe  of  God.  We 
are  on  occafion  telling  them,  that  this  neglect  is  a  great 
caufe  of  the  continuance  of  the  war;  but  for  no  purpofe  : 
the  mo/l  of  the  people  who  are  counted  religious,  arc  run- 
ning to  ways  of  error  and  fchifm  of  many  divers  kinds. 
The  avowed  difobedicnce  of  the  General,  and  his  goin? 
the  clean  contrary  way  to  his  orders,  what  it  may  produce 
\ve  do  not  know.  No  great  appearance  of  getting  York 
in  haftc.  The  fooliili  raihnefs  of 'Major  Crawford,  and 
his  great  vanity  to  ailault  his  alone  the  breach  made  by  his 
mine,  without  the  acquainting  Lcily  or  Fairfax  with  it, 
and  the  killing  of  To  great  a  number  of  his  men,  alfo  the 
fendmg  away  from  the  iiege  fo  great  a  party  to  follov/ 
IVmce  Pvupert,  will  force  us  to  look  on  tht'fe  walls  till 
Lunger  makes  them  fall,  whereof  as  yet  we  hear  not  much. 
The  delay  ok  Calendar's  incoming  i"o  long  has  giveti  time 
to  the  Mar<iuis  oi'  Montrole  to  make  havock  of  the  north- 
ern counliei.,  which  will  make  the  iiege  of  Ncwcaftlc  the 
harder  ;  and  without  NewcalUe,  this  city  will  hardlv  pv.t 
off  this  winter.  Very  many  of  the  allcmbly  are  d.  parictl 
for  want  of  m.eans.  The  allowance  giantcd  by  the  par- 
liamenr  is  not  p-tid.  ^\'hat  we  gave  in  concernuig  oidina- 
tion  )ct  lies  Uill,  and,  by  the  underhand  dealing  of  the 
Indej-i-ndtnts,  is  like  to  come  out  from  the  Houfe  io 
luaugkd,  that  if  wc  get  it  not  helped,  it  will  much  offend 
us  both  for  the  matter  and  the  preparative,  it  being  the 
iirlt  paper  came  from  us  to  the  Houles.  Very  many  thin::? 
■that  come  to  be  handled  in  the  affembly  arc  r.ew  to  i:>.  aii. 
and  cblcure.  We  have  lo  do  with  very  many  fcrujiulous 
"and  tluMU'ard  wits.  W  hethcr  we  had  need  of  prayers,  or 
not,  you  may  judge.  Wc  have  overcou.e  many  diilicul- 
•ticsi  our  Cod  has  cxiricaicd  us  out  of  \ery  n'any  laby- 
rinths j  wc  arc  ccnlidcnt  therefore,  by  the  ufiiuance  of 
'  God's 


Let.  6$.  For  Mr  Robert  Rar,zfay.  29 

God's  people  there,  to  fee  a  glorious  work  ended  in  thefs 
dominions,  and  begun  elfewhcrc,  ere  it  be  long.  The  tear 
of  this  makes  the  devil  and  his  iaflrunients  io  bufy  in  their 
malicious  oppolition.  •       .    ■  • 


66,  To  Mr  JViUiam  Spang.     June  2S.   .  '  '  ; 

Coufin, 
Your  lafl,  June  ift,  and  your  former,  wherein  was  a 
part  of  IVivet's  letters,   I  received  the  other  week.     I  write 
none,  being  diverted  v/ith  bullncrs-,  for  here  we  have  very- 
little  fi:)are  time.     You   havo  here  v/hat  was  v/ritten  to  our 
friends  of  Glafgow,  and  more  privately  to   a   fp^^cial  one 
B.      What   Mr   Buchanan,  at   my  dellre,  wrote  to  Paris, 
produced  a  letter  froiu    Monf.  Drelincourt,  with   the   ad- 
vice of  the  whole  coafiilory  there,  which  had  been  print- 
ed, had  I  not  ftayed  it  by  this  paper  :  we   have  fent    it   to 
have  it  rcdlified  according  to  my  motion,     What  Moulin 
wrote  from  Sedan,  is  more  to  the  purpofc,  and  our  mind, 
though   we   expected  leail:   from  that  man.     Spanheim,  I 
fee  by  his  anfwer,  is  not  difpofed  to  write  at  this  lime,  ex- 
cept the  univerlity  would  lay  it  upon  him.     Certainly  Isir 
■Rivet   is   very  ill  informed.     As   I   ani   an   honclt  man,  I 
never   heard  man,  privately   or  publickly,    fpcak  cither  ot 
his  perfon,   or  any  of  hi?   writs,  but  with  honour  :   if  he 
or  any  there  will  give  ear  to  all  that  is  written  from   Lon- 
don  at   this   time,  they  will   wrong   themfelves.     That  of 
'  burning  his,  or  any  di^•ine's  book  over-fea,   is  a  malignant 
calumny.     V/e  cannot  but   regret,   that  both   your   Itatei- 
nien  and  divines  ihould  fee  and  hear   us   fweating   to   the 
blood,  under  thcfc  burdens  which  concern  all  the  ileform- 
ed  alike,  while  ihcy  v/ill  obilinacely   lit  ilill  as  neutral.     It 
is  clear,  many  of  your  good  fnnple  people  have   no    fucli 
mind.     Their  large   contribution   to   the  poor  lri(h,  fliev,' 
their  afFsdlion  tliat   it   fliould    be   diftribute   to   the   poor 
people  there,  as  well   as   to  the    foldiers:  I  think  it  great 
real  on,  and  for  fatisfaction  in  this  point,  letters   are   gone 
aheady  from  the  committee  of  both  kingdoms,  and  more 
will  go  Ihortly  \ipon  this  your  motion.     13ut  I  hope  your 


people  will  not  exclude  the  foldiers  of  the  Scots  army  al- 
together from  their  liberality  :  for  I  know  it,  there  live 
not  any  more  poor  than  the  moll  of  them,  being  kept  to- 
gether without  one  penny  of  pay  for  twenty-two  months. 

SonicLhincj 


3<^  ^0  Mr  JVaUam  Spang,  Let.  66, 

Something   is  going  from  this   for  help,  but  within   two 
months  pay.      ApoUonius  would  do  well  to   go   on   in  his 
writing.     What  you  fpe;ik  ot"  a  voy;igc  to  Holland,  would 
be  good  fervice  to  God  and  this  cliurch.     For   the   over- 
fwaying  power  of  the  Ind-  pendents,  you  fpcak  of,  I  knov? 
it   to   be   a  falfe  fable  ;  only  this  is  true,   that  they  and  o- 
thcr  feels,,  joined   with   the   ftrange   backwardnefs  of  the 
moH:  of  thefe  here   to   do   in   time,  what   they  mull:,  and 
are   willing  alfo  oft   to   do,  may    be  very  dangerous,  and 
calls   for   all   the  help    can    be    obtained  from  our  neigh- 
bours.    We  are  vexed  to  the  heart  very  often  with   thefc 
unkent    and    unexpe*^led   ways    of   fome    or    other   here. 
Yeflerday  my   flomach   was    full  of  them,    and   this   day 
more.     I  had  need  of  patienee,  and   not    only  of  wifdom 
and  courage.     Not  long  ago,  while  I  am  vifiting  my  good 
friend   Mr   Rous,    I  find   the   favour   from    him   of   that 
which  then   I   fufpected,  and  now  have    found,  a  dange- 
rous dcfign.     After  very  great  labour,  we  gave  in,  as  our 
firft  fruiis,  a  paper  for  ordination   to   both  Houfes.     Oft 
had  they  called  for  it  before  it  came.     When    it   had  lien 
.  in  their  hands  neglecled   for  many  weeks,  at   lafi;   it   was 
committed  to  a  few  of  the   Commons  to  make  a  report  to 
the  Houfe  about  it.     We  hear  furmifes,  that  this  commit- 
tee  had   altered  much  of  our  papei  }  but  i  finding  by  Mr 
Rous,  the  chief  of  that  committee,  that   the   alterations 
were  both  more   and   greater  than  we  fufpe£led,  and   that 
the  committee  had   clof.^d   their  repot t,  and   were   ready 
to  make  it  to  the  Houfe,  wiiliout  any  further  meeting.     I 
perfuaded  him  it  would   be   convenient  before  the   report 
was  made,  and  either  Houfes  engaged  in  any  thing  which 
was  againft  the  miiid  of  the  aflembiy,  and  of  our  nation, 
to   confer   privately  v.ith   fome  of  us  anent   thefe   altera- 
tions.    Upon  this  he  obtained  an  order  of  the  Houfe  for 
the  committ.e  lo  call  for  any  of  the  affembly  they  pleafed. 
This  he  brought  to  the  affembly,  and  called   out   Marihal 
and  me  to  tell  us  his  purpole.      We  gave  iiim  our  belt  ad- 
vice.    On    his  motion  the  affembly  nan. ed  fdarlhal.   Vines, 
Burgefs,  Tuekney,  and  the  fcribes,  to  wait  on  j  and  wiih- 
al  requclkd  us  to  be  with  them.      Great   {iviic   and  cla- 
mour was  made  to  have  Mr  Goodwm  jomcd  j  but  he  was 
r-'ufed  by  a  vole.     Marllial   came   UvJt.      At   meetin'f   we 
found,  tliey  had  pallid    by    all  ihc  M-hole  doclrinal  part  oi 
ordination,  .md  all  our  fcriptin-al  giounds  for  it ;   that  they 
had  cholcn,  only   the  extraordinary  way  of  ordination, 

and 


Let.  66.  ■     7b  Mr  WiHlam  Spang.  3* 

,nH  in  that  very  part  had  fcrnped  out  whatever  might  dif- 
pt  e  the  Ind7pc^ndents,  or  patrons,  or  S.lden  ana  others 
Uo  w  11  have  no  dlfciplinc  at  all  in  any  chu.ch  jure  .hv^no, 
bt Ttt led  o        upon  the  free  will  .nd  plea.urc  or  the  ptr. 
hamen        Mr  Hendc.fon,  and  the   rcl^    rcaloncd   a.  unO: 
he  dangeroufncls  and  dilgrace  ot  this  ^^^l^^^^^^^ 
y,  that  fundry  of  the  gentkn.en  repented  ot  then    aha. 
tions-  vet  the  moft  took  all  to   advifement.     We,  m  p 
vate     refolved   wc   would,    by    all    means,    Ibck    to    on 
mpe'r     dk  this  being  the  firft,  if  we  yielded  to   thei  , 
S Vrdud  cial  alterations,  which   the    Independents  .nd 
cSuianVunderhand  had  wrought,  the  afiembly's  reputanou    ^ 
was       an  overthrown,  and  Krallus's   way  would  tnump  U    . 
What  will  be  the  end  of  this  debate.  God  knows.    U  the  a  - 
fen'blv  could  ftand  to  their  deed,  we  hope  to  1^7/^,  /'  >" 
hamentreafonablc,  for  they  will  be  ^o^'\'- ^^f^^'^'' f^^ 
fembly  and  us,  for  the  plealure  of  any  othei  pa    y.     hut 
we  fear  the  fainting  of  many  ot  onv  Hou(.J  ^^  ^^^^ 
our  mindinfufpenre-,  only  we   are   glad   ^v<;   ^^;^;  "^    f  ^'^ 
the  matter  before   it  came   to   the   Houle       lus   day  we 
were    vexed  alfo   in   the   afTen.bly  :   wc   thought  ^^c   h.d 
paired  with  confent,  fitting  at   the  taWe  ;  btu   behold   A^ 
Nye,  Mr  Goodwin,  and   Bridges,  call  all    m   the    ho    s, 
deuN-ing  to  tis  the  necellity  of  any   table,  but  prelhng  the 
communicating  of  all  in  their   feats,  without    commg  t.p 
to  a  table.     Melf.  Henderfon,  Ruthertord,  and   Gilleiu.  , 
all  three  difputed   exceeding  well   for   it,  w,th    arguments  • 
unanfwerable  ;  yet  not  one  of  the  Enghih  d,d  jom  wuh  us, 
only  Mr  AflelTor  Burgeis,  who  then  was  m  the  chan-,   hc- 
Rinning  to  fpeak  fomewhat   for   us,  but   a  l.ttle  too  vehe- 
memW,    Js  fo   met   with  by  the   Independents     that   a 
ihameftil  and  long  clamour  ended  then-  debate.      1  his  has 
Prieved  us,  that  we  fear  the  end  of  our  work,    always  wc 
cxpea  it  ihall  be  better.     Prince  Rupert  is  not  gone  iomh. 
but  north  towards  Cumberland.     I  pray  God  lave  Calen- 
dar's army  and  Scotland  from  his   bloody  mouth.      i  orU 
iccms    to    be   fo    provided,    that    in    hatte    it    cannot    be 
taken,  neither  can  we  fparc  any  more  from  the   l^ege,  t  le 
oarrifon  within  is  fo  ftrong,  and  our  works  lo  large.     J  ne 
Commons  have  written  a  iharp   letter  to  tl^   General,   tot 
his  difobedience  to  the  committee  of  both  kingdoms.     Ii.^ 
army  is  not  great,  and  we  fear  ihall  do  little  good   m   the 
weft.     The  King  is  ilronger  than  we  expected,  and  is  tail- 
ing on  the  alTociatiotis.     Things  go  h^rc  every  other  week 
'  ^  \yondertul 


T^  '^ 


32  7'^  ^^r  IVilliam  Spang.  Let.  C6. 

tvonderfnl  rarioufly ;  yet  by  God's  help,  all  will  be  well  j 
and  your  ambalTidors  in  the  end  will  not  be  commended 
for  their  bad  offices  they  have,  as  is  faid,  done  us.  1£ 
your  Prince  will  needs,  without  the  parliament,  make  a 
fccond  marriage  with  our  King,  it  is  feared  it  may  haften 
the  ruin  of  both  families,  which  might  be  prevented  if 
God  would  but  touch  the  heart  of  your  Prince  to  go  an- 
other way  to  work.  Had  he  and  your  Rates  joined  with 
Our  parliament  their  counfels,  it  might  have  faved  all. 
While  they  fide  with  the  King,  and  make  your  people 
neuters,  they  do  what  in  hade  will  not  be  forgotten.  I 
muft  break  off  here.  My  fervice  to  your  wife,  and  Tho- 
mas Cimningham  my  good  friend.     Parcwell. 

The  King  is  about  Bedl'oi-d,  as  they  fay,  with  near 
8000  men.  Waller  is  near  him.  Some  think  that  ihcy 
will  fight  ;  others  that  the  King  is  wheeled  about  again 
towartls  Oxford,  and  will  wait  for  his  Irilh  fuccours.  If 
your  Prince  had  the  w  ifdom  and  moderation  I  wilh,  it 
-feems,  with  all  mens  blcffings,  he  might  attain  all  his  end? 
both  in  England  and  Ilolland  quickly,  for  the  great  bene- 
fit of  all ;  but  as  he  is  like  to  proceed,  he  will  mils  his  de- 
sign, and  lole  all. 


67.  To  Mr  JVilHam  Spang.     July  5.  1644. 

Coufin, 

With  the  laft  poll:,  yoit  had  from  me,  at  length,  hov^ 
things  went  here.  Since,  wc  have  been  in  gicat  per- 
•ple^ity;  but  God  the  Lord,  within  this  hour,  has  begun 
•to  ihine.  The  General,  in  the  well,  was  doing  little, 
■and  as  little  is  expected  from  him.  The  King  had  given 
an  alarn\  to  Bedlordihiie,  and  all  the  afibciate  counties  ; 
Waller  had  Ikirmiihed  with  him  at  Banbury,  loif  eipht 
cannon,  and  had  gotten  fome  rub  :  but  that  which 
-concerned  the  heart  of  the  aftairs,  the  unhappinefs  of 
our  countrynian  ISlajcr  Crawford's  precipitation,  in  his 
fpringing  a  mine  by  himfclf,  and  alTaulting  his  alone,  and 
lofs  upon  it,  had  fo  difcouraged  all  tlie  rcll  of  the  army, 
that  they  could  not  be  brought  to  ftorm  any  more.  Veiy 
many  of  our  Scots  foldiers  were  fallen  fick ;  and,  to 
bring  our  dcUigers  to  the  top,  Prince  llupert,  above  all 
-mens  expcclations,  had  brought  over  the  hills  of  Lanca- 
ihire,  a  very  ftrong  arn)y,  bath  in  Jiorfe  a,n,d  foot,  8000 

■        2  horfi: 


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Let.  67.  To  I\Ir  JViU'iam  Spang.  ^'   33 

■  horfe  at  leafl,  and  10,000  of  foot;  tlitfc  were  marching 
directly  to  Yoi-k.  Within,  it  is  thou^^ht,  were  6000  good 
fuldiers,  very  many  gentlemen  muX  oincers.  When  we 
Jieard  that  ours  had  railed  the  liege,  we  v/erc  mticli  afilicl- 
cd,  both  with  the  difgrace  and  great  danger  of  the  per- 
fons  of  our  biethren,  if  they  fought  with  tltat  greater 
power,  and  danger  to  the  caufe  if  they  fonglit  not ;  for 
the  molf  tiiouglit,  iince  Prince  I\uj)ei-t  had  got  his  point, 
and  railed  the  liege,  he  would  j^refently  reiii-e,  and  with 
Jiis  great  army  go  rav;;ge  in  the  aiibciaie  counties,  where 
Pvlanchefrer  duril  not  fall  on  him,  nor  Waller  meet  him  ; 
York  at  once  would  he  revictualled  ;  tlie  rvLirquis  of  New- 
caftle  and  Gen.  King,  h.cing  at  libei'ty,  wovdd  quickly  ga- 
ther an  army  and  Itr.iiien  us.  As  for  tlie  afi'embly,  tlicfe 
three  weeks,  I\Ir  Nye,  and  his  good  fi  iendi  INIr  llerie, 
has  kept  us  on  one  point  of  our  direei:ory  alone,  the  re- 
commending of  the  communicants  coming  up  to  the  tabic 
to  communicaie.     Thuir  way  of  commuriicaiing,  oi  fomc 

.{It  the  table,  and  fomc  about  it,  wirh.om  any  faccc;iTi;)n  of 
companies  to  more  tables,  is  tint  whci'eon  we  ftick,  and 
are  like  to  ftick  longer,  AXi'o  tlie  great  appearance  of 
the  parliament's  milleading,  by  a  few,  to  change  tlie  papers 
we  gave  in  to  them,  {^o  that  nothing  Ihall  be  eiliabliihed 
on  any  fcriptui-e  or  divine  right,  did  mtich  afdi^t  us.    But 

.behold,  in  a  moment,  when  our  cretlit  was  beginning  fen- 
libly  to  decay,  God  has  come  in.  Our  army  has  fought 
Prince  Piupert,  has  ovcrthvowu  h.is  forces,  taken  liis  can- 
non and  bapgage,  killed  many  of  his  chief  oihccrs,  aiul 
chafed  the  reli  into  Yorlc.  You  have  here  the  copy  of 
Yny  Lord  Fairfax's  letter  to  tlie  mayor  of  llul!,  wiiicli 
is  feconded  with  two  or  three  otlier  letters    to    the  Speaker 

'  of  the  Houfe  of  Conunons.  IvLsjor  ikanvn  has  joined  to 
Waller  a  prettv  army.  'I'he  King  lias  run  away  aga.in, 
with  his  hoi'le  only,  northward.  Waller  is  following  a-i 
he  may.  The  General  wi-ites,  that  the  Queen  lias  left 
Exeter,  and  is  going  to  Pejidennis  caftle.  I  pray  God 
lave  poor  JLamihon  from  lier  nialice.     The  gentry  of   the 

-  weft  are  coming  fail  in.  This  people,  yeftcrday  ar.d  to- 
day, were  niucii  dilcouraged,  antl  hunting-,  but  tltis  night 
nre  triumphing.  Vv'^c  dare  not  be  too  mtich  exalted,  only 
we  bids  God    from  oiu-  lieart,  v/ho    is    beginning  to  (hine 

.  on  our  army,  arul  m;ike  it,  after  very  long  expectance, 
and  beaiin:;  down  of  otir  pride,  10  be  a  fountain  i;f  )()/ 
and  hope  to  ihefe  wlio  love  tjie  welfare  of  religion.     "\Ve 

-.      Vol.  H.  E  '  "         hope 


■:■':    \  ,     '  J 


34  To  Mr  William  Spang.  Let.  67, 

hope  things  in  the  aflembly  and  pp-rlian^icnl  may  go  more 
after  our  mind.  Our  army  oft  fjgnilied  to  tis,  they  con- 
ceived their  want  of  fuccefs  lh)wed  moft  from  G(;d's  anger 
at  the  parliament  and  allembly,  ior  their  ncgk^cft  of  ciia- 
bhfhing  of  religion.  Wc  oft  loki  them  the  truth,  that 
Ave  had  no  hope  of  any  jirogrcf,  h.cre,  till  CJod  gave  tlicm. 
viftories  \  and  then,  :ve  doubted  not,  all  woulu  run  both 
in  parliament  and  allembly.  You  hive  liere,  for  you  anc', 
Mr  Forbcr,,  a  doi^en  of  the  Anatomie''.,  and  two  or  three 
of  the  aniv.'ers  :  let  him  anl\vcr  that  poor  piece  if  lie 
pleafe  :  alfo  I'eccive  a  lute  piece  of  Cotton's.  Edwardi^'s 
book  is  expected  v/ituin  two  or  tlnee  chiys  ;  it  is  cxcrelccd 
to  near  forty  fheets.  Dr  iStuart  is  not  yc  t  on  the  picfi, 
I  thiiih  my  Lord  has  written  to  Mr  otrici-land  and  Mr 
Cunningham,  anent  the  Ivilh  money,  and  will  write  alfo 
to  you.  I  am  too  long  in  your  debt.  I  pray  yoti  wriie 
'  iTie  what  I  ani  refting  you-,  alfo  fend  me  over  l^echmaie 
againfi:  the  Socinians,  and  Uivet's  Ciitick,  lafc  edition,  and 
his  Iiifiitutio  Primipis  ;  alfo  if  his  Catholick,  lah  edition,  at 
Geneva,  be  yet  come  out,  and  his  firfl:  piece  againft  Gro- 
tius's  Annotations  on  Callander:  I  have  the  jioilerior.  I 
ihall  fend  over  to  you  hy  excJiange  what  1  am  refiin'j  for 
all.  The  claflcs  ot  Amfterdam  liave  wi-itten  kind  letters 
to  our  affembly,  and  recomuieiiJed  conformity  with  Scot- 
land. ]h)ld  on  ApoHonius.  I  wilh  Voetius  engaged- 
The  Lord  be  with  vou. 


■  68.  For  Mr 'Wliruvn  Spang.     Jv.ly  12.  1644. 

Dear  Coufm, 
By  yours,  June  qtli  and  I5t]i,  I  fee  you  had  not  got 
what  1  liad  wriuei;  largely  with  the  tv/o  kill  poils.  I  hope, 
before  this,  you  have  all.  1  did  affure  you  of  the  preac 
falfehood  of  th.e  iutoi'maiions  wi/kJi  came  to  Dr  r»i\et.  I 
Avifh  again  and  again,  that  Apoilop.ius  and  Voeiius  were 
moved  to  write.  They  muft  not  expecl  that  this  allembly, 
pr  any  member  of  it,  will  dcllre  them  to  do  fo  :  it  is  far  a- 
bove  their  power-,  and  if  they  elTayed  it,  they  would  foon 
be  taken  up  by  the  parliament.  Yet  we  arc  doing  wliat  we 
^an  to  get  leave  to  aniuxr,  witli  great  refpec^  all  your 
htters,  botli  of  "Walachien,  Zealand,  and  Amherdam. 
Ihat  engagement  yoti  write,  of  the  parliament  with  Sj)a!n, 
'/gainil  tiic  IVeneh  and   you,  I  give  you  full  alilirancc  of 

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Let.  68.  Fcr  Mr  JViUiam  Spang.  3S 

my  certnln  Icnov/lcdgc   it   was  never  intended.     Trne,   the 
Sp.tnifli  ixaibafl'idor  made  fuch   a   moiioa  to   tlie  commit- 
tee  of  both   kinijdoms,    which  they  tranfaiitt.d    to     the 
Houfes,  and  a  prieft  cau fed  print  a  p.iper,  oF  tlie  great  hurt 
would   come    to   Eno,land,    if   the   fea-coailr.    of    Flanders 
iliould  fall  to  tlie  Ficnch  ;  but  tluit  any  livingfoul  here  e- 
ver  dreamed  to   intermeddle  with   the  llen^c  of  Graveling, 
it  is  as  falfe  as  the  other  informations,  which  your  ambai- 
fiidors    have    come    over   to   colii,    and    vend    them   over 
Teas  to    our    prejudice :    but    thanks    to    God,    and    gra- 
rnercy  good  .Scut,   that    ihelc  men    are   like  now  in  a  fud- 
den  to   change   their   note.     On  Friday,  the  certain  nev,rs 
of  Prince  Pvupert's   routin^^  came  here.      On  Saturday  tlie 
X)utch  amballadors  prelTei.1  for  audience  from  both  houfes 
of  parliament,   in    as   an^ple   a  form  as  eiiher  the  Spanilh 
ambaflador  or   Imperial    agent  had  ufed.      AVc  cxpe6l   no 
good  frurn  their  trilling  propofitions.    There  is  no  friend- 
ly word,  fo   far  as  I  can    hear,  come  out  of  any  of  their 
mouths   fmce   their   arrival ;   but   it   is   generally  thought 
here,  that  their  defigns  have  been  wholly  for  the  advance- 
ment  of  the    malignant   party.      No    man    doubts  but,    in 
fpite  of  the  devil,  Ih-itain  and  Holland  muPi  join  heart  in 
hand  for  their  common  neceflities  ;  but   for    the  courtiers 
of  Oxl-ord  and  Hague,  ii  is  very  like,  if  they    go   on  flill 
in  their  wicked  wajs,  they   may  be  taken   both   for   com- 
mon enemies.      Concerning  Thomas  Cunningham,  I   AvilU 
by  all  means   you  and  he  may  keep  entire  correlpondence, 
otherwife    I   forefee    it    cannot  fail    to    fall  out    to    botk 
your  great  difpleai'urcs.     He   is   taken  here,  and  at  home, 
for  a  very  honell  man,  and  one  who  is  diligent,  and  very 
cordial,    to    his   utmofc   ability,    for    the  common   caufe; 
You  will  not  believe  what    fcarcity  there  is  of  men  whom 
we  dare  truit  with  fuch   a   matter.     Never  a  minilfer   was 
taxed  by  a  committee,  but  many  of  us,  in   this   time   of 
great   need,    got   on   our   credit,    foine    500,    fomc    1000 
mcrks,  to  lend   to   ihepublickj  which  will   be   returned, 
with  the  interefc,   according  to  condition,   or   elfe   :dl   will 
go   to   all.      It  is  my  earnen-   advi.c   to    you,   to    keep  fall 
with  that  man,     I  fend  you,  her.viih,   two  printed  flieets 
of  the  padage  of  the  battle.      God   was    merciful   to  us. 
We  were  in  a  fad  condition  :  Prince   Rupert   had  done   a 
glorious   piece  of   fervicc  :    from    nothing,  had  gathered, 
without  muiey,  a  powcrfid  army,  and  in  Ipite  of  ail  our 
three  Geiurals,  had  made  us  leave   York,  after  a  louo^ 


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36  Tor  Mr  inillam  Spcwg.  Let.  60. 

ilcge.  But  the  blood  of  Bolton  would  not  let  him  reft,  till 
all  the  glory  he  had  got  was  loft  in  an  hour  :  again  ft  the 
mind  of  Newcafrlc  and  General  King,  and  all  his  council 
of  war,  he  would  ilght,  and  purfue  our  army  ;  where  in 
half  an  hour  he  loft  all.  The  Independents  font  up  0:1c 
quickly,  to  aiTure,  liiat  all  the  glory  of  tb.at  night  was  tiieirs ; 
that  they,  and  their  IMajor-General,  Cromwell,  had  done  it 
all  tlieir  alone:  but  Captain  iScu.u-t  afterward  ihowed  the 
vanity  and  falfehood  of  tlieir  dilgraceful  relation.  God 
gave  us  that  vic^tory  wonderfully.  There  were  three  ge- 
nerals on  each  i'lAi:,  l-efiy,  I'airfax,  and  Manchcfter  ;  Ru- 
pert, Ncwcaitlc,  and  King.  Within  half  an  hoin-  aud 
lefs,  all  iix  took  ib>em  to  their  heels-,  this  to  you  alone. 
The  clifadvantage  of  the  ground,  and  violence  of  the 
flower  of  Prince  Rupert's  horfe,  carried  all  our  right  vving 
dov.ni  ;  only  Eglinton  kept  ground  there  to  his  great  lots; 
his  lieutcnant-crowner,  a  bi  ave  man,  I  tear  iliall  die,  and 
his  fon  Robert  be  mutilatod  o'^  an  arm.  I.indfay  h.id  the 
greateft  hazaixl  of  any  ;  but  the  b^^ginning  of  tlic  victory 
was  from  David  Le-ly,  who  betore  Vv'as  much  fufpected  of 
evil  deligns  :  he,  with  tlie  Scots,  and  Croiv.well's  hcrle, 
having  tiie  advanli\ge  of  the  grouiid,  did  diflipate  all  b-e- 
fore  tliem,  For  a  v/liiic  no  iniarter  was  given.  I.,ieute- 
naiU-Ceneral  Bailiie  and  Lurnillen  Jiad  tlie  grcateft  bur- 
den of  the  conduct  of  all.  Scarce  one  hour  did  the  hgh? 
laft  till  an  entire  victory  v.-as  gotten.  Never  fuch  armlesj 
this  hundred  yeais,  met  in  Engl.md,  largo  f^o.ooo 
men  on  the  field.  1  pray  God  Vv-e  make  good  uie  or  ihis. 
We  have  a  iblcmn  tbaukigiving  on  Thurfday  next.  You 
may  ice  what  Lieutenant-Gtneral  Dail'ie  writes  to  n-sc. 
V/c  cxpcv^  daily  to  he  ir  of  the  delivery  of  Yoriv.  The 
deiign  is  to  leave  Newcaftle  to  Caliendar,  and  to  march 
fouth  with  their  victorious  army,  if  York  were  yielded, 

\n  our  alfembly  we  gc;  on  as  we  nvay.  The  Indcpeutl- 
cuts  and  otlicj's  ke::t  us  long  three  \veeks  upon  one  point 
alone,  the  comnumicaiing  at  a  table.  By  this  we  came  to 
debate,  the  divers  coming  up  of  companies  iucccfiively  to  a 
table;  the  confeci-aiing  of  the  bread  and  wine  ieverally  ; 
tb,e  giving  of  the  br^aj  to  all  the  congregation,  and  then 
the  wine  to  all,  and  ib  tvice  coming  tip  to  the  table,  iirft 
f"(>r  tb,e  In  ead,  and  then  for  the  \<mc  ;  tlie  mutual  dillri- 
butio:!,  the  table-exhoj  tations,  and  a  v.'orld  of  Itich  que- 
itions,  which  to  tlie  n)olt  of  them  v/ere  new  and  ftrangc 
things.     After  wc  v.'crc  overtoiled   wiili  debate,   Ave  wcic 

iWeeJ 


let.  68.  Tor  Mr  IVilliam  Spang^  57 

forced  to  kavc  all  thefc  things,  and  take  its  to  general  ex- 
preffions,  which,  by  a  benign  expofition,  wotikl  infei'  our 
church-pradticcs,  which  the  moft  promifcd  to  follow,  fo 
much  the  more  as  we  did  not  ncceflitate  them  by  the  ailem- 
bly's  cxprcfs  dcLcrminaiion,  We  have  ended  tlie  matter  of 
the  Lord's  lupper,  and  thefe  laft  three  days  have  been  up- 
on baptifm.  We  have  carried,  with  miicli  greater  cafe 
than  we  expedled,  the  publicknefs  of  baptifm.  The  abufc 
svas  great  over  all  this  land.  In  tlic  greateil  parifli  of  Lon- 
don, fcarce  one  child  in  a-year  was  brought  to  the  church 
for  baptihu.  Alfo  we  have  carried  the  parent's  preleiuing 
of  his  child,  and  not  their  midwives,  as  was  their  uni- 
verlal  cuftom.  In  our  lafi:  debate  with  the  committee  of 
Commons,  for  o\u-  paper  of  oi'dinaiion,  we  were  in  the 
midft,  over  head  and  ears,  of  that  greateil  of  our  que- 
ftions,  the  power  of  the  parliament  in  ccclefiailick  affairs. 
It  is  like  this  queition  (hall  be  hotter  iierc  than  any  where 
elfe  :  but  we  mind  to  Itold  off  j  for  yet  it  is  very  unfea- 
fonable.  As  yet  we  are  come  to  no  iffue  what  to  do  with 
that  paper.  This  day  yOur  ambafl'idors  had  audience  to 
their  compliment  in  both  Houfcs.  For  anfwer,  they  will 
be  remitted  to  the  committee  of  both  kingdoms,  and  there 
they  muft  fland  till  they  fetch  over  letters  of  credence,  as 
well  for  Scotland  as  England  :  but  fpending  of  time  is  their 
aim,  to  lee  the  event  of  affairs  before  they  engage.  If  A- 
pollonius,  oi'  any  other,  write  at  all,  it  were  good  it  were 
done  qviickly,  for  the  chief  ufc,  either  of  their  authority 
or  arguments,  w'lW  be  ihortly  at  that  nick  of  time  v/heix 
the  Independents  give  up  their  realons  againll:  us  to  the 
parliament.  The  chief  point  we  wiih  were  j^roven,  is  the 
real  authority,  power,  and  jurifdiclion  of  fynods  and  claf- 
fical  prefbyteries  over  any  the  membe)'S,  or  the  whole,  of 
a  particular  congregation  ;  alfo  the  right  of  ordinary  pro- 
feil'ors  to  the  facrametus,  though  they  can  give  no  certain 
or  iatisfactory  figns  of  real  regeneration.  liieie  two  arc 
the  main  heads  ;  alfo  1  wiih  the  power  of  prelhyteries  claf- 
lical,  to  ordain  and  excommunicate,  were  cleared.  Many 
belides  the  Independents,  by  Voetius's  writs,  are  brought 
to  give  the  rigiits  of  both  thefj  actions  to  the  coiigregatio- 
nal  preibytery,  much  again R;  our  mind  and  practice.  The 
clunxhes  of  Jerufalem,  Coiinth,  and  the  reft  of  the  ano- 
Aolick  churclies  meritioned  in  the  New  Teftament,  which 
can  be  proven  to  have  pracli fed  citluir  ordination  or  ex- 
communication, appear  to  us  to  have  been  clalllcal,  con- 

ii  ft  in."' 


■-lt'.^li.■.■^ 


3^  For  Mr  JVillicm  Spattrj.  J.ct.  o'*. 

fifting  of  more  con-rcgations  than    one,    and    of   Greater 
numbers,  when  tJuy  did  cxcvdic  cither  of  thdb  ach^  than 
could  meet  m  one  phice.      Alfo  it  is  a  great  qucllion  about 
the  power  of  jun/diaion  in  a  congregation.     V/e  are  not 
agamll  the  people's  power  of  election  of  the  officers,  or 
at  leaft,  tree  conient  thereto  ;   but  befide,  thev  prefs  all  pro- 
cefs  and  afts  of  ccnfures  to  be  done,  if  not  in'thc  nan^e  and 
I    .authority,  as  the  i^rownifts,  and   thofe  of  New   EnPlmd 
I    yet  neceliarily  in    the  preience,  and  with  the  conf^n^noJ 
I     only   oi    the   pre%tcry  congregational,    but   alfo   of   the 
/     ^vholc  people,  even  every  communicant  male.      If  in  thefe 
we  were  agreed,  I  think  the  difficulty  would  be  fmall  in  a- 
ny  other  matter. 

69.    For    Licufai^nt-Cucral  Bail/i,.       London,     Tur/Jay, 
July  16.   1644.  ■>    y> 

Plight  Honourable, 
I  give  hearty  tiianks  to  God  for  his   work  on  the  2d  of 
July,  and  to  you  for  your  true  account  of  it.      We  Jione 
that  bkUed  day  ih.all  be    the   criiis    of   our    allairs,    which 
then  were  m   Jo  dangerous  a  condition.     Had  Prince  ]lu> 
pert  been  profperous  that  day  in   his   fight,  or  paff-d  by 
xvuhout   fighting,  we  all  conceive  affairs  ihould  have  been 
deiperatc.      God,  who  in  mercy  to    his   people,  who  lonff 
have  been  waitmg  upon  him,  gave  to   you   that  moll   glo- 
.    nous  yic^.ory,  we  truJt,  will  give  you  wifdom  and  couraoc 
to  make  ule  oi  ic.      On  Thurfday  next,   in  all  our  church- 
es, we  are  to  praiie  God  for  that  unfpeakable  favour,  and, 
as  we  hear,  the  King  has  directed  to  do  the  like  in  Oxford 
on  triday.     Vv'e  are  longing  to  hear  new?  of  York.     This 
people  here  will  never  end  any  bulinefs  cither  in  church  or 
llate  ;  all  that  honour  is   refcrvcd   for   you.      Waller  has 
been  running   up   and    down  wiiii  the  Kino  for  litde  on'r- 
poic       Hjs  J.ondon  and  allbciate  foot  are  all  home  ;   fo  the 
Kmg,  with  his  horie  and  foot,  are  fcronger  than  he,  and 
tire  drawing  towards  Briilol.     It  is  feared  that,  being  join- 
ed with  M;iurice  and  Hopeton,   he  may  dillrefs  the  Gene- 
ral.    The^lloUand  ambi.ifadois  liive  been   heard   in    boih 
Houfes.     'Ihe  only  delay  of  a  treaty  is  on  the   upcoming 
ol-  our  commifhoners,   with  the  articles  f  nt  down    to  our 
parliament.     No  good  is  expected    of  that   treaty.     You 
muft  give  a  fcconU  blow  to  that  faaioii  before   it'  be   in  a 
.    -     •  ■  poAwrc 


...Vv.r    ,:^.-. 


r-i  ...■■  :!-:i  V- 


Lci.  69-  For  JJeiitenartt-Genernl  Baillle.  39 

pofture  to  receive  fuch  a  peace  as  is  neceflai'. So  I  reft, 

your  coulin  10  fcrve  you, 

PtOBERT    BaILLIU. 


70.  For  Captain  Peri  erf chl.     July  16.    1644. 

Dear  Coufin, 
I. long  to  hear  what  became  of  you   and  your  company 
on  that  perilous,  but  glorious,  2cl  ol"  July.      As  yet  1  caa 
hear  nothing  of  you,  though  I  have  heard  enough  of  nia- 
nv  others,  and  of  fome  mucli  more  than  1  deiired.     I  pray 
God  you  be  all  v/cll.     Mr   John   I^ickibn   came    here   yc- 
fternight.     lie  told  me,  your  wife,  and  all  friends  in  Glaf- 
gow,  were  in  health  fome  ten  days  before.     Let   n:ie    hear 
what  you  have  deburfed  for  my  foldier,  that  1  may  fend  it 
to  you  with  many  thanlcs.     iUelTcd   be   the  name   of   God 
for  evermore,    that  ftrengihened    your    arms  that    night. 
Had  our  God  deferted   but   one    houi",    it    had    been    the 
blackeft  nev/s  that  ever  Britain  got  fuice   it  was  inhabited ; 
bui  now,   blefled  be  his  name,  we  hope  the  back   of  their  . 
pernicious  faction  is  broken.     One  other  found   blow  will 
beat  out   its  brains.     Ail  things,  both  here   and  in   Edin- 
burgh, both  in  chiu-ch  and  Hate,  would  quickly  have  mif- 
carried,  had  not  that  blelied  day  holden  all  right,  and  kept 
many  a  wicked  deJlgn   within    brcaft  which  was  ready  to 
have  broken  out.     The  Lord  fend  you  York   and  Newca- 
stle.    Till  then  all  things  ilicks.     Many  a  perplexed  night 
have  we  of  it.     If  oiu-  neighboxu's  at  Edinburgh  tafted  the 
iaucc  wherein  we  dip  our   venifon  at  London,  their  teetli 
would  not  v.'ater  fo  fall  to  be   here   as   fome   of  them  do. 
Our  liope  is  in  the  Lord,  that  he  who  has  done  fo  glorious 
things  for  us,  will  not  give  us  over  to  the  will  of  tlie  moft 
unreafonable   and  wicked  men  that  ever  were  born.     Mr 
Maxwell  of  Pvofs  has  pi-inted  at  Oxford  fo  dcl'perately  ma- 
licious an  invective  a;i,a!nit  oin-  aflemblies  and  prelln'teries, 
that,   however  I  could  hardly  confent    to   the   hanging   of 
Canterbury  himfelf,  or  of  any  Jefuii,  yet  1  could  give  my 
fenicnce  freely  againft  that  unha[-)i)y  liar's  life.     It  is  good 
he  is  no  better  to  our  parliaments  than  to  our  allemblies ; 
for  in  his   other    paniphlet,     Sacrofan^a    Jugia    AJajrJIaSf 
he  lays  them  abfolutely  under   the  feet   of   a   king's  mere 
plealure,  v\'ere  he  the   greatcil   tyrant   that  ever  was.     If 
God  go  on  a  little  with  you,  fucli  ilattering  ferpents,   in- 
cendiaries, 


■  1/1 


40  F(\r  Captain  Robert  PorterfiAd.  JLct.>-o. 

jcencllarles,  and  overthrov/crs  both  of  kings,  parliamcni? 
and  clauchcs,  will  be  gotten  charmed,  lilcfring  God  a- 
gain  and  again  for  his  mercies  to  us  all  in  you,  1  reft 
your  loving  friend  to  ferve  you, 

.  Robert  Bailhe. 


-jX.  To  Mr  Robot  Bhi'ir.     London,  July  \6. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
I  think  it  for  little  purpole  to  write  oft  to   you,  fince  I 
Icnow  that  Samuel  writes  largely  at  all  occafions.     BIcIFclI 
be  God  for  evermore,  that  has  looked  down  upon  us  all  in 
that  glorious  2d  of  July,     By  that   that   I   fee   here,    anJ 
•hear  from  Edinburgh,    our  afiairs,    botli   of  church   and 
;ftate,  both  here  and  in  tScotland,  were  in  Aich   a   poilurc, 
that  if  you  in  that  day  had  mifcanied,  whatever  we  have 
.been  building  up  thele  bygone  years,  in  Icfs  than  a  month 
was  like  to  have  been  overturned,  to  the  imfpcakablc  woe 
and  wrack  of  all  the  godly  in  boih  kingdoms;  •,  but  honour 
and  glory  to  liis  name,  v/lio  has  eftablillicd    our    tottering 
cftatc  by  that  day's  mercy.     However  lliame  hath  fallen  on 
particular  men,  v.'hen  they  turned  their   backs,   who   were 
mofl.  obliged,   and  moft  cxpecSted  to  have  ftood  ftill  ;   yet  :l 
was  well,  lince  God  was  glorihed,  and  you  are  vic^lorioiis 
m  fo  full  and  fplendid  an  overthrow   of  all  your  enemies. 
We  were  both  grieved  and  angry,   that  your  Indcpendeius 
there  lliould  have  fent  up  Major  Harrifon  to  trumj)et  over 
all  the  city  their  ov.-n  praifes,  to  our  prejudice,  making  ;'.ll 
believe,  tliat  Cronnvell  alone,  with   his  unfpeakably  valo- 
rous regiments,  had  done  all  that  fervice ;    that    the   moll 
■of  us  fled  •,  and  \\\\o  fraid,  fought   ib   and  fo,  as  it  might 
be..    We   were    much   vexed   v.'iih   tliefe   reports,    againft 
■which   you  were  not  pleafcd,   any  of  you,    to    inllrtict   us 
■with  any  anl'wer,  till  Lindfay's  letters  came  at  laft,  and  Cap- 
tain Stewart  with  his  colours,      'then  we  fent   abroad    our 
printed  relations,  and  coidd  lift  up  our  face.      But  iwitliin 
thrie  days  P.Ir  iifij's  relation  was   alfo  printed,  who  gives 
lis  r/iany  good  ^^'ords,   but  gives  mucli  jnore    to    Cromwell 
than  we  are  inlormed  is  his  due.     Let  good  Mr  Alh  know 
what  is  the  ule  that  generally  here  is  m.adeof  Jiis  rel.-tions  ; 
much   I   know  befide    iiis    intention ;    even   this   in   plain 
terms,  the  Independents  liave  done   lb   brave  fervice,  yea, 
tlicy  arc  lo  ftrong  and  conliderablc  a  party,  that  they  nuilt 
I  not 


L^t.'/t»  7b  Air  Robert  Blair,  '  4t 

not  only  be  tolerated,  but  in  nothing  grieved,  and  no  ways 
to  be  provoked.  It  fcenis  very  ncccliary,  that  iince  none 
of  you  of  purpofe,  and  ordinarily,  fend  up  relations,  and 
Mr  Afh  fends  to  the  prefs  conitant  intelligence  of  your 
adlions,  which,  for  the  man's  known  integrity,  aie  every 
\vord  believed,  your  proceedings  have  a  great  inlluencc 
here  both  of  church  and  flate  ;  I  iay,  it  leems  needful 
that  all  Mr  Alh's  letters  which  are  fent  hither  to  the  prefs, 
fliould  be  hrft  feen  and  ponilered  by  fome  of  you  thej'e. 
Thefe  are  my  own  private  motions,  which  I  jiropone  to 
yoa  alone,  to  be  made  ufe  of  as  you  think  fit.  I  blefs 
God,  who  gracioufly  faved  your  life  in  that  fo  dangerous 
an  hour.      Glory  to  his  namie.     Farewell. 

See  by  this  inclofed,  if  the  whole  victory,  both  in  the 
right  and  left  wing,  be  not  afcribed  to  Cromwell,  and  not 
a  word  of  David  Lcfly,  who  in  all  places  that  day  was  his 
leader.  If  his  reports  of  Mancheller  be  true,  you  kno\v 
the  llighc  of  ibme  is  v/orfe  and  more  Ihameiul  than  death. 


72.  For  my  Lord  Eglinton.      July  iS.   16^4. 

My  very  good  Lord, 

After  the  reports  of  your  great  battle,  hearing,  for 
all  our  vitflory,  that  the  whole  right  wing,  wherein  your 
Lordfhip  was,  to  be  routed,  I  was  for  fome  days  in  per- 
plexity and  fear,  doubting  much  v/hat  was  your  Lord- 
ihip's  condition  ;  but  after  Captain  Stuart  caine  up,  and 
alio  your  Lordlhip's  large  letter  to  Sir  John  Seaton,  I  vv^as 
much  comforted,  and  bleiled  God,  who  had  faved  youf 
life,  and  of  your  brave  fon  Robert,  from  the  grcatefl:  and 
mofl:  apparent  danger  that  ever  you  had  feen.  Blelied  be 
God  again  and  again,  who  did  protect  you,  and  brought 
you  out  of  tne  jaws  of  death,  and  that  w:th  fo  great  iio~ 
nour,  when  io  niauy  with  cowardice  fell  in  difgrace,  worfti 
than  deatii.  Tiiis  day  we  have  been  giving  to  God  pu- 
blick  praife  for  th.it  day's  unfpeakable  mercy.  U  God  had 
not  been  v/ith  you  at  that  hour,  if  you  there  had  been  bro- 
ken, wc  ail  cuncv.ive  our  welfare  in  tb.is  v.  orid  had  been 
overthrown  with  you  j  our  religion,  our  liberties,  our 
children,  our  perfons,  our  eflatcs,  our  poAci'.ty,  Ik'.u  all 
been  put  in  the  cruel  mercy  of  that  wicked  taction.  Great 
js  your  lionoiir  and  happinefs,  wliora  God  made  tj'ie  in- 
firuments   to   coaierve  10  all   this   llle   all    ih.U  ii  dear  to 

Vol.  II.  F  them. 


'I,'.     ;>Li.'j.   Clii,  '/ 


;-')i  -"i  ,'.•■;      .^:v.,V^i5-:\  ^-viA  VM  -A 


t  bhd  >.!■>  ■  -i  "/J  ji 


42  '  Fcr  my  Lord  EgUnton.  Let.  71, 

them.  We  ai-e  heai-ing  alfo,  that  the  town  is  i-eiiderfcl  to 
you  wiiliout  blood,  another  very  great  favour.  O  !  if  we 
were  thankful  to  God  for  all  thefe  great  mercies.  I  long 
to  hear  of  the  cure  of  Piobert's  wounds;  alfo  of  Lieute- 
nant INIontgomery,  that  brave  and  gallant  gentleman.  I 
have  fent  herewith  to  your  Lordlhip  tlu'cc  weeks  of  the 
grizettes  of  Paris;  for  many  I  have  oft  received  from  your 
Lordlliip.  I  wiili  in  any  thing  of  the  world  I  u'cre  able 
to  do  your  Lordlhip,  or  any  of  your?,  pleafure  ;  by  GodV> 
grace,  wliile  I  live,  I  lirall  be  very  willing,  as  1  am  ftrairly 
obliged  to  fervc  your  Lordlliip,  and  all  yours.  Praying 
God  to  be  prefent  with  your  Lordlhip  in  all  your  noble 
enterpjifes,  1  reft,  your Lordfliip's,  ever  to  be  commanded, 

IIOISERT    BaiLLIE. 

.    All  affairs  here,  both  of  church  and  ftate,  of  war   and 
.peace,  are  much  hindered  by  the  too  long  and  unexpe(51ed 
delay  of  the  coming  up  of  our  commlJliuners  from   Scot- 
land. 


73.  To  I\Ir  David  Dlckfon.     Jvdy  23.  1644. 

-  ■'     Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 

Not  knowing  where  you  were  from  April  till  the  tiiuc 
of  your  fon's  coining  hither,  I  direc^tcd  my  letters  to  ]\h' 
Pvobert.  You  have  in  my  publick  leuer  and  papers  thi; 
outlide  of  ou.r  affairs  ;  but  the  inlide  of  the  thoughts  of 
many  here  is  tliis.  Our  difficulties  in  all  our  affairs,  both 
of  church  and  ftste,  are  great  and  rnanv,  as  they  Inive  e- 
.ver  been,  from  the  beginning  till  this  day  ;  yet  the  Lord 
has  carried  us  through  hiiheiio.  If  his  good  hand  conti- 
nued not  with  us,  wc  fee  no  poffibiliiy  of  any  tolerable  il- 
■fue.  Our  progvefs  in  the  aliembly  is  Ihiall  ;  there  is  io 
much  matter  yec  before  us,  as  we  cannot  win  through  foi* 
a  long  time  after  on  comn~iOn  pace.  Our  hidepcndenin 
continue  and  iiicreafe  in  their  obftinacy.  Much  is  added 
to  their  juid 0  and  hope  by  their  ferviee  at  the  battle  vi 
York  ;  albeit  mtich  ol  iheii"  valour  is  grounded  on  very 
falfe  lie«,  prejudicial  to  God,  the  author,  and  to  us,  ih-.: 
true  inltruments,  (jf  t'lat  cla\'s  honom-  The  politick  part 
in  the  parliament  is  the  ilronger,  wiio  are  refokue  to  con- 
clude nothing  in  the  matters  of  religion  that  may  grieve 
the  fe^taries,  whom  they  count  ncceflary  for  tlie  time.    Our 


..vC 


--  V    .^v 


7  ;  f,  o<  '  ;;  i.^.   -(    .,;!  1 


Let.  73.  To  Ml'  David  Dick/on. 


\s 


army  is  miicli  dlniinifiicd  in  number  and  rc])ul>ition.  Alfo 
licrc  Callend.\r's  arniy  is  called  very  Imali,  and  no  ways  able 
to  reduce  Newcallle.  The  letters  we  have,  both  from  the. 
committee  and  prelbytery  at  York, arc  much  for  a  fal^e  peace ; 
which  we  wifii  from  our  heart;  but  think  their  proponing 
of  it  is  from  the  confcience  of  tlieir  prelent  weakneis.  We 
fear  tlie  cxtraordlnar  long  Itay  of  our  conimiHioners  be 
fropi  new  factions  and  tlivillons  among  vourfelves.  If  tlie 
King  should  get  any  real  vantage  agiinll  Lllex,  it  would, 
much  change  aiTairs  here.  'J  liis  is  an  irrefolute,  divided, 
and  dangeroufly-humoured  people.  We  long  much  to  fee 
them  fettled,  and  our  nation  honeilly  rid  of  them.  We 
fufpecl  the  Queen  may  work  us  much  mifchief  in  France. 
The  articles  or  peace,  which  are  concluded  here,  and,  as 
we  hear,  witli  you  alfo,  are  fuch  as  we  think  the  King, 
will  never  accept ;  and  if  we  ihoald  begin  to  treat  wluk 
him  on  the  alteration  of  any  of  thtm,  it  will  draw  both  to 
a  great  length,  and  a  dangerous  loilng  of  our  ground. 
The  fe(5l.irie3  of  divers  forts,  Anabapr.ilis  chiclly,  inereafe. 
here.  Very  many  are  for  a  total  lib^rrty  of  all  j-eligions, 
and  write  very  plauiible  treatifes  for  that  end.  Sundry  of 
the  Independents  are  ftepped  out  of  the  church,  and  hol- 
low my  good  acquaintance  IMr  lloger  \^  illi.uns  ;  wiio  fiys,. 
there  is  no  church,  no  iacraments,  no  paftors,  no  chiirch- 
olllcers  or  oidinance  in  the  world,  nor  has  been  Ihice  :i. 
few  years  after  the  apoltlcs.  if  our  coinmillloncrs  were 
once  come  up,  we  mind  to  put  them  a  little  harder  to  it, 
and  fee  what  they  underftand  by  their  UTdformity,  which 
they  have  fwDrn  to  us.  We  can  m.ike  no  certain  conclu- 
fion,  but  that  we  believe  God  will  work  his  own  gracious 
ends  by  man's  weiknefs.  One  week  we  have  fair  appear- 
ance to  get  all  things  quickly  done  according  to  our  mind,. 
anotJier  week  fuch  alteration  in  affairs,  that  notbing  lefs. 
can  be  hoped  for.  Thefe  vicilluudcs  of  hopes  and  defpair, 
^^'■hen  we  look  to  the  earth,  are  very  trequer.t.  If  we  had' 
i)0  need  of  yoiu-  prayers,  yoiirlclf  judge-  Communicate- 
this  to  Mr  Robert,  and  Mr  George,  if  lie  be  with  you.. 
I  ihall  have  a  care  to  fpeak  with  I\lr  Jo.  and  cauie  Mr  A^. 
lexandcr  and  Mr  Samuel  fpeak  hin\  in  the  purpol'e.ye 
"\vrote  of.  h  would  be  very  fwect  to  me  to  be  at  home, 
Qnd  Icrving  in  my  ciiarge  ;  but  as  yet  no  appearance  of. 
loohng  for  any  of  us.  Wc  are  upholden  by  God's  pre- 
icwcc  with  us,  giv:ng  us  all  he.uih,  grace,  love,  aii  l  e;)n.«> 
^Qvdji  and  ia  all  occafions  opening  the  mouths  of  iny  col. 

I'   2.  ka^,uc,v 


z\ 


'I     <:■;    '..•.!;    ''. 


44  '■  7'i)  Mr  David  Dlckfon.  Let.  73. 

leagues  to  fpeiik  what  is  convenient.  Thanks  be  to  God, 
that  in  nothing  hitherto  liavc  we  been  a  Ihamc  to  our 
church  and  country.  The  things  you  defircd  to  be  liclpcd 
in  our  church,  will  all  fall  out  according  to  your  mind  ^ 
but  I  may  not  enter  into  particulars  till  all  be  finillicd. 
They  put  us  always  in  hopes,  if  the  malignant  faction 
were  brought  down,  and  our  army  well  advanced,  then 
jquickly  all  Should  be  lettlcd,  with  i'luall  regard  to  the  fcc- 
taries,  whom  now  they  dare  not  offend,  at  kail  not  put 
them  to  dcfpair. 

How  our  ailaiis  go  here,  you  may  fee  in  the  four  inclo- 
fed  papers  printed  ;  and  toreign  aOairs  you  mny  fee  in  the 
"Written  one.  I  can  add  little  ihcieto.  Our  afiembly  being- 
wearied  with  fitting  fince  the  begiiuiing  of  July  was  a-year, 
without  any  intermifiion,  was  carneft  for  a  liule  relaxa- 
tion ;  fo  fourteen  days  were  obtained  from  the  Houfes,  of 
vacation  AVe  lit  not  till  Wednefday,  ^Vugiift  7th.  Some 
of  us  were  earneft  to  delay  that  vacation  till  wc  had  cloied 
the  directory  of  baptifm,  which  was  near  an  end,  and  till 
the  Iloules  did  return  to  us  their  fcnfe  of  our  paper  of  or- 
dination, wheieupon  they  had  fpent  already  fomc  time; 
but  the  dO(^-days  and  fafting-week  coming  on,  and  the 
particular  ailaiis  of  divers  our  members  admitted  of  no  de- 
lay. As  yet  there  is  nothing  concluded  anent  the  difpofi- 
tion  of  the  army  at  York  •,  but  liumbie  being  now  come 
up  to  us  tor  that  end,  I  think  quickly  they  will  be  all  dif- 
pofcd  on  for  cur  bell  advantage.  My  Loid  JIumbie  told 
us,  that  the  Governor  of  York  Viewed  him,  that  he  was 
going  out  to  bury  the  old  Bilhop  of  Glaigow  at  the  very 
time  when  word  came  to  him  of  the  fight ;  fo  he  behoved, 
with  the  m.oft  v/itli  him,  to  leave  the  corpfe  to  be  put  in 
the  earth  by  jome  few  poor  nien.  The  Jjiihop  had  no- 
thing for  his  burial  but  as  the  Governor  furnifhed.  The 
judgement^  of  God  are  to  be  obferved  and  adored.  Jaco- 
bus, as  Humbie  (ays,  was  killed  long  before  at  liandouner. 
The  army  is  at  Doncafler,  willing  to  follow  Prince  Rupert 
whitherfoever  he  goes,  if  fo  they  be  furnilhed  with  necef- 
faries  iov  the  march.  General  kflex  is  betwixt  Exeter  and 
l^l)mouth.  1  he  King  is  towards  him.  When  Maurice 
and  Jlopeton  are  joined,  they  will  be  many  more  men  than 
we.  To  help  this,  Waller  is  to  fend  a  great  party  of  horfe 
and  dragoons  to  I'.fiex.  The  Queen  from  Falmouth  was 
Cat)  led  by  ten  Ihips  of  the  Hollanders  to  BreJl  in  I'retagne. 
'What  lilt;  may  work  agaiall  us  at  the  court  of  France,  ma- 
^     -     -  ny 


Let.  73'-  '  ^"^  ■^'■^'"  -^^^^'^  Dklcfcu.  4^ 

Ay  doubt.  Dr  M.vyern  would  m  ike  us  believe,  that  her 
days  cannot  he  many.  The  French  and  States  ambafia- 
dors  are  urging  a  treaty,  wherein  we  fufpc^^i:  deceit,  and  a 
continuance  of"  their  oUl  arts;  but  nothing  can  be  faid  to 
that  point  till  our  cominilTioners  come  from  Scothuul.  We 
have  been  cxpefting  them  every  week  thefe  two  months. 
Their  delay  is  exceeding  prejudicial  to  all  (jur  affairs  here, 
both, of  church  and  flate.  The  victory  at  York,  fo  far  as 
wc  are  informed,  appears  to  us  more  and  more  miracu* 
Ions.  We  cannot  praife  God  enough  for  it.  It  was  ex- 
ceeding great,  and  exceeding  feaibnable,  if  all  the  truth 
v^ere  known.  By  the  alllftance  of  your  prayers,  we  truft 
to  obtain  from  Cod  a  h::ppy  conclufion  of  the  whole  work 
in  his  due  lime.  All  our  company,  praifcd  be  Cod,  ai'C 
in  good  health. 


74.  For  Clci/govj.     Jiigiiji  7.  1644. 

The  eilate  of  affairs  here,  fincc  my  laft,  you  may  (cc  m 
thefe  printed  papers,  and  of  aftairs  abroad,  in  the  ia- 
clofed  writ.  1  can  add  liitle  hereunto.  This  day  we  lit 
down  in  our  aflembly,  after  our  vacance.  The  lioufe  of 
Commons  have  pad  the  paper  of  ordination  unanimoufly, 
with  fome  alterations,  which  are  to  be  conudered  by  us. 
The  right  fettling  of  that  bufmefs  will  be  a  great  ftcp  to 
advance  our  affairs.  The  little  interruption  we  have  had  in 
our  fitting,  make  both  ourfelves,  the  Iloufes,  and  the 
city,  and  all  the  world,  to  call  on  us  for  difpaich  ;  and 
it  feems  God,  difpoiing  of  all  ailairs,  is  making  lor  our 
furtherance  ;  fo  we  hope  for  a  farther  progrels  quickly, 
than  for  a  long  time  bygone  we  have  made.  We  are  af- 
ilifted  with  the  delay  of  our  commillioners  upcoming. 
We  know  not  what  you  are  doing  in  Scotland.  No  man 
licre  has  feen  one  line  from  .Scotland  iince  tJie  261I1  of 
June,  which  is  a  fotiilhncfs  inexcufable.  The  publick 
fuffers  by  the  carcleilb;  is  of  I'ome.  By  letters  intercepted 
fi'om  Ireland,  we  here  of  Antrim's  landing  in  Argyle, 
with  2500  men  at  moft.  We  truft  they  Ihall  not  do  nuich. 
hurt,  hut  that  God,  who  has  defended  hitherto  our  land, 
fnall  deliver  thefe  idolatrous  butchers  to  our  fv.-ords. 
There  is  a  great  exjiecbition  here  from  Inchiquin,  and  tlie 
reft  of  the  Proielt.uu  Irilh  in  the  fouth,  who  are  rilen  for 
the  parliament.     This  accident,  if  it  plcafc  God,  may  do 

much 


46  '      For  Cla/gow.  Let.  74. 

much  good.     ElTcx^s   army  is   in   good   cafe,    praifed   be 
God,  in   Cornwal.     The   King,  INLiurice,   and   llopcion, 
and  all  tliey  can  make,  are  upon  his  back,  but  are  weaker 
than  to  fight.     The  moft  of   Waller's  hoiTe  are  gone  with 
our  brave  countryman,  Major-Gencral  Middleton,  to  wait 
on  the  King's  rear.     Prince  Rupert  has   divided   tlic   rem- 
nant of  his  beaten  army.     Hindelf,  v/ith  the   foot  he   tan 
get,  are    towards  Shrewfbury  ;  and  Manchefter   is   to   at- 
t'end  hini.     The  moil  of  his  horfe,  with  Clavering,   Glen- 
ham,  and  Montrofe,  are  towards  Weflmoreland  /  ^o   our 
>vhole   army,  after  refreJhment  at  Leeds   and   Wakefield, 
by   the  hearty  and  unanimous    advice    of  all   the    Engliiix 
committee,   is  fcnt  nortli  ;   for   there  is  nothing  worthy  of 
their  flay  cither  in  Yorklhire  or  Lancafhire.     Fairfix  has 
the   reducing  of  thefe   caflles   committed  to  him.      Neu--. 
caRIc  is  the  only  delign  of  importance.     We  pray  God  de- 
liver it  in  our  hands       We  are    glad  to  hear  of  the  reco- 
very of  our  fick  and  wounded  men,   and  that  our  army  is 
fo  full  of  chearfulnefs.     iMuch   money   is   coming   fiom 
the  fale  of  the  prime  malignants  lands!      God  is  ftill  very 
gracious  to  us.      We  feared  the  elfects  of  the  O^ucen's  go', 
jng  to  France  ;  but  our  fears  now  are   diminidicd.     The 
King's  atlaii-s  at  the  court  of  France  are  taken   for   defpe- 
rate,  and  not  to  be  meddled  with;  fo  much  the  lefs,  as  the 
Qiicen  and  her  faction  are  conceived   to    be   Spanilh,  and 
upon  the  defign  to  trouble  the  alfaii-s  of  France.    V>in  the 
evidence  of  God's   care  for  us,  is   in    that    great    ftir   that 
is    (jiiickly  like   to    iill  a'l  France  for  our  great    advantage. 
The  Duke  of  Orleans  wi!l  not  come  to  the  court,  but  fends 
fundry   articles    to   tlie   C)uecn,    which   will   overturn   the 
Cardinal  and  all  her  counTels,  if  they  be  granted;  and,  if 
not,  lie  has  a  victorious  army  wherewith  he  will  command. 
This  might  be  the  begiiming  of  a  great  commotion,  if  the 
]ightiie!s  of  the  French  i'pirit  hindered  not   all   men  from 
building  any  thing  on  tlieir  motions.     Lcrida   is   taken   at 
lall    by   the  .Spaniard.      Since   Angiwen   and  Touraine  are 
joined,  a  bloody  battle  is  expected  about  Fribuig,  betwixt 
the  French  and   the   J'^avarians.     TJKit   old  fox    Urban    is 
at  laft  gone   to  his   place  ;  yet  the  devil  his  father  cannot 
die,  and  will  never  want   a  Ion  to  be  the  Pope's  fuccefibr. 
At  our  fitting  down  this  day,  a   great  many   of  our   bre-^ 
|hren  did  complain  of  the   great   increafe  and  mfolency  in 
divers  places  of  the    Aiuinomian  and  Anabaptiftical   con- 
renticles.     A  committee  was   appointed  for  a  remedy  of 

this 


Let.  74-       _  ^0''  Clnfgoxv.  A1 

this  evil,  to  be  reprcfcnted  quickly  to  tlie  paillamcnt.  Mr 
ILdwards  has  wriucn  a  iplciulid  coMfutation  of  all  ilic  In- 
dependents apology.  All  the  minifters  of  London,  at 
leaft  more  than  loo  of  them,  have  agreed  to  cre£t  a  week- 
ly ledlure  for  him  in  Chrifl's  Church,  in  the  heart  of  the 
city,  where  he  may  handle  thcfe  quertion3,  and  nothing 
elfe,  before  all  that  will  tome  to  hear.  AVe  hope  God 
will  provide  remeids  for  that  evil  of  Independency,  the 
moth-er  and  true  fountain  of  the  church's  diitraclions 
here.  •.  '         ■ 


'j^.    For  Mr  JViUiam  Spang.     Jvgujl  lo.  1644. 

Dear  Coufin, 
I  wrote  none  to  you  the  laft  pofi:,  for  it  was  ourvacance, 
and  we  were  abroad  ;  neither,  1  think,  the  two  pofts  before, 
waiting  while  I  heard  you  had  received  what  I  had  written 
with  the  three  former  :  and  when  your's  came,  I  fmu  that 
you  had   only  then  received   my   Lilt,  July  12th;  but  noc 
the  two  former.      Of  this  enquire  the   caufe.     I   fent  yoii 
long  ago  Mr  Edwards's   book.     Dr  Stuart   has   a   call    to 
Leyden,  To   he   intends  not  to  put   his    reply   to   the  prcii 
till' he  be  going  hence,  left   he  Ihould    be   retarded  v/iih  a 
new  anfwer.      As  for  our   adairs,  thus   they    iland.     TIic 
parliament   goes    on    after   their    old    way,    {lowly   in    all 
things.     The  truil  is  hi  the  Commons  alone.     They  have 
a  world  of  alTairs   in  hand.     They   moft  do  by  a  m.ember 
fmce   Pym  died.     Not  a  Ib.te-head  amongft  them.     Man/ 
very  good  and  able  ipirits,  but  not  any   of  lo    great   and 
comprehenllve  a  brain,  as  to  manage   the  multitude  of  la 
weighty  aflairs   as    lies  on  them.     \i    God   did   not  Ik  at 
,their  helm,   for  any   good  guiding  of  theirs,  long  ere  this 
they   had   been   gone.     Callcndar,  with    above    5000  loot 
and  horie,  came  over  Tyne   about  the    20th  of  July,  goJ: 
llartlepole  and    Stockton    on    the    Tyfe    the    24th,    went 
thereafter  to  Newcaftle,  took  in  Gatelidc,  and   barricaded 
the  bridge-port.     The   army    in    York,  after   having  ient 
l!p  my  Lord  lluniby  hither  for  direeliun,  weie  adviled  by 
the  Lnglifh  committee   to    go    back    to    Newcallle,   the  ta- 
king of  it  being  judged  the  mob  necellary  ler\ice  •,   ior  tht: 
few  cables    in    I'orklliiie    were    not   worth    their   labour. 
Alfo  Fairfax  was  elleem.ed  able  enougli    for    their   reduc- 
tion.   Prince  Tiupert  had  ient  the  molt  of  bis  borfe,  with. 

Claverini^ 


a. :-■':'.    ■:([ 


vjS  For  Mr  William  Spang,  Let.  75. 

Clavering  and  Montrofc,  nonhv/ard  ;  and   the  few  bro- 
ken troops    he    retaincvi  with    Jiini  were    dillribute   about 
Chefter,  wliere  he  purpofcs   to  Jie  till  men   and  aniniuni- 
tion  come    to   hun  irom   Irehmd.     However,   Manchefter 
was  directed  to  wait   on   his  wings.     \Vc   were  the   more 
wiUing    to    be    fent  north,  becaufe  of  Callendar's   danger 
from  JNlontrofe,  alfo   to    be   near   ^Scotland,  if  any   need 
were.     Our  parhament,   before  die  excife  and  loan-money 
,  could  be  cllablilhed,  fpent  too  much  time  ;  alfo  much  de- 
bate and  fecrct  working  was  about  the  commiflioncrs  to  be 
fent  hither.     If  men   knew   the   vexation   we   have   here, 
they  would    not  be  fo  carneft  for    the  employment    as    we 
hear  many  have  been.    Always  at  lail  the  better  party  pre- 
vailed,   to    get    the   Chancellor,   Argyle,    and    ii.dmerino 
named   for  the  Lords  j  Warillon,  Sir  Charles  Arellane, 
and  Mr  George  Dundas,  for  the  gentry  j  .Sir  John  ymith, 
Jvlr  Robeit   Darclay,  and    Hugh    Kennedy,  for  the    bur- 
rows.    Their  chief  bufmefs  will   be   about  the  articles  for 
pacification.     We   expeded   their   return,  at   fanhel^,    a- 
gainft  the  midft  of  June,  and  yet  they  are  not  conic  ;  only 
Warifton  is   faid   to   be   on   Ids  way  with  them  :  however 
we    have   been   much  called    for    tlicni,  yet   in    my   mind 
they  Ihall  not  be  of  great  ufe  when  they  come,  for  lb  long 
as  the  King  is  able  to  keep  up  any  face  of  an  army,   there 
is  fmall  hope  he  will  ever  hear  of  them.    Our  longfome  par- 
liament was  haftened   to   an   adjournment,   by   the  fudden 
and  unexpec1:ed  invafion  of  Kintyre,   by    Coll,  Mr   Cille- 
Ipie's  fons,  who,   with    2500   runagates  from  Ireland,  arc 
loppen  over  there.     Avgyle   is   gone   to  wait  on  their  fer- 
vice.     I  truft  God  v/ill  make  them  repent  of  their  voyage. 
The  chief  action  and  expectation  is  nov/  in  the  weh.     I.f- 
iex,  after  his  journey  through  all  the  welt,  for   litile  pur- 
pofe,  has  caft  himfelt  into  Cornwall,  as   fu-   as  Foy  ne.ir 
Falmouth.     The  King,  with   all   he   can  make,    is  at   Jiis 
back.     Many  various  opinions  are  here.     Many  think  his 
voyage,  as  againll  his  orders,  fo   it   was  contrived    by   liis 
bad  counfellors,  for  no  good  end.     "Waller's  army    is    de- 
ftroyed  thereby.     No  confiderable    place    in   the   well  has 
been   fo  much  as  attempted.     Tlie  King  might  ealily  have 
been  hindered  to  have  tome  to  fuch   a   Itrength,  and   yet 
the  General's    army    is   much   the   better.     Always  many 
doubt  the  event.     A  faft  is  appointed    for   God's  Jielp   to 
that  army,   on  Tuefday  next.      U   God    m:ike   all   lioncit, 
we  doubt  not  of  a   fucecfs.     The  hril  day   after   our  va- 
2  cance. 


.r-n  >  i. 


i';  i- 


liCt.  75".  For  Mr  IVilliarn  Spang.  40 

cance,  a  number  of  complalnis  were  given  in  againfl:  the 
Anabaptifts  and  Antino.uiaas  huge  incrcafe  and  intoL-r- 
ablc  inrolcncics.  Ni)t\\'iihll;aading  of  Mr  Nye's  and  others 
oppofition,  it  WMS  carried  that  the  alTembiy  Ihould  reinon- 
ftrate  it  to  the  parhamLnt.  Both  Koufcs  took  our  com- 
plaint well,  has  fent  fen-  the  chief  of  the  feditious  fe^Tlaries, 
and  promifes  a  quick  remeid  to  that  great  and  dangerous 
evil  A  kit^d  letter  from  the  fynod  of  Holland  to  us  was 
read  We  have  ended  our  dire^Story  for  baptifm.  Tho- 
inas  Goodwin  one  day  was  exceedingly  confounded.  He 
has  undertaken  a  publick  lefture  againfl  the  Anabaptifls  : 
it  was  faid,  under  pretence  of  refuting  them,  he  betrayed 
our  caufe  to  them.  That  of  the  Corinthians,  our  chief 
ground  for  baptifm  of  inbants,  "  Your  children  are  holy," 
he  exponcd  of  a  real  holinefs,  and  preached  down  our 
ordinary  and  uecellary  diltinclion  of  real  and  federal  ho- 
linel's.  Being  pofed  hereupon,  he  could  no  ways  clear 
himfelf,  and  no  man  took  his  part.  God  permits  thefe 
gracious  men  to  be  many  ways  unhappy  inltruments.  As 
yet  their  pride  continues  i  but  we  arc  hopeful  the  parlia- 
ment wiii  not  own  their  way  lo  much  as  to  tolerate  it,  if 
once  they  found  thrmfelves  mafters.  For  the  time  they 
are  loth  to  cai^  them  olr,  and  to  put  their  party  to  defpair, 
left  they  defert  thcna.  The  men  are  exceeding  active  in 
their  own  way.  They  ftrive  to  advance  Cromwell  for 
their  liead.  They  al'cribe  to  him  the  viftory  of  York  5 
but  moil  unjui'tly  :  for  flunibie  aflures  us,  that  Prince 
Rupert's  Ihil  ch  u-ge  falling  on  him,  did  humble  him  To, 
that  if  David  Lcfly  had  not  fupported  them,  he  had  lied. 
Skeldon  Crawford,  who  had  a  regiment  of  dragoons  in. 
that  wing,  upon  his  oath  allured  me,  that  at  the  begin- 
ing  of  the  fight,  Cromwell  got  a  little  wound  on  the  neck, 
which  made  him  retire,  fo  that  he  was  not  fo  much  as 
prefent  at  the  fervice  ;  but  his  troopers  v\'ere  led  on  by 
David  Lelly.  The  lectaries  books  preis  moft  in  an  uni- 
ver/al  liberty  for  all  religions.  If  Apolionius,  Voctius, 
or  any  other,  intend  to  afiiil  us,  let  them  not  delay.  Try 
what  anfwer  the  Independents  have  given  to  Apolionius. 
In  my  judgement  they  neither  will  nor  can  dcv;lare  them- 
felves  in  the  half  of  his  interroii;atories.  Concerning  the 
Inin  money,  our  commilhoncas  long  ago  wrote  at  length 
to  fhomas  Cunningham  and  Strickland.  Jl  tnull  bid  you 
farewell.      Anlwer  my  former  letter. 

'  VoL.ir.  G  .  .    'jCFor 


5<> 


Tor  Jivncs  JMitchcll. 


let.  76. 


76.   Fcr  J.ir.ics  Al'iichcU.      Jiigitjl  13.  l(J|j. 

James, 
That  llncc  I  came  Hlto  I  never  licard  from  you  biUi 
once,  I  was  marvelling  what  could  be  ihe  canle,  till  John 
Dick  did  tell  me  your  condition;  but  now  niy  hcai  t  does 
nnich  pity  yoin-  great  aiiliclion.  I  ha\c  lolt,  with  you,  a 
youth  whom  much  I  Io\cd.  I  canunt  blame  you  to  be 
thoroughly  pained  wicli  io  deep  a  itrcke.  In  a  iiidden,  he 
ripened  more  than  ortlinary,  and  above  my  expcclation. 
i  truR,  long  before  this,  ilie  Lord  has  cure'd  tli'e  wountl 
of  his  own  liand.  The  ccrtaiii  ieliclly  of  tliat  sdoiious 
foul  will  not  fulkr  you  to  mourn  abo^c  meafnre,^for  his 
going  home  fome  hom-s  before  you.  i  am  fure  his  eyes 
arc  doled  from  much  woe,  fin,  laoou)-,  and  danger, 
"ivhich  was  before  him.  lie  is  the  foiuth  of  my  fchohus, 
excellent  youths,  v>  horn  C\jd  ]ias  tranllated,  before  our 
defires,  in  that  fpot  of  ground,  Sir  llemy,  IMr  John 
Ikll,  P.Ir  Alexarider  Cu.nningham.  V/e  bad  nuich  hopes 
of  great  fervice  from  them  all-,  but  tb.e  i.ord  will  fnd  in- 
Rrumcnts  of  all  tlie  comforts  !;e  intends  for  us,  and  thefe 
tail- bloiroming  plants  will  brino  forth  better  and  more 
fruit,  when  they  ftand  in  that  good  foil  above,  where  the. 
iountain  of  life  co.itiiuialiy  waters  their  roots,  and  that 
tdorious  fun  of  right eoulnefs  lliin.:;  in  the  full  Itrength  of 
all  his  beams  u.pon  tiiem,  niglu  and  d.'.v,  funimcr  ap,d  win- 
ter alike.  Go'd  has  le.a  unto  you  divers  gracious  children, 
a  favour  denied  to  many,  which  ye  would  not  aiudervalu'e. 
Tlie  publick  is  like  to  go  well  5  many  wonderful  and  defocratc 
hazards  it  has  p  ut  through,  and  v'e  are  conlident  there  are 
glorious  days  of  the  gofpel  at  hiind.  What  a  gloj  ious  mere  / 
vas  that^at  York  !  hov/  near  v/as  our  army,  and  fo  all  our 
Nyordly  frrength  and' hoi>e,  to  iliame,  diferedit,  and  very 
ruin  !  Since,  \ve  were  in  great  fears  for  Eilex's  army,  in 
the  wefi  i  but  now,  as  you  may  fee  in  my  publick  let- 
ter, we  are  almoft  freed  of  thefe  troubles.  At  tiiefe  times, 
V'hen  the  very  being,  not  the  v/clfue  alone,  of  all  the 
churches  cl  ibei'e  domliU(,.!is,  are  in  hazard,  we  muif  not 
let  our  minds  be  drowned  in  pi  i\  a^e  afiecLiyns.  AVhen 
the  Lord  ihall  triumph  over  that  wicked  party,  which  yet 
is  full  of  ftrength  and  hopes,  publick  griefs  diall  be  fwaliow- 
ed  up  in  publick  joys  ;  and  if  lliat  party  {jiould  get  up  the 

head. 


For  James  Mitchell 


i^ 


Let.  76. 

Jicnd,  children  would  bo  the  grcatcfl  burdi^n  and  grief  to 
all  honcA:  minds  Always  vhcn  Cliiift  and  Aniichrirt 
are  \vrcflling  together,  our  eves  mull  hz  more  upon  this 
f>reut  and  jiuhlick  combat,  than  any  thing  within  our 
dooi?.  I  trull  that  God,  who  hvs  brought  you  through 
many  and  great  troubles,  will  comiort  y(.)U  in  this  inxlent 
and  verv  great  one,  l^rayin;';  for  it,  I  reft, 
Your  Comp:dVjoi7ate  Jjrull-.cr, 

RORI.RT    l3.Air.LIF.- 


77.    PuhUcli   Lrttcr.      y^i'g'ijl  18.  1644. 

Since  my  bill,  our  alTairs  here  had  this  progrefs.  We 
have  gone  through,  in  the  :!tie!nl'ly,  the  whole  directory 
fo'.-  bapiifm,  except  fome  little  tilings  referred  to  a  com- 
mitttee,  alfo  the  whole  dii-ecto;y  k)r  folenm  thanfgiviug, 
wiih  a  good  v.naniniity.  So  foon  as  my  J^ord  Warillon 
came  up,  \;c  rLfolved  on  the  oecalion  ot  his  iiuliau'tings, 
and  tlie  letters  of  our  general  allembly,  both  to  ouiii  hes 
and  to  iliis  aflciubly,  wliieli  he  brought  to  quicLen  a  little, 
who  had  great  need  of  ipurs. 

Lord  Vv"ariflon  very  particularly  declared  in  the  af- 
fembly  the  paflon.ue  d-:!ii-es  of  our  parliament,  allembly, 
army,  and  whole  })eo|)lc,  ol  the  performance  of  the  cove- 
nanted imifoi-mity  ;  aii'i  withal  Ave  called  for  a  meeting 
of  the  grand  comml'.tee  of  Lords,  C'onimons,  Ailembly, 
and  us  ;,  to  whom  we  gave  a  paper,  iiotably  well  penned  by 
I^.lr  llenderlon,  bearing  tlie  great  evils  of  {o  long  a  delay 
of  fettling  religion.,  and  our  earneit  defu'es  that  iome  wavs 
might  be  found  out  tor  expedition.  I'fiis  paper  my  Loicl 
oey  took  to  deliver  10  the  lioui'e  (^'i  Lords,  Mr  Solicitor  alfo 
for  the  Houie  of  Comnions,  au.d  a.  third  copy  was  given  to 
Mr  JMarlhal,  to  be  prefenied  to  ihc  allembly.  On  Tuef- 
<lay  lafr  there  was  a  folemn  fail  for  GenerarEireK.'s  army. 
Mr  Talnier  and  Mr  Mill  prcachcJ  thai  day  to  the  allen-ibly, 
two  of  the  mod  Scoitllh  and  fj-ee  fermons  that  ever  I 
heard  any  where,  'j'he  way  here  of  all  preachers,  even 
the  bell,  lias  been,  to  fpeak  before  the  parliament  with  fo 
profound  a  reverence  as  truly  took  all  edge  from  their  ex- 
hortations, and  made  all  api)lieations  loothlcfs  and  adiil- 
torious.  That  (lyle  is  nuuh  changed  of  late:  howevei-, 
thele  two  g^ood  )ncn  laid  well  about  them,  and  cliari'ecl 
publick  and  parliameiuary  This  ftridtly  on   iho  backs  of  the 

G  2  ^I'ihy  i 


;"/ 


(^s    -Jil 


\      I 


SZ  Publlck  Letter.  Let.  77, 

guilty;  amongft  the  reft,  their  nes^lca:  to  fettle  religion 
according  to  the  covenant,  and  to  fct  np  ordinuion,  whicU 
lay  fo  long  in  their  hands.  This  was  a  means  to  make 
the  lloufe  of  Commons  fend  us  down  that  long  delayed 
■  paper  of  ordination.  On  Thurfdiy  it  was  twice  piihlick- 
ly  read,  fo  much  .iltcred  from  our  paper,  that  all  of  us 
did  much  miliike  it.  To  encourage  the  alTembly  to  reject 
it,  \\c  did  add  in  the  end  of  om-  paper  an  cxprcfs  dil'a- 
.vowing  of  it  ;  and  at  the  committee's  defire,  we  fet  down 
pur  reafons  in  writ  againlt  the  Hoiile's  alterations  \  which 
did  fo  encourage  the  airemhly,  that  this  day,  unanimoufly, 
they  fent  a  committee  to  the  lloufe,  to  crave  leave  to  con- 
sider their  alterations-,  for  witliout  their  exprefs  order 
they  have  not  fo  much  power  as  to  debate  a  quellion. 
This  leave  is  granted  :  we  are  conlident  of  reafon,  fecond- 
cd  by  more  plain  and  llont  dealing  than  hitherto  has  been 
ufed.  to  make  them  t  ike  up  their  unrealbnablc  altera- 
tions of  our  fh-ft  paper  ;  alio  v.e  have  the  grand  commit- 
tee to  meet  on  Monday,  to  hnd  out  ways  of  expedience  ; 
and  we  have  got  it  to  be  the  work  of  the  allembly  itfelf, 
to  do  no  other  thing  till  they  have  found  out  vv-ays  of  ac- 
celerating;  fo  by  God's  help  we  expect  a  far  quicker  pro- 
grefs  than  hitherto.  The  long  looked -for  propofiotions 
of  peace,  whicJi  my  Lord  Warilton  brovigbt  doum  to  our 
parliament,  are  now  paft  the  conunitree  of  both  king- 
doms unanimoufly,  with  all  the  additions  our  parliament 
put  to  them  ;  alio  this  day  they  are  tranimitted  to  the 
Houfe  of  Commons,  and  from  thence  it  is  expected  they 
\vill  quickly  go  to  the  Lords,  that  fo  they  may  be  fent  to 
the  King.  If  he  will  accept  them,  our  troubles  will  Ihort- 
ly-be  ended;  if  he  reject  them,  they  will  be  publiihed, 
that  the  v/oiKl  may  k^  which  party  refules,  and  which 
•has  been  mifguidlng  ignorant  people  with  the  fhew  of 
the  dellre  of  peace.  There  is  not,  lo  far  as  we  can  hear, 
any  change  in  the  mind  ot  the  malignant  faction.  Max- 
\vell,  our  excomnumicarc  incendiary,  is  one  of  the  chief 
preachers  at  court,  and  before  the  Kmg.  The  King's  de- 
claration to  ioreign  ciuirches,  avows^'his  refolution  to 
ftand  by  the  hierarchy  and  liturgy.  It  will  be  no  other- 
^vife  till  that  wicked  iacdon,  which  hill  n.i]leads  him,  be 
broken  in  pieces.  Prince  Palatine  is  landed  this  day.  Uc 
has  no  dellgn  Jiere  but  to  live,  which  eliewhere  he  cannot 
do.  Wc  were  afraid  of  the  General's  army  in  the  weic, 
3nd   fo  we  had  reafon;  for  great   mutterings  there   has 

been 


T  gf^  «-,  Pnblick  Letter.  53 

been  of  correfpondence  betwixt  the   chief  ofTiccrs  of  that     . 
army  with  the  King  ,  but  thanks  to  God,  that  is  now  bro- 
Vcn     and  this  we  have  as  the  firft  anlwer  of  our  1  uciday  s    . 
wavers.     On  Thurfday  the  General  fent  up  to   the  Hemic 
a  letter  written  to  him,  all  with  the  King's  hand,  and  lub- 
fcvibed,  the  moft  flattering  and  tempting  of  any  tlnng  ever  1 
faw    oflerin-  to  Ellex  and  all  his  olilcers,  and  all  ins  tncnds, 
what  they  could  defne^  if  they  would  concur  with  hnn     to 
make  fhepirliament  accept  of  a  juft  and  equitable  peace.  The 
Ending  up  of  this  letter  is  a  denionftration  ot   Lliexs  lio- 
ndtv  "^nd  will  put  off  him  all  calumnies  which   long  has 
burdened  him.     His  army  and  the  King's  luiye  been  with- 
in a  mile  of  each    other  for  fome  days.     There  has  bceu 
fome  ftrokes  lately   for   our  advantage.     Inchiquins  bro- 
ther has  delivered  Warham   to  Ivliddieton,  v.  Inch  we  ta.ce 
for   a  good   advantage-,   but   moft    becaulc   it   is    a    clear 
evidence,    that    a    party   is   arilen    lor   us   in    Munller  a- 
bove   all   our  thoughts.      After   the   taking  of  tlic   town, 
with  fifteen  pieces  of  cannon,  and  fifty  barrels  ot   powder. 
Middleton  went  on  to  Somerietfnii-e,  and  at   his  lint  co- 
mino   routed  looo  of   the   enemy's    horfe,  and    took    tnc 
moftof   their  officers.     The  Houfe  ot    Commonc,   on  oa- 
turdav,  has   paft   all   the   propofuicns  of  peace,    as   they 
came  from  our  parliament,  without   the  leaff   alteration; 
alfo,  on  the  reading  of  our  paper,  they  recalled,  by  vote, 
four  of  their  chief  alterations  of  the  aflembly  s   paper  ot 
ordination.    We  hope  we  Ihall  move  them  to  vecal  the  reit 

alfo.  ^  , ^ 

There  is  a  great  ftir  in  Rome  upon   the  victory  ot   iNa- 
pies.     The  Dukes  of  Florence  and   Parma  fent    their   ar- 
mies thither  to  have  the  election   of  the   new  Pope  every 
one  to  their  own  mind.     The  nephews   of   the    laff  Pope 
have  barricaded  the  town,  and  filled  it  with  their  own  army. 
The  Cardinals  refufc  to  enter  the  conclave  till  the  town  be 
void  of  foldiers.     Lerida   in  Catalonia,  and  Freyburg  ui 
Allatia,  after  long  fieges,  and   many  Iharp  affiuhs,  were 
both  about  one  time  loff  to  the  French :  but,  by  a  ffrangc 
providence,  they  have  regained   the    one  j    Due    de    An- 
guien  coming  up  with  his  army,  and  joining  with  the  Mar- 
IhalofTurenne,  with  a  great  ffiughter  of  the  Bavarians  ;^ 
and  in  a  few  days  got  back  Freyburg  in  the  poor  terms  ot 
difcretion.     Gauls'^  with  the  Imperial  army,  is  joined  with 
the  Biihop  of  Bremen  and  the  Danes.     They  lay  near  to 
Torfteufon  in  Holffein.     The  ^wcUilh   and   Danilli  fleets, 

after 


r 


$4  '  Puhlick  Letter.  Let.  77. 

after  a  hot  fight,  :ivc  makino  for  a  new  onfct.  Great 
blood  is  feared  iliall  be  ihortly  llied  there,  both  by  fea  and 
land.  The  anger  of  the  Lord  againft  all  Chriflendom  is 
great;  and  yet  liale  humiliation  of  heart  itny  where.  In 
our  alllnibly  we  cannot  but  quickly  come  to  our  grcateft 
queflions,  and  our  hotiell  debates  ;  aii'o  the  propofitions 
of  peace,  as  we  have  th-awn  them,  will  be  Ihortly  fent  to 
the  King.  All  who  love  the  common  caiife,  and  would 
be  glad  to  fee  the  church  reformed,  and  the  peace  of  tlie 
kingdoms  ietilcd,  would  be  diligent  now,  if  ever,  to  flir 
np  their  fpirits  10  deal  with  the  Cod  of  jieace  and  truth, 
that  he  woidJ.  fo  over-rule  the  lieaias  of  our  oppoiites, 
that  both  clun-cii  and  ftate,  in  all  thefe  dominion.Sj  maybe 
relieved  from  the  grievous  calamities  and  dangers  which 
this  diy  prefies  very  iore.  I  believe  there  is  nothing  want- 
ing to  the  ciuick  and  Ir.ippy  entling  of  our  troubles,  but 
the  diligence  of  the  goel'y  to  wrelUe  with  their  Fatiier  for 
that  very  defirable  bLiling.  Lxjiei^ting  the  afillbmce  of 
your  prayeis  to  God,  both  for  the  great  work  in  hand, 
and  the  weak  fmful  pcrfons  who  are  employed  about  it, 
I  reftj  your  fervant, 

RoDEitT  Bail  LIE. 

Sir  William  Waller,  this  v/eek,  with  all  llie  reft  of  his 
forces,  will  follow  J^ic\itenant  Middleton,  that  they  may 
gather  up  the  King's  rear,  while  Eficx  is  dealing  with  his 
van.  We  wifh  both  may  become  happy  inuruiricnts  to 
move  his  MajeRy  to  pafs  thefe  propofitions  of  peace  which 
both  parliaments  have  found  to  be  necpflaiy. 


■  78.  Piihlick  Utter.     Augujl  28.  1644. 

How  our  affairs  go,  you  may  fee  in  the  tlirec  printed 
papers;  and  foreign  aliairs  you  may  read  in  the  incloi'ed 
writ.  Our  afkinbly  thefe  days  bygone  has  been  bulV  on 
the  Houfe  of  Commons  their  alterations  of  our  paper  of 
ordination  ;  at  Lifl  they  Inue  agreed  to  fend  back  our  de- 
fires  for  changing  the  moft  of  ihci'e  alterations,  according 
to  the  papers  Vt-hich  we  ga^e  in  to  the  ali'embly  and  both 
Houfes.  Concerning  theie  aIter;U!ons,  we  expect,  with- 
out fartlier  ;ido,  the  Iloufes  will  pals  our  diiires;  lb  that 
prelently  all  the  youths  in  England,  who  for  many  years 
have  vvaitcd  for  a  pure  ordination,  Ihall  be  admitted  to 
-  •  ■  churclies  r 


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J,et.  78.  Puhlick  Letter.  55 

cliuvclics  :  and  when  all  thefe,  and  what  moc  Scotland 
can  alibrd  ot'  good  youths  for  the  mlnifrry  here,  arc  pro- 
vided, it  is  tliought  fome  thoufands  of  chiirciies  muft  vaik 
for  w;int  of  men.  Our  next  work  is,  to  give  our  advice 
what  to  do  for  fuppreirmg  of  Anahapiifls,  Antinomi.uis, 
and  other  left  n-ie;;.  This  will  be  a  hard  work  ;  yet  fo 
much  as  concerns  us  will  be  quickly  difpatched,  1  hope  in 
one  feflion.  It  is  appointed  thereafter  that  we  return  to 
the  government,  and  to  hold  to  it  till  we  conclude  the  e- 
rC(5tion  of  feflions,  prefbyteries,  and  iynods.  The  moft 
of  the  direiftory  is  paifed,  and  the  refi:  is  given  to  proper 
hands  to  prepare  the  models  for  the  aflembly.  AH  the 
v/orld  are  feniible  of  ova-  nccejlitated  delays,  and  cry  for 
expedition.  All  of  us  long  much  to  be  at  home  \  but  the 
daily  iniexpefted  diJlkulties,  and  the  ncccflitated  length  of 
our  affairs,  are  incredible  to  any  who  is  not  on  the  place. 
What  prayers  to  God,  and  diligence  witli  men,  can  do, 
wc  are  in  our  weaknel's  eflaying,  and,  prail'e  to  Cod,  with 
fenfible  fruit.  The  affairs  of  the  ftate  are  in  no  worfe  po- 
flurc  than  before.  In  all  our  churches,  on  .Sunday  hill:, 
\\'c  prayed  for  Rlonro's  hard  condition.  We  were  inform- 
ed, that  the  greateff  army  which  ever  the  Irilh  had  on  foor 
was  come  down  lupon  hini  to  root  all  our  people  out  of 
UlUer*,  but  this  day  we  hear  he  has  beat  them.  We  pray 
God  it  may  be  true.  Inchiquin  in  INTunfter  goes  on  for 
us.  Prince  Rupert  lies  ftiil  quiet  in  Chefter.  Jle  gets  no 
men  from  Ireland,  and  lias  no  munition.  In  liancalliire, 
iS'leldrum  has  taken  i^ieflon,  and  is  mafter  of  ti\e  fields. 
The  forces  which  CLivering  had  about  Carliile  arc  ma]:inrj 
towards  him,  and  jNi mcheller  is  fendin-j  Junnlics  to  him. 
The  condition  ol-  Newcal'tle  you  know  better  than  we. 
The  King  and  ElTex  are  yet  looking  the  one  upon  the  o- 
thcr.  Middleton  h.as  ranged  all  thcie  wcffcrn  fields  for 
good  purpofc.  A'/allcr  is  away  to  join  with  him.  Wc  ex- 
jieft  good  news  fi-om  that  airtli.  Tlie  tumults  \\X  Rome  are 
compofed  ;  the  Ca.rdinals  are  entered  the  conclive  for  the 
clniling  another  fury  to  trouble  the  world.  Prince  Tho- 
mas has  an  army  for  France  in  Milan,  beileging  little  towns 
for  Imall  purpofe.  The  Frencii  in  Catalonia,  to  regain 
their  credit  in  the  lofs  of  Lerida,  are  beiieging  Tarragon. 
What  was  believed  at  Paris,  and  here,  or  tlie  retaking  of 
Freyburg,  is  j-alle.  Due  de  Anguiennc  a.nd  'i'uri.nne, 
with  their  gallant  army,  are  dov/n  the  Rhine  as  far  as 
Philiplhurg,  whigh  they  aro  like  to   bcficge.     The  Rava- 

i-ian 


y 


5<$  ,.'-         Piihllck  Letter.  Let.  78, 

rian  army  is  following  them.  G alias  is  now  very  near  to 
Torftenfon  in  Holftcin,  and  the  two  Ilccts  arc  looking  up- 
on each  other  at  fca.  Great  flrokes  are  there  feared. 
The  Tranfylvanians  h  ive  broken  through  Poland  towards 
Silefia,  and  Coningfniark  is  going   up   to  join  there   with  | 

them.  The  Du!ce  of  Saxony  lies  in  his  way  Tlie  Prince 
of  Orange  is  battering  Sas  de  Ghent;  but  the  enemy  has 
opened  the  fluices,  and  drowned  much  land  about  it. 
The  French  army  at  Gravehng  vex  the  Spaniards  with  a 
nuinber  of  firong  forts,  which  they  are  building  in  thefe 
parts  of  Flandej  s.  It  is  thought  Don  Melos  the  Gover- 
nor, a  Portugiiefe,  favours  too  much  the  French  defiy.ns. 
The  Dul;e  of  Orleans  is  gone  to  Paris;  the  Cardinal  Hat- 
ters him  nutch.  It  is  thought  they  cannot  long  agree. 
Palatine  is  not  yet  come  hither,  but  is  daily  expected. 
Both  we  here,  and  all  the  churches  abroad,  have  much 
need  of  the  prayers  of  all  the  godly  there.  My  hearty 
fervice  to  all  the  brethren  of  the  preiliytcry  of  Glafgow 
and  Irvine.  I  jtray  God  blefs  every  one  of  them  in  their 
fervice  of  Cliriil,  and  his  people. 

Robert  Baillie. 


79.  For  ]^,lr  IVilliajn  Spang.    September  13.  1644. 

Dear  Couiin, 
You  fee  v/hat  I  have  v.'ritten  here  to  our  friends  in 
Scotland.  AVe  are  for  the  time  under  a  great  and  very 
black  cloud.  While  Argyle  is  entangled  with  one  compa- 
ny of  Irilh  in  his  bounds,  another  company  lands  in  iSea- 
forth's  bounds,  who  lets  them  pafs  in  peace.  Many  by 
the  way  joined.  Before  they  came  to  S^rathern,  Montroie 
came  from  England  difguifed,  and  \f  uow  on  their  head. 
Kilpont  is  gone  to  him,  and  Sir  Jc^hn  Drunmiond.  He 
took,  as  is  thought,  with  their  own  good  will,  Inchniar- 
tin  and  Grandtully.  Elcho,  with  the  body  of  Fife,  with- 
out oflicers  or  minifters,  will  raihly  fet  on  them,  betorc 
Gafic,  nov/  rullibardine,  and  Drummond  join.  At  the 
iirll:  flroke,  fweet  Beirus,  a:ul  his  brother,  and  more, 
were  killed.  The  reft  iled,  and  caft  away  fome  thoufand 
urms,  and  left  four  pieces  of  cannon.  A  lamentable  dd- 
after  !  Montrofe  after  fell  on  Perth.  It  abode  the  fu-ft 
afiault.  AVhat  next,  we  know  not.  Lothian  and  his  re- 
giment arc  to  guard  Stirlir.g  bridge.  Ail  the  weft  and 
I  *  » ,  ^  ibuth- 


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yr.<\    ■i-r.lr,: 


Let.  70.  For  Mr  inilium  Spav^.  '       57 

fouth-caft  are  running  to  Siirlin[^.  Argyle  is  marcl-.inp, 
Calltndar,  Lindfay,  Montgomery,  Dalhowfic,  Lawers, 
are  polling  from  Ncwcafile,  with  i)icir  regiments  oi-  Iiorie 
and  foot.  Had  this  calamity  befallen  t^vo  montlis  beiore, 
wJien  Prince  Rupert,  -with  his  6000  liorfe,  might  eafdy 
fallen  in  on  Edinbin-gh,  and  was  fo  rclbhed,  had  not  the 
King  called  him  fouth  on  other  frtntlefs  employments, 
they,  by  appearance,  had  drawn  all  our  forces  out  of  Eng- 
land, and  once  ptit  all  Scotland  in  a  hazard,  lint  God  is 
our  watchma.n.  This  whip,  I  hoite,  Hiall  do  us  good. 
All  the  armies  here  are  pitifully  filled  with  divifion.  The 
General  mifled,  would  needs  go  to  the  weft,  in  deipitc  of 
his  exprefs  orders  to  the  contrary.  This  was  to  break, 
and  did  break  Waller's  army,  and  brought  it  to  Utile  or 
DOthing.  When  he  went  there,  it  was  for  no  fervice  to 
run  to  the  extreme  erul  of  Cornwall,  and  to  lie  there  till 
the  King  gathered  an  army  at  his  back,  and  belaid  him  on 
all  fides,  to  be  maffer  of  his  vicluals,  and  take  up  the  paf- 
i^igc  betwixt  him  and  i'oy,  his  Jea-p/ort.  The  greateft  pity 
js  if  any  treachery  was  here.  The  authors  of  it  will  have 
power  to  do  it  again  in  this  our  next  and  only  army  on 
this  fide  Newcaftle  ;  but  it  is  hoped  all  will  be  honeft ; 
that  Middleilone  and  Beir,  Eflex  and  V/aller,  Waller  and 
Maflie  and  Brown,  Cromwell  and  Crawiord,  will  lay 
down  their  great  and  known  quarrels  to  join  againlt  the 
common  enemy.  Great  fcarcity  ot  money  for  any  thing  ; 
great  clamour  everywhere  of  injuftice  ;ind  rapine  ;  church- 
divifions  every  where  increaie.  The  le^^taries  wax  bolder 
daily;  yet  we  are  hopeful  all  fhall  quickly  go  better.  Ic 
is  time,  I  hope,  for  C^od  to  work,  otu"  extremity  of  tlan- 
gcr  is  fo  great.  If  ApoUonius  ftand  on  ceremonies,  and 
wait  for  the  atithority  of  his  clalTes,  or  il:ay  till  he  clog  his 
book  with  other  treatifes,  De  magi  ft  rat  Uy  as  Callendria 
was,  his  purpol'e  Avill  come  out  of  feafon  here,  and  will 
be  for  little  purpofe.  One  Mr  Hoak  is  on  the  turning  of 
your  Dutch  notes  on  the  Bible.  T'his  day  Cromv/cll  has 
obtained  an  order  of  the  lloid'e  of  Commons,  to  ::eler  to 
the  committee  of  both  kingdoms  the  accommodation  or 
toleration  of  the  Independents;  a  high  and  unexpected  or- 
der; yet,  by  God's  help,  we  will  niake  ule  ot  it  contiare 
to  the  defign  of  the  procurers.  We  had  need  of  yoiu' 
prayers  in  this  hour  of  great;  darknefs  ;  fmce  none  of  your 
help,  nor  any  otliers  eli'c  over  fea,  can  be  obtained.  'J 'he 
unkindncfs  of  all  the  Reformed  churches  to  us  at  th-fe; 
Vol.  ii;,  ti.  Uiiica; 


il  ,t'l  ..'••;•  J. 


5?  For  Mr  IVillLim  Spring.  Let.  79,    ■ 

.times  Is  great.     It  is  England's  mei-jt,  but  may  be  the  great  1 

fin  of  tluife  who  have  no  cliarity,  nor  Co  much  '/eal  as 
prudence.  The  Lord  be  v.-ith  you.  The  next,  I  hope, 
^liall  be  more  comfortable,  j 


80.  Publick  Letter.     September  16.    1644.  ' 

Our  afiairs  here,  thanks  to  God,  go  better  than  lately.  j 

On  Saturday  lad  we  went  out  to  meet  the  Chancellor.    Hd  j 

was  Avelcomed  by  fome  appointed   by  both   Houfcs.     Two  | 

hours  after  his   coming,  that  fame  night,  we   were   much  j 

affli(ftcd  with  the  mifcarriage   of-  ElTex's  army  in  the  weft,  1 

?.nd  the  difaftcr  of  the  Fife  gentlemen   in  Scotland.     Our  I 

recourfc,   in  thefe  griefs  and  fears,   was  to  our  God.     On  1 

Thurfday  we  had  a  i'ulcmn  humiliation,  wherein  we  truft  j 

the  Lord  did  hear  us,  and  already   has,  comforted  us  in  a  | 

gooci  meafure.     iSir  ¥/illiam  Balfour,   in   the   night,  after  j 

the  fetting  of  the   moon,  broke  through  the  enemy  with  i 

all  his  horfe,  with  no   lofs   confiderable.     Efiex,  Pioberts,  1 

and  iderrick,  had  before  gone  by  Tea  ro  Plymouth  ;  Skip-  | 

pon  had  put  his  foot  in  good  order  about  his  cannon,  re-  j 

folving  to  die  jighting,  ii-  good  quarter  was  refufed.     To-  ! 

Icrable  quarter  was  given,  but  not  kept  \  yet  there  was  no  j 

flauglner.     Middleton's  hori'e  are  now  joined  with  the  Ge-  j 

neral's  j  alfo  the  foot,  naked   as   they  were,    arc   come  to 
them.     Cloaihs  and  arms  are  at  them  befo)-e  this.     Y/aller  j 

is  alfo  joined  with  them,   and  Manchefter's  whole  army  ia  ! 

marching  fait  towards  them-,  fo,  by  the  blcfling  of    God,  | 

that  army  will  be  Wronger  than  ever,   and  that  lofs  will  do  j 

us  m-uch  good,   to  humble  us,  and   draw   us   nearer  God,  ! 

Jind  unite  our  minds;   tor  their  divinons  were  fliameful  and  i 

many,  and  jealoufies  great,  ofrnanym.cn,  which  tbis  mif-  | 

accident  iy  like  to  cure.      General  Leven  writes  to  us  of  his  j 

diflipntiug  the  enemy's  forces   in    Cumberland,    and    good  j 

hopes  to  carry  Newcaitle  in  a  fhort  ii;uc  ;  alio  of  his  fend- 
ing up  my  Lord  Callcndar,  with  fo  many  of  his  belt  horla  i 
and  loot,   as,  with    Argyle's    forces    on    ibe   rebels    backs,  i 
and  the  coimtry-forces  on   their    face,    with    God's    help,                    - 
may  bring  thefe  wicked  men  to  tlieir  dcferved  encL    "When 
Ave  heard  of  Lord  Eicho's  uifafter,  we  were  nuich  perplex- 
ed: and  above  all  things  in  the  world  we   long   for   good 
news  iiom  Scotkuul.     Wc    hope  the  fe  things  will  furtlier 
pur   aficnibly  \    .dbcit   wc   have;   mr.d;  litUe  p.rogrcfs   ihcfi; 

fauit.cct\ 


JLct.  80k  ■    Publick  Letier.  j;$> 

fourteen  daj'S.  Wc  fpcnt  a  number  of  fcflions  on  feme 
propofitions  of  lulvicc  to  the  parliament,  for  fupprdiing 
Aiuiuomians,  Anabapiifts,  and  thefo  who  preach  a  liber- 
ty for  all  religions.  Even  in  thefe  our  good  Independents 
found  us  great  dillkuhy  ;  and  when  we  had  carried  our 
advices  againft  their  mind,  they  offered  lo  give  in  coiur.tre 
reafons  to  the  parliament.  We  fpent  tv/o  or  three  days 
on  the  matter  of  a  remonllrance  to  the  parliament  of  the 
fins'  which  provoked  God  to  give  us  this  late  ilroke  ;  and 
here  we  had  the  moil  free  and  lirange  parliament  that  ever 
I  heard,  about  the  evident  fins  of  the  alTcmbly,  the  fins  of 
the  parliament,  the  fins  of  the  army,  the  fins  of  the  peo- 
ple. When  we  were  in  full  hojic  of  a  large  fruit  of  fo 
honefl  and  faithful  a  cenfure,  Thomas  Goodwin  and  liis 
brethren,  as  their  cuftom  is  to  oppofc  all  things  that  are 
good,  carried  it  fo,  that  all  was  dung  in  the  h.owes,  and 
that  matter  clean  laid  by.  We  are  again  on  the  govern- 
ment. We  have  palled  two  or  three  propofitions,  that 
the  church  may  be  governed  by  three  forts  of  aiicmblies^ 
congregational,  clafiical,  and  fynodical.  AVe  begin  with, 
fynods,'^  and  hope  to  make  quicker  difpatch  than  before, 
by  God's  help.  We  have  fundry  means  of  hafte  in  agita- 
tion v/ith  our  private  friends.  One  of  our  fpecial  helps 
mufl  be  the  prayers  of  the  godly  there.  This  rage  of  the 
devil,  both  here  and  there,  is  a  good  fign  to  us  of  a  glo- 
rious work  In  hand,  which  he  fo  violently  oppofcth.  The 
French  make  ftrange  progrefs  in  Germany.^  They  have, 
with  great  eafe,  taken  that  great  ftrengih  of  Phillpllnirg, 
and  with  it  almoft  all  the  Nether  Palatinate,  ralfefield^ 
Lorrain,  and  Beck,  have  joined  their  forces  with  the  lia- 
varian  ai-my,  and  great  fupplies  alfo  are  come  from  France 
to  the  Weimarifii.  Ihere  may  be  a  battle  there.  I  he 
Swedes  and  Impcrialifis  are  parted  without  any  confidera- 
ble  cuff.  The  Holland  lleet  is  joined,  tliey  fay,  with  the 
Swedes  againft  the  Danes.  Our  good  Qviccn  is  negotia- 
ting the  marriage  of  her  fon  with  her  brother  i!ie  Duke  oi^ 
Orleans'  daughter.  She  fold  her  daughter  to  t'le  Prince  of 
Orange  for  his  money,  and  now  would  calt  away  her  fon 
for  an  army  from  France  againft  us;  but  all  will  not  do. 
The  phyficians  fpeak  of  her  iujpofiibility  to  live  long.  By 
God's  help  we  may  make  an  end  of  tins  war  berore  the 
French  can  be  at  Icifure  to  eagage. 


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Oo  Fcr  Ah  David  Dlchfon.  Let.  8i. 


8i.  Fo?-  Mr  David  Dick/on.     September  i6,  1644.  ) 

B.cverend  and  Dear  Brother,  ! 

How  aill'ii-s  <;o  here  you  m;ty  il-e  in   my  pnblick  letters  < 

and    printed    p.ipcrs  :    but  bcfidc  all  theie,',you  may  know  i' 

more.      At  this  time  we  are  put  to   live    by   faith;    for   To  ■ 

fat-  as  we  can  reach  with  the  eye  of  our  fenfe,  there  is  one 
of  the  thickcR  clouds  above  us  that  wc  liavc  ken  fince  the 
beginuincT  of  our  aii'airs.  Jiefules  your  troubles  in  Scut- 
land,  ^vhichwefear  arc  very  great,  and  the  fmall  hopes 
of  carrymg  Newcaltlc  in  haUc,  we  walk  liere  very  heavily. 
We  can  -ct  no  money.  Very  vad  iums  are  mif-fpent.  No 
man  will  contribute  any  more  willingly,  and  compulforv 
ways  brings  not  va  what  io  many  and  -rreat  necelhties  as 
we  liavc  calls  Jor.  The  diilblution  of  the  General's  army 
m  the  weft,  in  itlelf  is   a   huge  lofs  both  of  ilrength   and  i 

reputation:  but  the  circumftances  make  it  crreater.  Thefc 
who    aircc^t    the    General,    think   it   was  procured  by   the  1 

parlhuuent's  williivg  ncgleft  to  fend  hdm   timeous    fupplies  ;  | 

others  fear  then-  treachery  in  running-  to  fucJi  a  place  need-  i 

lefsly,  and  Itaving  in  it  till  they  v/ere  circmnvcened,  wJiicli  \ 

a   httle    piovidence    might   have  efchewed.      Our  rrreaiell:  j 

feai'  is,  that  tlie  forces  we  have  to  oppofe  tire  King  are  full  ! 

of  jealoufics  and  malice  one  againft  another.     The  molt  of  ' 

the  omeers  in  the  General   and   Waller's   armv  liave  open  j 

and  known  quarrels.  Mancheftcr's  is  more  pitifully  d'ivi-^ 
tied.     It  isj.ike  to  divide  us  all  incontinent.     Mancheiter  I 

hmiklf,   a  Iweet  meek  man,   permitted  his  Lietitenant-Ge-  ^ 

neral  ^romwcU  to  guide  all  the  army  at  his  plealure.     The  S 

man  is  a  very  wile  and  active  head,  univerlally  well   beio-  ^ 

Ved,  as  rchgjous  and  Aout  ;  being  a   known  Independent,  1 

the  moit    oi    ilie   loldiers  who  loved  new  wavs  nut  th.em-  1 

felves    under    his   command.      Our  countrvman  Crawford  ) 

Avas  made  Major-Gencral  of  that  army.     This   man   pro-  \ 

Ving  very  Itout  and  luccelslul,  got  a  great  hand  with  I^Ian-  j 

chelber    and  with  all  the   army   that   were    not  for   ibcls.  I 

Ihe  other  party  finding  their  dcfions   marred   bv  him,   kt  \ 

themielves  by  all  means  to  Juivc  him  out  of  the 'way,  that 
he  bemg  removed,  they  might  frame  the  whole  armv  to 
their  devotion,  and  draw  Mancheiier  himfeU"   to   them  by  ' 

perlualion,  or  elic  to  weary  him  out   of  his   chars-e,    that  \ 

Cromwell  m.oht  be    Gcaerul.     This   has   been    the   Jmle- 

pendents 


Let.  8 1.  For  Mr  David  Dlckfon.  6t 

pendents  great  plot   by  this  army,    lo  counterbalance  us, 
and  overawe  tbe  alTcmbly   and   parliament    both    to    tbeir 
ends.      At  this  nick  of  time,  while  tjicir  fervicc  is  necelTa- 
ry  to  oppofe  the  King,    they   give   in   a    challenge   againfr 
Crawford  ;    they  require  a  committee  of   war   to   remove 
h'un.   Both  the  parties  write  up  here  to  their  friends  the  calc. 
At  laft,  IMancl^eiler,  Cromwell,  and  Crawford,  come  up 
themfelves.      Our    labour   to    reconcile    them    was    vain. 
Cromwell  was  percrnptor,  notwithftanding  the  kingdom's 
evidciit  hazard,  and  the  evident  difpleaiiire  of  our  nation  ; 
yet   if   Crawford   were   not  cafliicred,  his  Colonels  would 
lay  dov.'n  their  commiliions.      All  of  us,  by  my  Lord  Ivian- 
cheller's  own  teftimony,   and  the   teftimony   of   the    mini- 
fte)-s  in  the   army,  find  Crawford  a  very  honcffc  and  valo- 
rous man,   in  nothing  coniiderably  guilty,    only  ))errecuted 
to  make  way  to  their  dcfigns   on    that   army,  and  by  it  on 
the  parliament  and  kingdom  ;    therefore   all   here   of   our 
friends  refolve  to  fee  liim  get  as  little  wrong   as    we   mav. 
AVliat  the  end  of  this  may  be,  God  knows.      While  Crom- 
well  is  here,  the   Houfe   of  Commons,  without  the  leafc 
advcriifement  to  any  of  us,   or  of  the  ailembly,  palics  ai> 
order,  that  the  grand  committee   of   both  iioiifes,  alTeni- 
bly,  and  us,  fhall  conhder  of  the   means   to   uinte  us  and 
the  Independents  •,  or,   if  that  be  found  impoihblc,  to  fee 
how  they  may  be  tolerated.     This   has  much   alresSted   us. 
Thefe  men  have  retarded   the   aiTembly  thcfe   lonr-    twelve 
months.     This  is  the   fruit    of  their  dillervice,    lo    obtain 
i-eally  an  aiH:  of  parliament  for  their  toleration,   before  we 
have  got  any  thing   for  prelbytery   either    in   afirmhlv   or 
parliament.     Our  greateft  friends.    Sir   Heni-y  A^nic  and 
the  Solicitor,  are  the  main  procin-ers  of  all  this  ;   and  that 
without  any  regard  to  r.s,  who  have    fa\cd    their   narion, 
and  brought  thefe  tv.-o  perfons  to  the  lieight  of  tlie  })ov.er 
now  they  enjoy,  and  u<<e  to   our   prejudice.     We    aic   on 
our  ways,  witli  Goci  and  men,  to  redrefs   all   ihefe  tilings 
as  we  may.     We  had  nuich  need  of  your   pravers.     This 
is  a  very  fickle  people  ;   io  woiuierfully  divided  in  all    their 
armies,  both  their   Houfes   of  parliament,  aifend^lv,   citv, 
and  country,  tliat  it  is  a  miracle   if  they   fall    not  into  du: 
mouth    of   the    King.     That  parly  grows   in   Iti'ength  and 
courage.     The  Chj^een  is  very  like   to    get   an   army    fi  oni 
France.     Tlie  great  Ihot  of  Cromwell  and  Vane  is  lo  \\a\c 
a  liberty  of  all  religions,  wilb.oiit  anv  exccpiion,      Many  ;i 
lime  we  are  put  to  great  trouble  of  uiinJ;     We  muit  make 

the 


6t  For  Mr  David  Dick/on.  Let.  Si. 

the  bcft  of  an  ill  game  we  can.     IMarfliall  mlikens  us  alto- 
pether  :  he  is  ior  a  middle  way  of  his  own,  and   draws   a  j 

faction  in  the  fynod  to  give  ordination  and  excommunica- 
tion to  congregations,  albeit  dependently,  in  cafe  of  male- 
adminiftration.  God  help  us  !  If  God  be  pleaicd  to  fet- 
tle Scotland,  and  [',ive  us  Newcaftle,  all  will  go  well.  Wc 
mull  fee  for  new  friends  at  lall,  when  our  old  ones,  with- 
out any  the  lead  caufe,  have  dellrted,  and  have  half- 
betrayed  us.  Thcfe  things  to  you  alone,  to  flir  up  your 
prayers,  by  knowing  our  Itraits,  and  increafjng  your 
thankfgiving  when  you  hear  of  the  lalvation  of  the  Lord, 
which  we  do  certainly  expct^h  The  Chancellor  is  here  in 
a  very  needful  lime.  Bkllld  be  God,  all  our  company 
arc  in  good  health  and  chearful;  trufi:ing  God,  ajul  refol- 
ving  to  do  our  duty  with  all  the  care  and  prudence  God 
will  enable  us,  be  the  luccefs  what  it  may,  as  truly  wc  are 
hopeful  it  lliall  be  \ery  good.  Thefe  things  to  you,  and 
Mr  Robert,  anti  Mr  Cieorge.  I  reft, 
Your  Brother, 

Robert  Baillie, 


82.  Publick  Letter.     OFlobcr. 

■  How  affairs  go  Jierc  and  elfe where,  fmce  my  lafl.  witk 
!Mr  John  Dickfon,  the  fix  indole d  printed  papers,  and 
tvs'o  in  writ,  may  Ihew.  We  were  here  lor  fome  days  im- 
der  a  cloud.  The  difafters  lamentable  in  Scotland  about 
St  Johnllon  and  Aberdeen,  the  prolongation  of  the  liege 
of  Ncwcaille,  the  Icattering  of  I'.lTex's  army  in  the  well. 
Sir  Henry  Vane,  our  molt  entire  iriend,  joining  with  a 
new  fat^Hon  to  procure  liberty  lor  feels  ;  thefe,  and  fun- 
dry  other  mifacciLlcnts,  did  much  ailiict  us  for  a  fort- 
night. At  that  time  we  endeavoured  to  live  by  faith  ^ 
but  the  goodnefs  ol  our  God  has  already  begtui  to  en- 
lighten our  darknefs.  If  it  were  God's  will  to  crulh  that 
Avicked  infurrection  with  you,  as  we  hear,  praifc  to  God, 
thefe  wicked  men  are  not  far  from  their  ruin  \  and  it 
Nevy'callle  were  taken,  as  we  are  informed  it  is  ll];e  to  hz 
fliortly  -,  then  all  dilUculties  here,  v.e  hope,  would  cafdy 
be  overcome.  Thanks  to  God,  things  are  in  much  bet- 
ter poflure  than  lately.  The  Chancellor  has  tlune  a  rrcat 
deal  of  noble  fervice.  7"he  treachery  in  General  Liiex'j 
anuy  was    like    to   be  the  fouataia    of  great    coafuiion, 

but 


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Let.  82".  •■'       Publick  Letter.     '  63 

but    it   will    now   do    good  :    it  will  purge   that  army  of 
all  the   dangerous  knaves,  and  procure   to   ElTcx  as  much 
irufl  and  more  comm.md  than  before,  for  which  he   may 
thank  our  Chancellor.     It  will  reconcile  him  and  Waller, 
it    will    conipofe    the    irreconcileable    dilierences    betwixt 
Cromwell  and  Crawford,  in  Manchefter's  army  ;   all  thefe 
are  now  joining  in  one,  above  8000  horfe  and  i2,ooq  of 
foot,  well  arm.ed  and  old  foldiers.     The  King  lias  got  no- 
thing by   his  viclory  :   he   is   with  hi'j  army  about  ihiflol, 
not  nuu  h  above  10,000  horfe  and  foot,  and  no  other  ar- 
my he  has  on  foot  in  England.    \\^e  hope  this  pofture  may 
draw   out   a   peace,  and  move    his   MajcAy  to   accept  the 
propofuions  whereupon    both  kingdoms  have  agreed.     In 
the  afiembly,   thanks  to  God,  we  have  throughed  not  on- 
ly our  prclbyteries,  but  alfo  our  fynods  provincial  and  na- 
tional, and  the  fubordinaiion  of  all  the  four  meetings,  pa- 
rochial,  claflical,   provincial,  and  national.     We  are  now 
to  difpute   upon   the  power   of  all   the   iotu".     We   have 
flrange  tugging  with   the   Independents.     The   Houfe   of 
Commons  have  appointed  a  comniittee  to  conllder  of  their 
ditferences  with  us,   if  they  be   reconcileable  ;   or,   if  not, 
how   far  they  may  be  tolerated.      At   lu'lt   the  motion  did 
much  perplex   us;  but,  after   Ibme   debates   upon    it,  we 
are  now  l^opcful  to  make  vantage  of  it,  l"or   the  truth   a- 
gainft  the  eirors  of  that   very  wiliul   and  obflinate  party. 
We  are  in  hopes  to   get  the  direclory  brought  towards  an 
end,  and  the  catechifm  alio  ere  long,   M'ith  which  Tome  of 
us  are  likely  to  be  fent  down.     T!\e  Confefilon  of  Faith  is 
referred  to  a  committee,  to  be  jnit  in  feveral  thebeft  hands 
that  are  here.    By  the  help  of  God,  procured  by  your  pray- 
ers, our  adverfaries  dcfigns  may  contribute   to   the  happy 
clofure  of  thefe  longfome   and   wonderfully   trotiblcfomc 
affairs. 


83.  Fcr  I\Ir  JViUia:n  Spang.     Oclcbcr  2^.  1644. 

Dear  Coufm, 
I  have  not  written  to  you  thefe  three  or  four  weeks, 
not  only  to  ftay  while  I  fouiid  you  h<td  got  my  hill,  btit 
Ipecially  becauie  I  had  not  a  mind  nor  a  hand  to  write 
any  thing  to  any  while  I  faw  what  would  be  the  pleafiu-c 
of  God  to  do  with  us  ;  and  hov/foever  we  be  yet  under 
the  cloud,  yet  lefl  you  lliouh^  v.'ait  io  long,  1  force  mv- 


'»..-!       '  •  .'i         1 


J...   I  '    ir/.; 


■;•    •^l\i<.\  ■  j...\iytr    i.im;     j 


r)>     •:,;.     •• --.'i     \\u'.* 


;oi    VI    .'!i;w   ; 


^4  ^of  •-^^'*  IVilliam  Spafig,  Let.  83, 

felf  to  write  this  to  you.  On  the  other  fide  you  liavc 
Avhat  I  wrote  lall:  to  Scotland.  Poor  dcfolate  Ireland  lies 
in  the  former  rniferics.  Monro,  with  all  he  could  make, 
in  July,  made  a  road  within  fixteen  miles  ot  Dublin  ;  for 
want  of  proviilon  he  quickly  returned  without  the  light 
of  an  enemy.  Cailkvhaven,  convoyed  with  all  il\e  Irifli 
conunauders  of  note,  followed  him  at  the  heels,  with  tlie 
bcft  army  ever  that  nation  had,  above  12,000  well-armed 
.  and  difciplincd  men:  they  lay  down  under  Charlemont, 
fenced  in  with  water  and  bogs.  Monro  brought  up  to 
Ardmagh  all  he  could  make.  Both  were  lying  there  Sep- 
tember 19th,  waiting  who  fliould  firft,  for  want  of 
viiStuals,  dilband  :  fince,  we  have  heard  nought  of  either. 
Inchiquin,  and  the  Mimftcrmen,  who  declared  againft 
the  Popifh  Irilh,  lie  quiet.  Ormond,  with  the  King's  ad- 
vice, has  prorogued  the  celTation  for  three  nionths  longer, 
holding  out  the  hopes  of  a  full  peace.  In  tlie  mean  time 
Alafter  Macdonald,  Colkittoch's  fon,  with  fome  1500, 
the  moil  part  Scots  highlanders,  comes  from  iile  to  iile  to 
Argyle,  from  the  continent,  with  fome  Engllfli  and  Hol- 
land lliips,  take  froni  them  the  moll;  of  their  lliips  and 
boats  ;  whereupon  they  run  to  tire  Lev/is,  and  through 
paiiages  where  it  is  thought  Scaforth  (efpecially  being 
warned  by  Argyle  for  that  elfli^t)  might  have  flopped 
iheni  ;  but,  v/iiJiout  any  oppofition,  they  rini  through 
Lochaber.  When  they  come  to  Athol,  the  moft  there 
joined  with  them.  Drummond  and  Galk  raifetl  the  low 
country  againft  them  \  but  iSIontrofe  coming  from  Eng- 
jajid  jais  alone  difguifcd,  did  join  v/ith  them,  and,  by  liis 
letters,  got  many  of  Strathern  and  Perihlhire  to  join  with 
him.  Ivllpont's  treachery  is  revenged  by  his  death,  julUv 
anflifted.  Lord  Duplin,  now  Kinnoul,  IMaderty,  Fintry, 
Braco,  and  a  number  of  note,  did  increafe  the  army  -,  yet 
they  v.'ere  but  a  pack  of  naked  runagates,  not  three  horle 
r.mong  them,  few  either  Avordr.  or  mufquets  :  but  the  vil- 
lainy of  Lord  Drummond  and  his  friend,  in  the  point  ot 
joining,  exhorting  to  tlee,  according  as  by  his  letters  he 
had  appointed  the  night  before,  ftruck  the  reft  with  a  pa- 
nick  fear,  lb  that  near  6000  of  very  good  and  brave  men 
lied,  leaving  eight  piece  of  cannon,  and  the  moft  oir 
tlreir  arms.  In  tb.e  light  not  ten  were  killed  ;  hut 
in  the  flight  fome  hundreds  of  the  honell  burgelles 
of  Fife  did  fall.  The  villains  gave  no  quarter;  not  a  pri- 
ipncr  in  the  held  was  taken }  Perth  rendered  at  the  lirll 
2  fumnions^ 


Let.  82'  ^^^  ^'^^  IVlUiam  Spang.  C^ 

fummons.     Argylc,  f\ftcr  he  had   learned  the  way  whi- 
thcr    the    mlfcreants    bad    run,   followed    as    armed    mea 
might,   which  was   four  or  live  days  journey  behind  them. 
As"  be  came   near  Stirling-,  INIontroie   left   IVrth,  bavin^j 
extorted  near  9000  merks^of  money,  and  what  arms  they 
had.     His   fummoning  of  Dundee   was   in    vain-,  but   all 
the  refl  of  the  couniry   was   at   his  mercy.     Had  Argylc 
gotten  him  later,  all  Fife   had   been   faclccd.     The   bridge 
of  Dee  was  manned,  fo  he  went   over  a   ford,  where  El- 
cho's  regiment  liad  a  hot  difpute,  and  killed  many  of  his 
men  ;  but  prevailing  in    number,    he    forced   his  pailage. 
Marifchal    being    maleeontent,    fat    ftill    in    Dunnotter. 
Gordon,    to   whom,    unadvifedly,   the    command    of   the 
country  was  commiited,  did   not   bring   with   him^   above 
thirty  horfe,  and  thefe  nothing  (tout.     The   to\vnfm>:n  of 
Aberdeen  eOayed   to   defend  ihcir  market-place  ;   but  140 
of  them  were  killed  :  within  two  days  after  put  the  knaves 
to    their  beft.     Our    greateft   fears   were,    that    Seaiorth, 
Grant,  and   Murray  there  ihould  have  joined  ;  but  when 
they  came  to  Spey,  Seaforth  and  Suiheiland,  with  the  gen- 
try of  Murray,  lay  on  either  iide,  kept  thera  from  paffing  ; 
Argylc  was  at  their  heels  -,  they  got  up  to  the  mountain^. 
Manv  of  their   followers   left   theni;  yet  ISlontrofe,  with 
2000   or    3000  of  mofi:  defpcrate  and  ci'uel  villains,  came 
back  on  tiie   hills,  fo    far  as    Athol,  whither   lie   was  to 
break   down  on  Argyle,  and  fo  to  fdher-boats,    to   flee  to 
Ireland  ;  or  to  kecp'the  b.ills  till  he  came  to  Campile,  and 
then  to  fail  down  on'  Glafgow  •,  and  then  to  break  through  to 
England,  as  moft  did  fear.    We  do  not  yet  hear,  only  Ivyle 
and  Cunningham,  with   my    Lord    Montgomery,  Clydel- 
dale,  with  my  Lord  Lanerk,   Renfrew,  and   Lennox,   had 
their  rendezvous  at  Glafgow  the  nth  of  Oelober.     If  he 
come  that  way,  our  greateft  fear  is,  that  a  new  army  frona 
Ireland  fall   on   our  weft  before    Argyle    can   come    hack 
from  the  north.     This   is   the  greatelt  hurt  our  poor  land 
got  thefe  fourfcore  years,  and   the   greateft  dilgrace  betell 
us  thefe  thoufand.     The  reproach  will  ftick  on  us   for  c- 
ver.     It  has  much   diminilhed  our  reputation  already,  be- 
mg  joined   with    the  length  of   the    fiege   of  Neweaftle. 
Many  things  there  have  deceived  our  hopes  :    The  enemy 
within  defpcratcly  relblute,  with  frequent  fallies  keep  our 
people  night  and  day  in  duty  ;  our  mines,  the  moit  part, 
after  all  tnir  labour,  were  countermined  or  drowned  -,  our 
foldiers,  for  waat  qi  pav  and  cloaths,  were  wQru  to  rags  ; 


!  » 


(5«5  Tor  Mr  U'lUium  Spang.  Let.  83, 

fundry  of  our  bcft  regiments  and  olTicers  were  of  ncccfll. 
ty  gone  to  Scotland  \  bcildc,  winter  and  ill-weather  comes 
now  on.  'Ihc  Imlepcndent  parry  lying  always  at  the 
Avaich,  iiiiding  lis  io  low,  and  the  Oeneral  in  the  weft 
ihimefully  difgraccd,  began  luftily  to  play  their  game. 
Their  inii  efiay  was  on  IMancheftcr's  army  •,  there  they 
had  cafi  their  ftrength,  itnder  Cromwell.  All  Icclarles 
.who  pleal'ed  to  be  folJiers,  for  a  long  time  calling  ihem- 
felves  from  all  the  other,  anive  under  his  command,  hi 
one  bcxly.  lly  many  means  they  elF.iyed  to  get  Manche- 
ller  rcmc/vcil  :  hading  they  could  not  conquer  him, 
when  all  had  failed,  they  betook  themfelvcs  to  our  coun- 
tryman Jordanhill's  brother,  Gen.  Major  CraAvford, 
to  have  been  caihiered  by  a  council  of  war,  for  a  number 
of  preren.,!ed  iaulis  ;  but  we  did  fo  manage  that  budnefs 
that  all  ih-ir  clTays  lo  were  in  vain.  Their  next  eUay  was 
^o  have  laid  allde  the  General,  and  remnant  of  his  forces, 
that  Cromwell  and  their  forces  might  be  the  more  confi- 
derable  :  but  conhdering  the  hazard  ;  and  feeing,  after  all 
.our  t]-ial,  no  guikincis  in  the  General  ;  and  hnding  the 
vmderhand  dealing  to  join  the  General  to  their  party, 
when  tliey  could  not  overthrow  Iiim  ;  God  hel[)ed  us 
to  guard  it  io,  that  the  General  keeps  his  place  and  cre- 
dit, and  knows  who  are  his  friends  and  foes.  Wc  had 
another  bout  with  them  about  Shippon.  They  made  the 
city  crave  him  to  be  leader  of  their  new  levy  of  5000  foot, 
and  to  be  joined  to  Manchcfler.  This  was  by  Shipjion's 
foot  and  CromwclTs  horfe  to  have  made  themfelves  ma- 
ilers o^  the  held  :  this  we  alfo  got  crofTed.  But  their 
greateil  plot,  v/lierewith  yet  wc  arc  wrcftling,  is  an  order 
of  the  lioufe  of  Commons,  contrived  by  Mr  Solicitor 
and  ]Mr  Marlhail,  wiiich  they  got  flolen  through,  to  the 
comniittee  of  Lords,  Commons,  and  Divines,  which 
treated  with  us,  to  confider  of  differences  in  pr.int  of 
church  government,  w]\ich  were  among  the  members  of 
the  affen^.bly,  that  they  might  be  agreed  ;  or  if  not,  how 
far  teiuler  conlclences  might  be  borne  with,  which  could 
not  come  up  to  the  common  rule  to  be  eilablifhed,  tliat  fo 
the  proceedings  cf  the  allembly  niight  not  be  retarded. 
This  order  preienily  gave  us  the  alarm  :  we  faw  it  was  for 
.a  toleration  of  the  Independents  by  acl  of  parlianicnt,  be- 
fore the  prelhytery  or  any  common  rule  were  eftabliihed. 
Our  moft  irully  friend  the  Solicitor  had  throughcd  it  the 
Houfc  before  wc  heard  of  it.  Mr  Mar:(hal  had  evidently, 
'""."  '   ^  '  ''         ^     '      '  '    .  .         ".  "    ".  ,  .    ift 


tet.  8^.  Fcr  Mr  William  Spang.  '  67 

m  the  prorcciuion  of  it,  flighted  us.  Sir  Henry  V.'ine, 
vhom  we  iruiled  iiiofl,  h;id  gi\en  us  many  figns  of  his  al- 
teration ;  twice  at  our  table  prolixly,  earncltly,  ami  pai- 
lionately  had  rcafoncd  for  a  full  liberty  ot  confcience  to  all  re- 
hgions,  without  any  exceptions  ;  had  [)ubiichly,  in  theIIoule> 
oppofed  the  claiifc  in  the  ordination  that  rcquii'ed  miniiiiirs 
to  fuhfcribe  the  covenant,  and  that  which  I'id  intiniaie 
their  being  over  their  liocks  in  the  J^ord  ;  had  moved  the 
muftering  of  our  arm)',  as  being  far  Icfs  than  v/e  were 
paid  for  ;  had  been  otlended  with  the  Solicitor  for  putiiiifi- 
in  the  ordinance  the  dirierences  about  cliarch-go\ei-nnient ; 
and  notonly  about  free  grace,  intruding  liberty  to  tlic  An- 
linomians,  and  to  all  iecls,  he,  without  the  leail  occa- 
fion  on  our  fide,  did  openly  oppofe  us.  Always  Cod  lias 
helped  us  againft  hini  and  them  egregioufly  to  this  day. 
In  the  hrCi  meeting  of  the  grantl  comniiitee,  Mr  Marfhal 
the  chairman,  by  canny  convoyance,  got  a  fubcomnntree 
nominate  according  to  his  mind,  to  draw  the  diQerences  ; 
Goodv.'in  and  Nye,  other  four  with  himfclf,  wlio  joined 
with  the  Independents  in  giving  to  the  congregations 
power  of  exconimunication  and  ordination..  A''i!;  :s,  llerle, 
Reynolds,  Temple,  Seaman,  and  Palmer,  of  our  mind, 
were  named  ;  but  feeing  lis  excluded  by  hlarllial's  cun- 
ning, would  not  ioin.  The  next  two  or  tliree  mcetinps 
were  fpent  on  the  rubcommitiee's  draught  of  the  difi'e- 
rcnccs.  Wc  found  the  Independents  clear  for  the  v,hoIc 
peo])le,  every  connnunicant  male,  to  have  dccilive  voice 
in  all  eccleliaftic  caul'cs,  in  admiliion,  depoiliion,  excom- 
munication of  minifters,  iu  determining  of  fehifnis  and. 
hereiies.  2.  That  no  congregation  did  ilepti^d  on  anv  fu-' 
perior  fynod,  lb  that  a  congregation  la.Uing  in  all  tlie  he- 
relies  and  crimes  of  the  world,  neither  the  whole  nor  any 
member  of  it  can  be  cenfured  by  anv  fynod  or  predjytery 
in  the  earth,  however  it  may  be  reluled  communion  by 
any  who  find  no  fatisfaction  in  its  pi-occeding:;  :  but,  which 
is  worll:  of  all,  they  avow  they  cannot  cummuincate  a^ 
members  with  any  congregation  in  iMiglmd,  though  re- 
formed to  the  lUtermolt  [titch  of  purity  which  tiie  aiPjm- 
bly  or  parliament  are  like  to  reiiuire,  beciuafe  even  tiic 
Englidi,  as  all  the  rell  of  the  lleformed,  will  cor.iill  but 
of  prote;{'>rs  of  the  truth  iu  whofe  life  there  is  n.>  I'can- 
dal  ;  but  they  rjipiire  to  a  member,  beiide  a  fail-  profei- 
fion,  antl  want  oh  ieandal,  fuch  ligns  of  ;u-ace  as  pjriL':K!ei 
the  wliole  cong,i-egation  of  tl\eh-  true  I'egeneration.  Vv''-;. 
^vere  glad   to   lui-e   them   declare   thi;>   :aueh  under  tluie 

1  2  ha:id:J ; 


:;•  :■■■•).  .!) 


l'(    ,;;«..:;,  ^      :•;'): 


(58  Fct'  Mr  JViUUm  Spang.  Let.  ^3. 

I     hands  •,   for  hitherto  it  has  been  their  great  cnrc  to  avoid  any 
\    fucli  declaration  \  but  now  they  are  more  bokl,  apprehcnd- 
\u<^    their    party    to    be    nuich    more    conlidci-able,     and 
'      our    nation    niiich    lefs   conliderablc    than    before.       The 
The  clianjTe  of  providence  did  notliing  daunt  otir  courage  •> 
yet  ve  were  miicli  in  prayer  and  lonp^ing  expc<Sl<ition    iliat 
God  would  raife  us  from  our  lowncfs,  near   to   contempt, 
and  compefce   their   proundlefs   inlbknty.      hi   our   lirfc 
meeting,  my  Lortls  Sey  and  AVhaiion,  Vane  and  the  .So- 
licitor,   prciled  vehemently   to   debate   the    propofitions  of 
the  fubcoinniittee.     They  knew,   when   they  had  debated, 
and  come  to  voicing,  they  would  carry  all  by  plurality  in 
the  committee ;    and   though   they   flioidd   not,    yet   tliev 
were  conlldent,  when    the   report   ranie   to   the    Houfe  of 
Conu^ions,    to    get  all  they  defired  there  pafl:.     So,    with- 
out   the  alTcmbly,   they   purpofed   immediately  from   this 
committee  to  get  a  toleration  of  Independency  concluded 
in  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  long  before  any  thing  fliould 
be  got  fo  much  as  repoi'ttd    from  the  aiTembly  anent  pief- 
byieries.     Here   it   was  where  God  helped   us    befide   ouf 
expe^^tation.     Mr   Rou^,  Mr  Taite,  and  Mr  Prideaux,  a- 
mong  the  ableft  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  oppofcd  them, 
'    to    their  face.     My  Loi'd  Chancellor,  v^'ith  a  fpirit   of  di- 
vine eloquence,  Warilhm,  with  the  Iharp  points  of  mani- 
fold arguments,  Maitland,  Mr   Henderfon,  Mr   Gillelpie, 
and  all,  made   their  dLiigns   to  appear  fo   clearly,  that  at 
once   many  did  dillike   them  ;  yet   Henry   Vane   went   on 
violently.     We  rcfv.fcd  to  fconfider  their  propofitions,  ex- 
cept on  t^vo  exprefs  caveats  ;  one.  That  no  report   Ihouki 
be    made  of  any  conchtilon   of  the  committee,  till  firil  it 
came  to  t  'e  aikmbly,  and  from  them,  alter   examination, 
Jlioukl   b     tranimitted   to   the   Houfe  of  Commons  •,  an- 
other, T.iat  iirft  the  conimon  rule  of  government  ihoukl 
be  refolv.d,  before  any  forbearance  of  tkcfc  who  difkred 
therefro  n    Ihoukl    be    refolved    upon.       Tiie    firll",     artcr 
niany   luurs    iliarp    debate,  we    obtained:  ilie   fecond  wc 
are   to   debate    to-morvov/ •,  and,  if  we    obtain  it  not,  we 
ha\e  a  b;ave  paper  ready,   penned   by    Mr    Henderibn,  to 
be  given   in    to   the  Huuks  and  aikembly,  v/hich  will  paint 
cut  the  Independents  and  their  adherciits   fo  clearly,   that 
1  am  lr.)peful  that  the  bottom  of  their  plots  Ihall  be  dmiij 
out       While  1  am  writing,  we  get  the  long-cxperced  nc\s> 
of  the  taking  of  Newcaflk',  and  that  by  ftorm.    iJleiiedi  h^-" 
the  name  of  the  J.ord,  who  ^vill  not  for  ever  contemn  t!ir. 
prayers  of  his  people.     Wz  were  exticmcly  dejched  on 


It  i\i. 


Let.  03.  for  Mr  WiUkm  Spang.  69 

many  grounds :  we  were  perplexed  for  Scotland  •,  befide 
winter,  poverty,   and    ftron^,    proud,    obftinate    encmic-i 
witUin  Ncwcaftle,    the   peft  was  beginning  in   our  army  •j 
the  King,  with    the    greateft  army    he    ever   coninianded, 
was  coming  fcraiglit  upon   us,  being  hopeful   to   diflipatc 
our  armies  before  they  could  conjoin,  and   it  was  but  the 
mifs  of  one  day  •,  yet  Waller  held  him  up  ikirmifhing  ac 
and  over  till  Manchefter  came   to  Newbury,  and  Ellex  to 
Alfort,  whence  all  three,  on  Saturday,  joined   at  Bafing. 
The  emulations  and  quarrels  among  all  thcfe  three  armies, 
both    Generals    and    inferior    oPacers,    were    formidable; 
yet  fuch  was  the  wifdom  and  diligence  of  the   Chancellor 
and  others,  that   Warifton  and    Mr   Carew   going  down 
from  tlie  committee  of  both  kingdoms,  did  move    all   the 
three  Generals,  and  their  armies,  to  join  cordially  againft 
the  enemy.     The  njofr  true  and  real  fa  ft   I  ever  law  here, 
was  kept  on  Tuefday  ;  alio   the   Houfe  of  Commons  dc- 
fired  us  in  the  aflembly,  to  pray  upon  Wednefilay,  think- 
ing the  armies  both  thefe   days   to   be   in   at^tion,  and  ex- 
pelling  the   determination   of  the   great   quarrel    hourly, 
neither  party  having  any  other  coniiderable  forces  on  this 
fide  Ncwcaftle.     Great  were  the  frays  of  this  people,  and 
their  tears  to  God   plentiful.     The  anfwer   was   not   long 
a-coming.     Before    we   had   ended   our  prayers  on  Wed- 
ncfday,  in  the  aflembly,  the  Moufe  of  Peers  fent  us  a  mef- 
fiioe   by   my  Lord  Adu-iiral  and  Pembroke,  with   all   dili- 
gence, to   hafte   the   church-government,  for  herelles  did 
ipread  mightily  over  all  the  land  ;  alio  they  told,  the  King 
had  turned   his  back  on  us,  and  was  retiring  towards  Ox- 
foi-d,  finding,  againil   his  expectation,  that  all  our  arm    3 
were  joined.     He   lent   his   foot   and   artillery  av/ay,  and 
with  his  horfe  drew  near,  as  rcfolute  to   light;  but  j'liort- 
•  ly  drew  off,   and    followed  his  foot  :  we  are  at  their  heels. 
It  will  be  harci  if  we  get  not  a  hit  of  them  before  they  win 
to   Oxford.      Hurry    is   come    back    to   us,  and  received  ; 
he  promlfes  the  coining  over  of  a  better  foldier  than  him- 
fclf  :   but  above  all,  tbe  nev/s  of  Newcaftle,  in    th(;!e   two 
liours,  lias  illled  the   city   wiih   extreme  joy.     Tbe   great 
God   be   blelied   again    and    again    for    it.       This   piople 
would  have  perifhcd  of  cokl  without  it.      Had    we    got   it 
by    compofuion,   it    )iad    not    relieved  our  credit,  nor   the 
Ut'ccflity  of  oin-  moil  delerving  and  worie  rewarded  army. 
Gud,   in    clear  julticu  toward  th;it  moft  wicked  town,   and 
great  mercy  to  us  all,  hardened  that  people,  that  they  ihould 

reject, 


7<»  ^or  Mr  WlJliam  Spang.  Let.  Sj; 

reje<fl,  -vvith  infolence,  the  fiircft  conditions  that  ever 
people  in  lUcii-  condition  could  have  cxpc(Slcd  ;  lb  that 
any  lofs  they  have,  the  woild  w.ll  exciife  us  ol"  it.  That 
our  joy  may  be  the  greater,  the  Admiral  at  the  fame 
time  receives  a  letter  from  one  of  his  Ihips  on  the  lri(h 
coaft,  that  Monro  has  defeat  CaiHehaven  with  all  his 
proud  army  in  UlOer.  AVe  truft  to  hear  next  of  the 
vengeance  of  God  on  Montrofe,  and  his  followers  in 
Scotland.  All  ihefe  things  lift  us  not  up,  but  hailen  us 
to  fend  our  propoiitions  to  the  King,  without  any  addi- 
tion to  thefe  articles  which  were  debated  and  agreed  on  iii 
our  parliament.     The  admitti.ng   of  thefe    articles   is   the  i 

jjrcateft  ufe  we  dcfire  to  make  of  thefe  gieat  favours  our 
God  has  thefe  two  days  poured  upon  us. 

The  books  you  wrote  of  ai-e  not  come  to  me  -,  I  Iicnr 
nought  of  them  as  yet.  What  you  wrote  for  I  delivered 
to  Mr  Garret^  to  be  fent  in  the  next  ihip.  Downham's 
guide  is  i8s.  and  Hooker's  3  volumes  is  1  c;  s.  I  knov.' 
I  am  much  in  your  debt  ;  but  I  intreat,  fo  far  as  either 
your  papers  or  your  memory  can  fer\e  you,  let  me  once 
again  know  my  fum  v/hat  it  is  :  by  any  means  fatisfy  mc 
in  this,  I  ihall  tlie  more  freely  lend  for  any  thing  I  delire 
from  thence,  and  {hall  fend  you  what  you  delire  from  this. 
If  God  will  blefs  us  with  thj  overthiow  of  thefe  evil  men, 
friends  will  yet  live  comfortably  together.  Apollonius'^ 
book  will  not  be  delivered  to  the  a!iemhly  till  ir  come  olf 
the  prefs.  We  are  extrcnuly  obliged  to  hnn,  and  as 
much  difobliged  to  his  oppolkcs  The  letter  of  the  fy- 
nod  of  Utretch  was  read  the  other  day  in  the  ailembly, 
but  had  not  one  word  eitlier  of  iLpifcopacy  or  indepen- 
dency. We  would  have  expected  other  thiiis^s  from 
Voetius;  but  the  Independents  diligence  far  and  near  is 
great;  yet  1  believe  God  will  not  blefs  their  ways.  J{ivet, 
in  all  our  controverfies,  refolves  to  be  mute  and  filent  al- 
fo  \  yet  Moulin  has  written'  very  jioneilly  his  mind  ;  buC 
Diodati  and  the  I'arilians  are  not  as  we  expected.  The 
Switzers,  and  lately  the  r^ft  of  tli-  dj vines  of  Geneva,  liave 
given  us  fatisfacStion.  We  hope  Jhonly,  when  God  has 
put  our  enemies  under  our  feet,  thefe  our  il';\erend  bre- 
thren who  have  been  lafr  in  appearin;,  for  us,  iliall  be 
j-noft  ample  in  their  encouragements.  We  are  lotli  to  cen- 
fure  any  man,  only,  in  Jo  great  conflie-is,  v,'e  would  have 
expectetl  trom  brethren  in  a  conuuon  caule,  gnater  a^^fr- 
ancc  than  v.-c  have   gut  from    any   o\er   f:a',  except  owVj 

worthy 


'KurA  I     .:}i    ^ 


i>    ;  ■i.'\    .. :  .;.i    ;■;)  ''■ 


■('.;;:      1.) 


I.et.  83.  ^or  Mr  William  Span^.  71 

worthy  and  noble  Apollon'ms ;  but   I   muft  end  abruptly, 
or  lolc  my  lare  luppcr.    Farevvi^il. 
Your  Coulin, 

Robert  Bailue, 


84.  For  Mr  JVllUam  Spmi^.     Tsovcmher  i.  1644. 

Dear  Coufin, 
-Of  the  takinjT  of  Newcafllc  1  wrote  at  length.    The 


routinp-  of  the    Iriih  by  Monro   is   not  Iccondtd -,   but    the 
routing   and   flight  of  the  King's  army  here  is  very  true. 
His  foot  are  all  dillipatcd  •,  few  ilaln.      His  horfe  got  away 
at  midnight  towards   Oxford.     ISlonday  laft,  himfelf,  and 
the  Prince,  with  fomc   500   horfe,  towards  Briftol.     The 
remnant  of  his  cannon  and  baggage,  which  was  not  taken 
that   night,    were   left   in   Dcnningion  caftle,  a  mile  from 
Newbury.     We  expcft  to  hear  this  night,    or   to-morrov.-, 
that  the  cafile,  and  all  in  it,  aUb  General  Ruthven   to  the 
boot,    now    weary   of   the    King,    ihall  fall  in  our  hands. 
Our  committee  at  Ncwcaftlc  wrote  up    to   the   Houfes,  to 
hafte  the  fettling  of  the  church.     This  motion  was  well  re- 
ceived by  all  but  Sey,  Vane,  and  fome  few   Independents. 
To  comfort  them,  lix  or   eight   of  the   chief  Lords  cam.c 
this  day  in  meilage  from  tb.e  Houfe  of  Peers  with  that  let- 
ter, intreated  the   aflembly  to  hafte  •,  alfo  in  that  letter  the 
Commons  voted,  over  the   Independents   bellies,  the  dil- 
folving    of   that    dangerous    committee    which    iheie    five 
weekshas  vexed  us.     The  preface   of  our  dii'eclory,  calt- 
jn"-  out  at  doors  the  liturgy,  and   all  the  ceremonies  in  CU" 
miilo^  is  this  day  paiTed.     It  coll  us  divers  days  debate,  and 
thefe  fharp  enough,  with  our   beft   friends.     Apollonius's 
book  is  not  yet   olf  the   prefs,  and  fo  1  have  not  feen  it ; 
only  the  preface   I   read,   which   I   like   exceedingly   well. 
One  thing  I  mufi:  recommend   to  your  ferious  care.     We 
are  informed  from  thence  very  credibly,  that   the   agents 
of  the  Independents   have   fo   far   prevailed  with  Voctius, 
as  to  make  him  publilli  his  approbation  of  the  Keys  of  the  ' 
Iclngdom  of  heaven,  as  cor.ibnant  to  truth,  and  the  diici- 
pline  of  Holland.     If  he  Ihould  be  fo  evil  advifcd  as  to  do 
any  thing  of  tliis  kind  at  this  time,  he  will  wrong  himfelf,  ' 
and  us,  and  all  the  Reformed  churches,  exceedingly,  and 
do  what  in  him  lies  to  mar   the    mofl    great   and   graciou* 
yso'X  he^c }  which,  by  God's  help,  after  fo  great  oppoll* 

tion^ 


,M,. 


ya  ,  for  Mr  IVUViam  Spang.  Let.  S4. 

tion,  wc  arc  carrying  to  a  happy  conclufion.  Yon  would 
write  to  hiin,  and  ail  you  can  join  with  you,  to  obtcft  liim 
he  do  not  any  fuch  work,  To  luiworthy  of  hinirdf.  Wc 
could  never  have  fufpefted  any  fuch  things,  if  a  vci-y  good 
hand  had  not  conlldcntly  afllaed  us  of  it. 
Your  Coulin, 

PiOBERT    BaiLLIE. 


S5.  Publick  Letter.     November  21.  1644. 

Our  languor  here  is  great  to  hear  of  the  crufliing  of 
that  v/icked  crew  which  tro\iblcs  your  peace.  That  as  yet 
you  have  not  got  order  with  them,  is  the  matter  of  our 
greateft  grief.  If  the  Lord  Iiad  humbled  and  foftened 
tlie  hearts  of  yotn-  people,  and  wj-ought  them  by  that  rod 
to  a  i-eal  reformation,  which  1  iruft  he  isdi)ing,  I  am  confi- 
dent, by  the  blafk  of  his  vengeance,  thele  gr:iJhoppers 
iliould  be  carried  out  of  the  land.  The  condition  of  af- 
fairs h;;re  you  may  read  in  the  printed  papers,  and  of 
things  abroatl  in  the  writ.  The  fruit  of  our  victory  at 
Newbuiy  was  not  To  great  as  we  expected.  Within  ten 
days  thereaher  the  Iving  rallied  his  forces,  and,  with  the 
addition  of  what  Prince  Rupeit  brought  him,  became 
ftronger  than  we  :  for  the  cuftom  of  the  foldiers  here  is 
woeful;  they  cannot  bide  from  home  a  month  together  on 
any  condition.  This  unamendable  abufe  diminiJhcd  much 
our  army;  fo  that  the  King  came  fiifely  froin  Oxford  to 
Denningtoa  caftle,  and  brought  off  his  cannon  and  bag- 
gage, and  all  he  had  left  there.  Our  army  were  content 
to  look  on  him  in  the  bYt'oin'^,  without  mintinp  to  fipht. 
This  was  ill  fpoken  of  here.  The  King  marched  towards 
Baiing  to  relieve  that  longfome  fiege.  Our  army  follow- 
ed, much  incenfed  v/ith  the  obloquy  they  had  received  io\: 
their  fitting  ftill  at  Newbury.  '1  he  Iloufes,  fearing  their 
rafhpcfs  in  fighting,  and  feeing  the  nccellar  diliolution  of 
the  King's  army  of  its  ovai  accord  in  a  few  days,  having 
no  pay,  and  the  winter  being  rainy,  Tent  them  word  to  be 
very  wary  in  fighting  :  fo  ours  returned  to  Reading,  and 
the  Kino's  to  Newbiny ;  whence  it  is  expedlcd,  that,  with- 
out more  ado,  both  will  go  to  their  winter-quarters,  lea- 
ving the  ending  of  the  war  in  the  fpiing  to  the  Scots  ar- 
my, if  peace  cannot  be  had  l)cfore.  Thixe  of  our  com-, 
niiflloners,  Maitlund,  Sir  Charles  lirfkine,  and  JNIr  Bar- 
-2,  clay, 


-  ir...' 


I..  Hi;     , 


j^pj^  <>..  '       PithUc'k  Letter.  73 

clay,  went  Tcftcra.y,  with   the   Earl  of  D.tnby,  and  lour 
coa.mon.r^;   to  the  IGn^,  ^,pou  his  ial.-conduc  ,  wuh  th. 
p-opoluion.    oF   rcncc    ao.ccd   upon  .y  rlu:  P-''---^;^^ 
both  k.nodoms.     We  pr.y   G.kI    ^.c   th.m   ^ood     Ked. 
There  is  h...U    hopes   or    liie   Ktu;  s  acceptance  of     h.      , 
Vet   many   think   they  may   draw   on  a    t.reaty;    :uul    ^^^^o 
knows  but  that  r.ay  bring  us  to  .  peace  ^     ncnvever     the. 
dillicuhies  as  yet  leem  inextricable  by  the  -^ -^/;^'^^^ 
Onr   chnreh-aii  liri    p/)   on   no.v  apace,   blelLd  be  C.od. 
Our  ktter.  fro,n  K.wcUclc  moved  the  Houles  to  call  once  • 
twice,   thrice,   to  tl)e  aiiembly    for   cxped^um.     ^J^-1  ^^^ 
uo    ocu-   propofitious  conrerning  prelljyt^ries.      Uie  ina^- 
p^dents  nux  in  the    r.albns   of    their    dufent   therelrom. 
Thef.  are1n  the  h.nds   of    a   con.,nlttee.     'inc   ^^^^-^^,^ 
IP'"  to  be  fud  :>nd  r.ui3.aaory  to   the   world,  and  poluoly 
to  tbe  parties  thendelvc.      In  a  feu'  days,  all  wo  have  done 
about  ;overnuv:nc  wd.  be  fan    up    to    t,,e  ,  Ion  es,   agamit 
vd^- h\he   Ind.peadents  will  have  nothing  conlideraoL  to 
lay  more  than  is  in  their  papers  agiialt    pre.b^tenes^     iiut 
thnvdiichmoft  comforts  us    is    me    dn-eetory    _  All    thAt 
^vehave  done  in  it   is    this   day  l^n:  up     wulr  a  full  un.im- 
mitv  of  all.     Miny  a  wearifo:ne  debate  h  us  it  cotu  us  ;  ouc 
^ve  hope  the  Avcet' fruit  will  overbalance  the  very  great  toil 
^ve  had  in  it.     The   lalt    padage    was  fenu hly   trom   ^oa 
After,  with  huge  deal   of  ado,    we   palled  the  parts   tnut 
concerned  prayers,   reading  of  iVnprtn-e,   preaclung,   boui 
the  ficraatents,   ordiaaMon,   and  iaaetihcation  or    the   lao- 
bub, there  we,e;aa:^vr:rerences  to  the  pre.acejone,to  turn 

the  direaorv  to  a  Itraight  liturgy  5   ^inoiiier  to  ut.tlce    R  lo 
loofe  and  free,   that  it  ihouid  ferve  for  little  tile  :    out  Ooi- 
helped  us  to  get  both  theie  rocks  eichewed.    Always  here- 
vefterday.  when   we   were  at  the  very  end  of  it,  -the  Inde- 
pendents brought   us   lo   doubiful  a   ddputatioa,  that  ^>-^ 
Ure  in  very  grett  fear  all  ilrouid  0.,  cait  n.  the   '^ow.     and 
th;u  their  on^oiition  to  the  Nvnole  du-eetory   Inoulu   0^   ..^ 
p-eat  as  to  tue  governmeut  ;  yet  God  ia  his  mercy  gtnded 
t  10     thtt  yeaerday  we  got  them,   and  ah  otners     lo   bun- 
111    that,  \:.nh:.  n::fraJk.nfr,  it  was  ordered  ail  togetne. 
Jo  ;i  traatmitted  to  the  Monies,  aad  Good^Tur  to  be    one 
ov  the  curriers;   which  was  this  day  done,  to  al  our  greac 
iov,   and  hope  that  this  will  be  a  good  ground  o.   ^agree- 
anee  becvvi>;t  u.  and  them,  either  loon  or  lync.     ^^uat  re- 
mains of  the  directory,    aneat    mtrrying  and  bur.al,   wdc 
fooni^ediipauhcd.     The   catechiia^  is   dvav:a  up,  .okI,   i 
Vol.  II.  ^  '^''''^'> 


;/;■'  ;.  /: 


■I  •!■ 


'   .'•    M'.'V    :y:i    };:,.;■.  ^    ^. 


'^  '      /U 


74  Pubiuk  teller.  Let.  8^i 

ihink,  fliall  not  take  up  much  time.  I  fcai*  the  Confcf- 
Won  of  F.ii'Ji  may  ilick  longer.  However,  we  will,  by- 
God's  help,  have  lb  much  work  done  in  a  month,  that  it 
feems  neceflar  to  have  a  general  aflembly  in  Scotland  ihort- 
ly,  that  fome  of  us  may  bring  there  what  here  has  been 
fb  long  in  doing,  to  be  reviled,  and,  I  hope,  without 
great  difliculty,  to  be  pafled.  U  it  pleafe  the  Lord  to  pcr- 
feft  this  woik,  it  will  be  iJie  fweelcll  and  moll  happy  buli- 
neis  that  ever  in  this  il!e  was  cnterpril'ed.  The  hope  of  it 
comforts  us  in  the  midft  of  our  perplexities,  which  fon^.e- 
times  are  not  imall.  The  chimes  for  midnight  are  rinpinf 
at  Weltminller,  i^^  I  muft  crave  leave  to  go  to  bed  ;  only, 
rememb.-ring  my  beil  allections  lo  my  brethren  of  both  my 
prelbyteries,  and  dcllring  their  prayers  fen-  the  advancin;5^ 
and  perfecting  the  great  work  in  hind,  1  reil,  the  lervanc 
of  all  thole  wlio  wilh  the  weal  of  Zion. 


^6.   Publ'uk  Letter.     December  i.  1644. 

All  oitr  company,  tlumks  to  God,  feel  the  fruit  oF 
Scotland's  prayers.  We  all,  fmce  om-  coming  to  this  day, 
had  good  health,  -y^tX  pei  feet  concord,  and,  in  greatefl  per- 
plexity, faith  in  God.  After  two  dayi;  tough  debate,  and 
great  appearance  of  irrcconcileable  difterences,  thanks  to 
God,  we  have  got  the  Independents  fatisfied,  and  an  una- 
nimous confc  nt  of  all  the  allembly^  tli at  marriage  Ihall  be 
celebrated  only  by  tin,-  minliler,  and  thj.t  in  the  church, 
after  our  iaihion.  Thtre  are  whiiperings  of  good  appear- 
ance, that  the  Independents  will  be  gotten  contented  to 
take  up  their  realbns,  and  fubmit  themfelves  to  the  aflem- 
bly. If  tlxis  be,  it  were  better  than  a  new  victory  over  the 
King's  army.  Who  knows  what  reward  the  J^ord  may- 
give  us  ior  our  great  patience,  and  lo\e  to  thefe,  however 
very  good,  yet  very  dangeious  and  unhappy  men,  who 
hive  been  the  great  and  mighty  inll:ruments  to  keep  all 
things  here  looie,  both  in.  church  antl  ftate,  thefe  tv/o 
years  bygone,  ior  the  increaling  of  their  party  to  fo  great 
u  flrength,  that  they  nii;,ht,  by  fear  and  threats,  obtain 
their  delu'cs.  Jjiit  ihei'e  loisr  jnontlis  bygone,  lince  we  fct 
our  tace  againk  them  openly,  their  j  lots  aie  lb  broken, 
and  their  ftrength  decayed,  that  1  hope  God  will  make 
them  more  pliable  to  reaibn,  than  oiherwile  they  were  in- 
clined.    You  fee  I  am  careful  by  all  occallons   to   let   you 

know 


r::\ 


\•-.v,.f^^■,■i-i.^ 


Let.  S6:  Publich  Letter. 


75 


know  Iiow  tlic  M'orld  Joes  go.     With  our  poft,  by  land,  I 
fcnt  large  information,   November  2  i .      With   this    bearer 
you  have  a  journal ;  and,  for  afiairs  abroad,    two  papers; 
the  one,  what  Sir   Thomas  Dilhington    fent   inc    laft    from 
]\iris;   the  other,   what  .Sir  Robert  Anftruther  got  the  laft 
week  from  LhulTeis.      Matters  here  Hand  thus:   The  llonl'e 
of  Commons  have  pafied,  without   any  variation  to  count 
of,  all  tjie  direclory  vre  fent  them,   and  I  hope  to-morrow 
will  feiul  it  to  the  J.ords  to  make  an  ordinance  upon  it.    In 
the  ailen-ihly  we  hue  Auck    loiiger   than    v.-e   expected    on 
marriage:  but  I  hope  to-mon-ow  v/e  fhall  end  it  j  and  be- 
fore this  week  end  we  fhall  pafs   the    two   remnanent  parts 
of  the  diree'tory,  fifting,  and  buri;-],  or  vifitation   of   the 
fick;   alfo,   that  we  Ihall  oneor  tb.e  days  of  tiiis  week  fend 
Vip  the  reil  of  our  votes  of  govo-nnient,   except  we   fall   in 
debate  of  fome  pallagcs  of  our  too  hwge  anfwer  to  ilie  In- 
dependents reafons  againil  preibytcries.      Believe  it,   for  as 
ilow  as  you  may  think   us,  and  as  we  pronounce  oiu-felves 
to  be,  yet  rdl  the  days  of  the  week  we  ai-e  pretty  bufy.    We 
fit  daily  from  nine  till  near  one;   and  aMer  noon  till  nipht 
we    are    ufually    in    com.mittees,     Saiui-d.iy,  our  only  free 
day,  is  to  prepare  for   Sunday;  wherein    we   feldom'  vaik 
from  preaching  in  fome  eminent  place  of  the  city,      jud^e 
what  time  we  have  for  letters,  and  writing   of  pamphlets, 
and  juany  other  bufmefles.     We  woidd    think   it   a   great 
eafe  both  to  ctu-  bodies  and  fpirits  to  be  at  liome.     llicrc 
are  jwo   new   bufmeires  fdlcn    in,  which  will  make   fome 
ftir  for  a  rime.     Our  conuniirioners  are  returned  fi'om  Ox- 
ford.     In    the    fev/    days    they  were  there,   they  faw,    and 
learned  from  their  fecret   friends,    that   however   the    fol- 
dicrs,  and  moH:  both    of  nobility  and  gentry,    be  extreme 
miferable  and  poor,  and  have   great   need   of   peace;    yet 
the    Queen's    party,    that    guides    ft  ill    the    King,    Dicrbv, 
Hyde,     y\fhbii)nham,    Rupert,   and   Maurice,  Richmond, 
and  Southampton,   the  junto    that    n:iakes  cyphers  of  the 
other  Lords  and  Conmions,  few  and   poor,    who   now  fit 
in  the  two  Houfcs  of  parliament  at  Oxford,  are  .as  far  a- 
verfe   from   any  julf  and  equitable  peace   as   ever.     Thcv 
think  Moutrofe  is  mafter  of  Scotland,   that  from    Ireland 
and    Fiance    they    v,  ill    get    x^'oruiers  ;    tlurefore    they    but 
laugh  at  us  ami  our  propoiitions.      Only    to    increafe    our 
diviiions,  they  have  ieiu  for  a  fife-condnct    to    Richmond 
and  Somhamp'on,  to  coiue  with  the  King's  aufwer  to  our 
jn-opolilious.     V/hat   ihefe  two   v.'ill  olfer,  wekaqwjiot;' 
i  K  2  but  ' 


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■*j6  ruhUck  Letter.  .  I.ct.  86. 

but  we  cxpcfl  \'a\.\c  noDcl  from  tlicm.  Tl:c  Dihcr  mratcr 
is,  Licuitn.inl;-(jCiu:r.il  CronuvtU  h.is  publickly,  in  the 
Houlc  of  Comnioiis,  actufL^d  my  Lord  of  MiiiiLlicficr  of 
the  Dtglcct  oi  i'u;Iitir.g  at  Kcwuiny.  I  h;u  n«:|.dcct  indeed 
was  great-,  for,  as  we  now  arc  irKulc  fiii'c,  \\\c  Kinifs  ar- 
rny  was  in  th.ii;  poluir.j,  iliat  th<.y  tr;')i:  tiicnifelvt-s  as  lofc  all 
turerly.  Yet  liic  la'dt  iir  I'.ujuUly  laid  on  iVi.niehei'ier.  It 
was  ecminon  to.  .dl  v.w  v;:\wva\  oiiif.  er^  ;hjn  prii^r.t,  and 
to  Cromwell  hindci.'-  ;is  mwch  as  lo  ;oiy  oilier.  Ahvavf, 
TvTanche!Li.r  \\vs  el'j.'.r^d  himfeil  a.'iun''i ml  ly  in  the  Ihude 
of  Lorils,  .tndi  liicix:  ]".,i.s  ri  i;iMinii).nci.l  v'ro.iiwell,  as  one 
who  has  a\0'.Vvd  his  d^.ih'e  lo  a.'oididi  llie  nulMiiiv  oi"  i:ing- 
I'and  ;  v.dio  has  Ijio'ieu  eonLiiir.elioi.dy  oi"  tire  iScots  inien- 
tion  of  eoniinr;  iiito  EngLjnd  vo  •.itaiili!.':  ilieir  cliineh-s'^o- 
vernmenrj  In  %\  hieh  Cronnv.U  hiid  hie  r_woidd  draw  ins 
fword  a'.',;di:;r  tliem,  alio  ;ig.;inrt  t!ie  aiiembly  ot  chvines, 
and  lias  tiireaLe.ied  to  rr,:ihe  an  arn.\  or  i^elari^.-^,  to  extort 
by  ioree,  both  trom  hi^log  ,ohl  oarhiunent,  v.  hat  condiiions 
tiiey  thor.gh-t  rai^et.  'J  ii.s  llie  \\'ar;  long  vinder  tiie  embers; 
now  it  is  h/roliei;  out,  we  trofL,  in  a  g^ooel  time.  It  is  like, 
for  the  iriiereit  of  OMr  nation,  we  ronit  ciave  reidon  of 
that  darliiig  of  tl;e  iLctaiies,  and  in  obtaining  his  removal 
from  the  army,  whieli  Idmielf,  by  his  own  rallmLis,  has 
procurevl,  to  breal:  the  power  ol  livit  j^oicnt  laclioii.  'idds 
■  is  our  preftnt  difdctdt  e;.ereiic.  Vv'e  ha*.l  need  ot  your 
prayers. 


8y.  To  Ulr  lVu!uiy,i  Spnnr.     Dixciuhcr  6.  1644. 

Reverend  ami  Dea.r  T^rother, 
You  Ir.'.ve  here  what  I  f.ave  v.  r.ttcn  to  Scotland,  ile- 
iides,  I  let  you  Irnou,  ^ve  never  go  fo  iirdcl-:iy  in  the  ;;l- 
fcmbly  as  we  ex;  ect.  'I'lns  weel:,  alter  Kiany  iliarp  de- 
bates, we  h.ave  agr-.el,  and  lent  up  lo  the  li;jules,  our  di- 
rectory, for  marria'e,  and  ilays  ot  thanl:f,dving  ;  alio  ^■.■e 
have,  wirli  nuic'n  tln;:eulrv,  palled  ;i  propoluion  for  abo- 
liildngj  their  eereuionies  at  burial:  l;tu  tmr  dilierencea- 
bout  tuner. d  iei  nu>ns  Jeeir.s  irreeoiviieable,  as  it  has  beCa 
here  arui  every  wh^ve  pre,u:hed.  Ic  is  nodiln",  l)iit  an  a- 
buie  or  pre;iciur.g,  to  lerve  the  hume)e.rs  only  ol"  rieh  peo- 
ple tor  a  reward.  Our  rhnreh  txpreLly  i^is  difcharge^l 
tlwm  on  m.my  good  reafoe..,  Ii  is  i  ere  a  good  ])ait  or 
tJvc  nuuiftcrs  iiveliliood  ;   ihecefore    liiey  will   not    quit    it. 

Afti^i" 


•t     I  J,. ..I    .! 

:■■■/      ^''i'\' 


j^ct.  S7,  T'o  Mr  JVUUam  Spang.  -77 

After  three  dnys  debate,  we  cannot  find  yet  a  way  of  a- 
Pi-eeance.     li"  ihib;  were  paRed,  there  is  no  more  in  our  di- 
reftory,  but  falling  and  holidays,   wherein    we    apprehend 
no  diiierence.     Upon   ihefe,   with   our   votes   of  svovern- 
rrient  ah-eady  pailed,  and  our  anfwers  to  the  Independents 
rcaibns,  tlie  next  week,  I  thinh,  will  be  fpent.    The  let- 
ter of  vour  claffes  before  Apolloniu.->'s  book  was  read  the 
other  d  IV,   and  a  printed  copy  of   his  book  [;iven  to  every 
member  of  tlie  aileiiibly.     h  was  not  only  very  well  taken, 
but  ahb,  which  is  hn^'ular,  and,  fo  far  as  I  reiuembcr,  af-J- 
qv.c  cxcmploy  it  was  ordered,   licniliw  io;it r.iMco-.tc,  to  wi'lte 
a  letter  of  thanks  to  Apollonius.     Surely  lie   has   done   a 
piece  of  good  fervice  to  God,  and   his  churches  here.     I 
have  not  yet  liad  kifure  to  read  it  all-,  bnt  I  approve  what 
I  have  read.     This   matter   of   Cron-wvcll    h;;s  been  a  high 
and  mighty  p'ot  of  the  Indepenckn.t  j-iarty  to   ha\'e    gotten 
an  iinny  for  tiiemlelves   under   Cron^wellj   with   the    ruin, 
and    Uruuerully  tnijult    crulliin.g,  of  iVhrnchefter's  perJon, 
of  d'ffolving  the  union  of  the  nations,    of   aboliHiing    the 
Ploufe  of  Lords,   of  dividing  live  Honfe  of  Commons,  of 
filling  the  city,   and  moll    of  the  Comnions,  with  inteiiinc 
wars,   of  ielting  v.o   themfelves  upon  the  ruins  of   all  j   bu.t 
God,  who  lias  drawn  us  otit  of  many  0  :fperate  dangers,  is 
like  to  turn  this  dangerous  mifchief  on  the   heads   ol:   the 
contrivers.     1  hope  it  ihall  break   the  far    more  fupnofed 
than  real  ifrength  of  that  party,  and  tmitc  us  more  llrong- 
ly;   but  v/e  are  vet  wreftling  with  them.      \))'  the  ne:ct   you 
may  liavc  more.      Vs'liether  die  King  will  lend  Lennox  and 
Southampton;  we  cannot  yet  fay  •,    ior  in    our    aniwer  we 
]\ave  put,  we  think,   the  thorn  in   their    foot.      l)y  a  letter 
from  our  General    to    their    Gener.il,    we    have   llgniiied, 
tliat  a  fafe-conduct  iiiall  be  feiit  to  Lennox  and  Southamp- 
ton,  if  fo  be  the  King  v.  iii  ieml  th.em  to  the  houl'es  of  par- 
liament, with  his  aniwer  to  the   propohr.ons    lent    to    him 
bv  the  parliaments  of  both  kingdoms.     Things  on  neither 
hands  I'cem  yet  mature  for   any  real  pacilicaiion  j  but  the 
Lord  Jincws  what  he  is  doing. 


88.  Publick  Litter.     December  26.  1644. 

The  lafl  week  I  wrote  at  length  liow  all  went.  What 
is  more  ihice,  you  nray  lee  in  tiie  three  pihited  ;.nd  two 
written  papers,     it  feems  there  will  be  a  prefent  entry  in  a 

treaty 


V /  ■.'  ■■.■,n 


Y-'; 


78  '•      Public};  tctfcr,     ■  .      '    Let.  83. 

treaty  of  psaoc.  There  is  vei-y  great  need  and  dcfirc  of  it 
on  both  fides ;  but  the  difiiculties  are  yet  infuperable  to 
human  reafon,  albeit  there  be  a  fairer  beginning  on  both 
iidcs  than  was  cxpe<Jled  :  for  tliough  the  liope  of  cither 
party  of  a  peace,  fuch  as  they  can  accept,  be  yet  but 
imall  5  yet  botli  ftrive  by  all  means,  in  i])e  profecuting  of 
it,  to  approve  tlicmlclves  to  the  people  as  men  \\'\\o  are 
moft  dellroLis  therco.^.  Tlie  fife-con cIuiSl  is  fent  from  this 
to  O.KJoi'd  ;  fo  one  of  thefe  days  we  expcc^l  Piiclimond  and 
Southanijiton.  The  lIoHand  ambailadors  and  Fi-ench  a- 
gent  are  as  bufy  wiiji  t!\e  jv.u-liani'jnt  to  put  themfLlvcs  in  a 
vay  of  furtliering  (hat  treaty  ;  Inu  the  thing  whicli  now 
js  mofl'  f[K)ken  or  liere,  is  the  fuddcn  and  unexpected  work 
of  yen.ei(.lay.  The  lloufe  of  Commons,  in  one  hour,  lias 
ended  all  the  cp^iarrels  which  was  betwixt  Manchefter  and 
Cromwell,  all  the  obloquies  againll  the  (general,  the 
grumblings  againif  the  proceedings  of  many  in  their  1  loule. 
They  have  taken  all  oilicc  Jrom  all  the  nicmbLrs  of  both 
rioufes.  This  done  on  a  fuddcn,  in  one  fcflion,  with  great 
unanimity,  is  ftill  moi-c  and  n^.ore  admired  by  fome,  as  a 
iriofi  wife,  neceOar,  and  licroick  aclion  j  by  the  other,  as 
the  niofc  ralh,  hazardous,  and  xinjufl  aclion,  as  ever  par- 
liament did.  ]\luc]»  Pi:iy  be  faid  on  both  h<uuls,  but  as  yet 
it  fecms  a  dream,  and  the  bottom  of  it  is  not  laKlcrAood. 
We  pray  God  it  may  have  a  good  fucccfs.  We  daily  now 
make  good  progrefs  in  the  allenibly.  We  have  fent  up 
our  direcn.ory  for  marriage  and  thankfgiving ;  wc  have  al- 
fo  got  tlirough  burial.  We  liave  fome  little  thing  to  fay 
of  fafting,  and  vifitin.g  of  the  l^ck;  and  fo  our  long-looked 
for  directory  will  be  ch.fed.  It  is  exceedingly  liked  by  all 
who  fee  it.  Every  piece  of  it  pailes  the  lloufes  as  faft  as 
v.'e  ferid  it.  Our  aijfv.-ers  to  t'le  Independents  reafons  are 
now  ready,  and  I  hope  this  week  may  be  fent  up  to  the 
Houfe.  V/e  liave  aifo  put  together  all  our  votes  of  go- 
vernment, and  will  icnd  them  up  to-nnonow  to  both  llou- 
fes. Tlie  Independents  Irave  entered  their  dlllent  only  to 
three  propofitions  :  "  That  in  Ephefus  was  a  ciiiiica} 
*'  prtflntery  ;  That  there  is  a  fubordination  of  alTcmblies  ; 
*'  That  a  fniglc  congregation  has  not  all  and  fole  jiower  of 
**  ordination."  Tlu  ir  reafons  againll:  th.cfe  three  propo- 
fitions  we  expecft  to-niorrov.-.  Againll  the  end  ol  the  next 
week  we  hcpe  otu"  coimnittees  will  ha\e  aiilwers  ready  to 
ail  they  AviU  fay  ;  and  alter  all  is  lent  \\\>  to  the  iloide,  by 
God's  help,  we  e::ipecl  ihonly  an  credlioii  of  pjtfliyterie:) 

and 


:i    t 


,!i  .;ir.. 


iiCt.  88;  '  •      Publick  Letter.  '  :*jp 

?nd  fynods  licre  ;  for  there  appears  a  j^ood  forwardncfs  to 
cxpcde  all  things  ol"  that  kind  in  both  lloufes  llnce  the  ta- 
king of  NcwcafUe.  If  the  diveclory  and  government  were 
once  out  of  otir  hantls,  as  a  few  days  will  put  them,  tlieii 
we  will  fall  on  our  great  (.[tieilion  of  excommunication, 
the  catecliil'm,  and  confellion.  There  is  here  matter  to 
hold  us  long  enough,  il'  the  wrangling  hiAiiour  whicli  long 
predominated  in  many  here  did  continue  ;  but,  thanks  to 
God,  that  is  ninth  abated,  and  all  incline  towards  a  con- 
clullon.  V\\-  have  drawn  up  a  diretStorv  for  chtirch-cen- 
iures  and  excommiuiieation  •,  wherein  we  keep  the  pra<flicc 
of  our  church,  but  decline  fpeculative  quellions.  This, 
we  hope,  Avill  pleafe  all  who  are  not  Independents  •,  yea,  I 
think  even  they  needed  not  dilfer  with  us  here  :  but  it  yet 
appears  they  will  to  reparation,  and  are  not  i'o  careful  to 
accommodate,  as  conlcience  wovdd  command  peaceable 
men  to  be.  However,  we  lupe  to  get  the  debates  of  thele 
things  we  moft  feared  either  cfchewed  or  flioriencd.  AVc 
have  near  alfo  agreed  in  private  on  a  draught  of  catechifm; 
wliereupon,  when  it  comes  in  publick,  v/e  expect  little  de- 
bate. I  think  we  mufc  eithi-r  p;il"s  the  Confelllon  to  ano- 
ther feafon,  or,  if  God  will  help  us,  the  heads  of  it  being 
diftribiue  among  many  able  hands,  it  may  in  a  Ihort  thnt; 
be  fo  drawn  up,  as  the  debates  of  it  may  cofl  little  time. 
All  this  chalking  is  on  the  fuppofition  of  God's  fuigular  af- 
fiftance,  continuing  fuch  a  dilpofition  in  the  alTembly  and 
parliament  as  has  appeared  this  month  or  two  bvpall:.  On 
this  fuppofition,  tv/o  months,  or  three  at  moil,  may  do 
much  to  ptu  on  the  cope-ilonc  of  our  wonderful  great 
work.  For  this  end,  we  had  much  need  of  all  your  car- 
nelt  prayers  to  God  ;  for,  we  trulf,  many  living,  and  ma- 
ny more  not  yet  born,  jhall  eat  with  delight,  and  blefs  the 
IjOrd  lor  the  fweet  fruit  of  our  very  toillbme,  and  fome- 
timcs  heavy  and  bitter  lal)')uis.  But  of  all  thefe  things 
much  more,  if  it  pleafe  God  I  may  be  permitted  to  come 
dov/n  to  that  general  anentbly,  which,  according  to  ouf 
late  advice,  I  hope  before  this  be  indicted  in  otir  church. 

I  trull:  this  ihall  be  the  lall:  which  I  ihall  write  from 
this;  ior  Mr  Gillelpie  and  1  being  appointed  to  attend 
the  general  aflembly,  piu-pofe,  if  God  will,  ihortly  to 
take  journey.  We  hope  this  day  to  clofe  in  the  alFjai- 
bly,  the  remainder  of  otu*  directory,  and  to  fend  it  up 
to-morrow  to  the  1  loufes ;  ib  the  next  week  we  expe«fh 
an  ovdinancc  of  parli.uucat  for  tJij  whole  dircclory.     Wo 

have 


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til;  .1 


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.  ,i';  'J  .'i 


So  ■  ^  Puhlick  Letter-.  LctZZ. 

have  tranfmitted  our  anfwers  to  the  IiKlcpcndents  rcarons 
againft  our  prcfJtytcry.  Ti\cy  arc  v/cll  taken,  aiul  now 
iij)on  iIk:  pr'-i:s.  n^c  l\opc,  in  ilic  bci^i/nu  ing  of  nc:;t  wcclc 
to  fend  up  alio  our  aiiiv.-cr  to  tluir  realbns  aoainll  iynotis. 
We  make  no  qucilion  but  lliortly  tlieieartcr  tlie  JJoufcs- 
will  pals  an  ordinaiice  for  the  government  •,  whit  is  bcliiiid, 
a  good  part  of  it,  will  be  cnd-.d,  and  follow  us  to  our  >>::- 
neral  allemhly  ;  and  all  the  refl,  by  all  appearance,  Avill  be 
clofed  in  a  month  or  two  thereafter;  for  all  men  now  in- 
cline to  a  conclufion.  God,  in  Jiis  good  providence,  has 
made  many  things,  ef])ecialiy  the  counfels  of  cnir  enemies 
and  ret;irders,   to  co-o-'-erate  for  liis  enils. 

The  ]vin^;'s  (■ominiir!;)nei'.s,  Lennr.x    ;ind    Soiuh.anmtcn, 
arc  gone.     AVe  tan  fay  little  yet.      If   any  that  coine  from 
Oxford  might  be  trullcd,  v^-e  might  have   fame  liiile  hope, 
tut  tndy  1  dare  fay  nothing  yet;    fen-  the  great  h.opes  they 
put   us    in    at   firft,   by    thcii-   confident    aiJurances   of  the 
King's  willingnefs  to  give  us  fatisfacHon    in    the  h.udeft  of 
the  propodtionr.,    concerning    the    cliurch  and  miliiia,   be- 
fore their  deputure  they  i'omewhat  blailed,   by  iheir  ntfed- 
lefs   lingerings   here,    and   tiling,    as    we    iul'pecLecl,    iucli 
courfes  as  favoured  of  tlieir  old  uidiappy  and  unpvcuitable 
Way  oi;  hen-wile;-,   to  nrtke  and  inere.vfe  puiies  anion-  tis. 
l>ut  this  will  not  d.o  it,     TJiey  re;'l;i1ve  here  (.juicj^ly  lo    put 
the  matter  of  il;e  ti'eaiy  to  a  p'.?int  ;   tt)  iun-c   it   in    a   rnid 
place  betwixt  tids  and  (Ji:;i'ord  ;  to  limit  it  to  a  nineteen  or 
twenly  diys;   in   the  wliieli,   if  two  or  three  prime  ardeies 
cannot    J'.ife,   tb.ey    ndnd    not    to   delay   nu^re.     Tiiey    are 
nov/  on  a  fair  lukI  probable  way  to  get  a  good  ium  (;:"  nxo- 
jiey  to  otn-  army  tor  ihe  prelent,   and  to  ii.u'e  tiiem    better 
paid    li.-reaFter ;    io   that    quickly    in    rcbrniiy    tiiey   m  ly 
tome  fouth  to  b-a:er  (pa  uter.'.     If  it  ple.ife  God   to   ailift, 
this  evil  faelion  here  n.ay  be  broken,  and  caft  out  of   Eng- 
land, in  fome  n^mths  :    a  courie.  alfo  will  be  taken  botli  for 
lea  aiid  l.nid,   tir.ii  \v-iH   give    the    Iriin    rebels    fonve   other 
work  tlnin  lo  ri:n  over,   in    any    conlidiei-.ible   nuiajv,r,  c-i- 
thei-  to  Engk\riL!  or  .Scotland..    No  ;'.pprarances  of  an)  fe/rce3 
or  great  Aims  ot  money  irom  Fr:mee.      Good  appear. nice 
here  of  a    more  vigorov.s    proccedin.g,   and   greater  corre- 
fpondeiice  \;\i\\  ui  in  ail  thin./,  both  of  ciiurcli   aiivl  feat.",    . 
both  of  peace  and  war,  thin  hitherto  has  been.      I'.iiid.it  it 
pleafe   tiie   I^ord  lo  be  gr.ieious    to   ) ou  tliere,    to   hanvi'.-ile 
yotir  hearts  unckr  tiie  rod   liiat   lies   on   you,   tiiat   ur.ani- 
raoufly  you  migb.t  joiti  to  flmg  that  handful  of  vermin  in 
'  I    .  the 


Leu  88i  .    Publich  Letter.  i&i 

ihe  Tea,  we  ivoukl  quickly  expecl  a  ['Jorious  condufion  of 
the  great  work  in  hand.  Our  moll  earnclt  prayers  arc 
for  this. 


89.  For  Mr  IVilliam  Spang.     December  ij,  i6.\j\. 

Deal'  Coufin, 

Yours  with  Col.  Fullarton  I  received,  and  three  books. 
The  reafon  I  write  not  weekly  to  you,  is  not  only  the 
multitude  of  our  affixirs  here,  but  alfo  a  maxim  I  had  re- 
folved  to  keep,  not  to  deliver  to  the  Dunkirkers  two 
of  my  letters  in  end.  For  thcfe  three  months  we  have 
lieard  nolfe  of  intercepting  of  letters,  or  opening  of  them  : 
however,  we  have  not  felt  any  fuch  thing  in  trtith,  but  on- 
ly the  laft  week,  vv'hen  the  packet-boat  going  from  this  to 
you  was  taken  by  a  knave ;  yet  it  was  my  rcfolution  to 
write  none  to  you  till  I  had  found  my  former  had  been 
.  delivci-ed  fafely :  but  hereafter  you  ihall  have  no  fuck 
caufe  of  complaint;  for  I  purpofe  to  wj-ite  to  you  the  next 
week,  and  no  more  at  this  time  from  this  placCj  for  the  IMon- 
day  thereafter  at  fartheft,  Jan.  6.  Mr  Gillefpie  and  I  mufn 
take  journey  for  Scotland,  to  give  an  account  of  our 
labours  here  to  the  general  aflembly,  which,  at  our  deilre, 
they  have  called  to  meet  at  Edinburgh,  Jan.  22.  Wc 
have  ended  this  day  tlie  directory  in  the  alTcmbly.  The 
Houfes  are  through  the  moft  ot  it  ahxady.  Before  we  go 
they  will  pafs  all.  What  remains  of  the  government 
concerning  the  hard  queftions  of  excommunication,  Mr 
Hendcrfon  has  drawn  it  up  by  way  of  a  practical  dirccSlory, 
fo  calmly,  that  we  truft  to  get  it  all  pail  the  allembly  next 
week,  without  much  debate.  The  men  whom  moft  we  feared^ 
profcfs  their  fatisfattion  with  that  draught.  It  is  certain- 
ly true  of  what  you  wrote,  of  the  impoiribility  ever  to 
have  gotten  England  rcfornied  by  htunan  means,  as  things 
here  flood,  v/ithout  their  brethrens  help.  The  learncJIil: 
and  mofl  confidcrablc  part  ot  iheni  were  fidly  Epifcopal. 
Of  thcfe  who  joined  wilh  the  parliament,  the  greaielt  and 
mod  countenanced  part  v/ere  much  Epifcopal  The  \x\(\  ■- 
pendents  had  brought  the  people  to  fuch  a  confufion,  tlmt 
was  infuperable  by  all  the  wit  and  flrengtll  wh.ich  was  here  ; 
but  God  has  fo  guided  it,  that  all  has  contributed  for  the 
main  v/ork.  The  wickeilnefs  of  the  I'opila  and  Prchuical 
faction   ftill   continuing   and   incrcuUng  \  the  horrib:.:  cx- 

Voj^.  II.  L  travagtncics 


^  tor  ftfr  r/il/idim  Spang,  Let.  t(), 

travaganclcs  of  the  fcdlarics ;  the    iiiireafonablc   obflhiacy 
Tof  the  Independents;  the  ftrango  conKifions  of  this   long 
'anarchy;  and,  nioft  of  all,   God's  good  hand   on  us  here 
in  the  afl'cml:>ly,  and  on  our  armies  in  the  fields,  has  contri- 
bute to  difpofe  this  land  to  a  very  fair  reformation  above  all 
their  liopes.    If  tlicir  treaty  bring  us  not  to  the  fubftance  of 
ovir  propofitions,  wc  will  early  go  to  a  more  vigorous  war, 
and  hope  in  God,  before  harvelf,  to  ptit  thefe  evil  men  out 
of  Britain.     The  contiiui.ince  of  our  troubles  in  Scotland, 
from  a  moft  naughty  and  deipicable  enemy,   is  from  God, 
to  Inunble  our  pride,  and  to  prepare  us  for  greater  fcrvice. 
The  mj  ins  of  it  was,  and  is,  feme  improvidence  in  feme  of 
our  guides  ;  but   well   I   know  no  crime.     Tiie   envy  and 
cmul.ition  of  fomc,  and,  as  fome  think,  the    idlencls  and 
perverfenels  of  fome  late  covenanters,  made  Argyle  to  be 
almofc  deferted  in   his  purfuit  ;   but  I  hope  all  thcfe  things 
are,  or  lliortly  will  he  helped.     I\Iy   Lo5-d    Waiilfon   and 
Mr  Barclay  went  fi-oii)   this    ycflerday    to   our  parliament, 
that  fits  January  7.      \i  C-od    be    pleafed  to  remember  his 
iiiercy,  we  are  in  a  fair  v. ay  of  profperlng.      As   to   Cro- 
iTierus  and  llixet,  I  wrote  to  the  college   to    receive   them. 
Piivet,  J  Ivave  it  all  before  in  parcels.     1  thank  you  that  at 
lafl   ye  have  lent    me  my  account,  yet  you   mull   clofe  it, 
for    I   undei-fiand   not   guilders  and  Itivers.     Pvudicrford's 
laft  book   was   fent   to   you   by  the   author.       Edvvards's 
book  was  the  autlior's  gift  to  me  ;  fo  it  is  gratis  aLcej-i/lis, 
Diodati  I  gave  to  ?Jr  Garret.     I  Ihall  get  the  prices  of  the 
other.     That  any  of  my  Canterburians   or   Parallels  fells, 
it  is  well  ;  for  neither  here  nor   in  .Scotland  they  give  mo- 
ney,  they  are  out  of  date.     I   am  forry  I  cannot  come   o- 
vcr   to   fee  your  v/ife,  to  whom  I  pray  you  remember  me. 
"Your  advice  about  the  boy   I   will   communicate   with  my 
Avife,  and  after  confult  with  you   farther.     Try  what  flirs 
are  thefe  which  the   divines  of  iSaumur  and  Paris,  Came- 
ron's Icholars,  are  moving.      Write  no  riioi-e  to  me  hither. 
When  it  pleafes  God  I  retire  to  my  old  coiaicr,    keep  pro- 
mife  of  paying  me  your  debt  of  iniclligcnce  with  great  in- 
creafe,  for  I  camiot   deny  my  creed.     The  Lord    be   witli 
you.     Pardon  m.y  evil  hand  ;  for  ufually  I   am   in   haiie. 
You  have  a  double  here  of  my  lafl  two  to  Scotland.    Paie- 
•v/ell.     Your  Coufin, 

Jami:sone4 


/    ....      '  i; 


!  ;,        M 


r:.\ 


J.et.  90.  For  Mr  Buchanan,  >3 


•  90.  For  Mr  Buch.vian  at  Pnris,  ■■      ' 

Monfigncnr, 
At  my  inil  Tiglu  of  your  papers,  if  I  miflakc  not  ilie 
fcnfc,  I   remark  iundiy  palTagcs  which   I   conceive   y>    uid' 
much  prejudice  our  caufc,  if  the  writ  went  abroad  wiiiiouc 
feme  ahcrations. 

1.  In  the  )2th,  13th,  and  14th  propofitions,  however 
the  divine  right  and  tyranny  of  Epifcopacy  be  dililaimcd, 
yet  the  huvfuhiefs  of  a  moderate  Epifcopacy,  eftabliihed 
upon  an  ecclefiaftical  right,  is  plainly  avowed.  This  allcr- 
tion  our  church  judges  both  wrong  in  ufclf,  and  extreme- 
ly preiudical  to  our  prefent  atlairs. 

2.  in  the  qth,  7th,  8th,  and  yth,  the  divine  right  oF 
our  ruling  ciders  is  evented  ;  they  arc  made  only  the  de- 
puties of  Ihe  people,  and  they  alone  alfo  arc  called  the 
church-reprefeniativc  •,  the  preachers  and  deacons,  cxchi- 
liveand  oppofite  to  ruling  elders,  are  made  to  be  the  only- 
divine  and  apoflolick  ojlicers  in  the  church.  V/e  admit 
of  no  oflicers  in  the  houfe  of  God,  oa  a  human  and  cc- 
clefiaflick  right. 

3.  In  the  6th,  the  divine  right  of  the  whole  congrega^ 
tion,  to  give  voice  and  fuurage  in  matters  of  government, 
is  avowed.  This  is  one  of  the  greateft  grounds  oi  the  In- 
dependents. What  the  word  of  God  grants  to  the  people 
we  may  not  deny  to  them,  and  no  pofterior  canon  of  thC; 
church  ca/i  take  from  them. 

4.  Of  all  that  here  is  faid  againft  the  Independents^ 
there  is  very  liitle  to  the  point;  for  they  will  grant  it  all, 
and  deny  they  maintain  any  fuch  independency  as  here  is 
impugned.  They  avow  a  d'ependency,  and  that  by  divine 
comnv.md,  on  all  the  neighbotu-  churches  ;  only  deny  a 
fuperiority  of  juriftliction  of  any  church  or  fynod  oyer 
another  church.  In  my  judgement,  thefe  and  fuch-likc 
nrounds,  give  much  more  advantage  to  the  Prelatical  and 
Independent  party  againft  us,  than  we  can  get  ot  all^  the 
rcil  of  the  writ  aguinl^  them.  I  could  not  communicate 
it  to  Mr  llenderfon  as  yet;  but  ye  will  confider  of  thde 
my  extemporal  and  poHlbly  milgrounded  thoughts.  So, 
tjU  nucetinp;  ;    and  ever,  1  roll  your  fcrvara, 

IIOCERT  BaILLIH. 


J,i  ,        P.S- 


,iv    :* 


-  J 


04  ^or  Mr  Buchanan,  X-ct.  go; 

P.  S.  Since,  I  h?.vc  conferred  with  Mr  Henderfon.  Wc 
are  both  in  opinion,  that  you  in  your  own  way,  the  bcft 
you  can,  would  cffiiy  to  get  your  friends  fo  informed, 
that  they,  in  forenamcd  points,  would  write  according  to 
the  mind  of  our  church  \  or  if  this  cannot  be  obtained, 
with  ali  thankfulnefs  to  themfelves,  for  their  hearty  af- 
fection to  our  caufe,  you  will  fo  guide  it,  that  they  may 
be  lilent  till  they  lee  what  it  may  be  the  will  of  Qod  to  do 
with  thefc  poor  dillreflcd  churches.  '       •-      .      .        :. 


.'      •      pi.  For  Mr  Buchanan* 

Monficur, 
It  were  good  that  our  friends  at  Paris  were  made  to 
pnderftand  our  hearty  and  very  kind  refentment  of  their 
(lemonilvation  of  zeal  and  affection  towards  the  common 
caufe  of  all  the  Reformed  churches  now  in  our  poor  weak 
hands  V  that,  hnce  they  offer  to  take  information  of  the 
points  in  cjueftion  from  us  on  the  place,  to  whom  they  in- 
tend this  brotherly  and  very  timeous  aililiance,  we  prefent 
^o  their  wife  confiderations, 

1.  That  the  covenant  of  Scotland  rejects  abfolutely  all 
kinds  of  Epifcopacy  :  That  the  covenant  of  the  three  king- 
doms, is  exprefsly  for  rooting  of  all  Prelacy,  not  the  ty- 
ranny alone  of  that  office  :  That  the  Royal Ifls  would  be  well 
content  to  keep  in  any  imaginable  kind  of  Epifcopacy,  being 
affured,  in  their  own  time,  to  break  in  pieces  and  rend  all 
the  caveats  v.e  can  put  on  it  *,  fo  it  is  neceflliry  to  hold  to 
that  ground,  wherein  all  here  do  agree,  and  to  which  the 
KoyaliQs  tliemfelves  are  on  the  point  of  yielding,  That  no 
Epifcopacy  here  is  tolerable,  as  being  a  mere  human  in- 
vention, without  the  word  of  God,  which,  where-ever  it 
lodged,  has  been  a  very  unhappy  gueft.  The  total  ex- 
tirpation of  it  would  be  applauded  and  congratulated 
without  any  difiraftions  or  any  refervations,  or  elfe  no- 
thing would  be  ipoken  of  that  point. 

2.  That  ruling  elders  are  conceived  here  on  the  old 
Trench  grounds,  by  all  of  our  llde,  to  ftand  on  a  divine 
right  ;  and  that  an  eccltriafi;ick  right  alone  is  no  juft 
foundation  for  any  officer  in  the  houfe  of  God. 

3.  That  the  Independents  common  tenets  are  thefe  : 
J.  That  the  power  of  eccleliartirk  ccnlures  is  alone  in  the 
congregational  prclhyterics.     They  grant  the  dh'ine  right, 

>  "  ■  '       '  and 


.  .. -ir/'riii;  foe.  iiii  '(  I' 


!  ■      .  •  V'l  *ii 


.fi    Iav. 


'  ■  • .  I 


Let.  ot.   '  '     -^"'^  ^'^''  ^"f''^^"''"'  '  ^5 

and  many  excellent  uf.s,  of  fynods,  Icffcr  and  grcJiter ;  only 
deny   their  power  of  iurirUiclion    over  .ny  conjircgation. 
Ordination  of  all  otlkcrs,  alio  their  depoUt.on,  and  excom- 
mimication  of  all  members,   they  give  to  the  congregation 
al  conGftory.    They  give  fo  nntch  authoruy    to   a  fyuod, 
and   to   every  neighbour  congregation,  when  they  receive       , 
no  fatisfac^ion  from  any  fcandalous   congreg^.tion,   to   ab- 
flainfrom  communion  with  it,  and   to   pronounce  their 
fentencc  of  that   non-commumon  wuh   it.     2.    iliey   wai 
admit  of  none  to  be   members  of  their   congregations  of 
whofe  true  grace  and  regeneration  thcv  have   no   good  e- 
vidence<^.     i^y  this   means  they   would   keep   out   all  the 
Chriftian   church,  forty  for  one  of  the  memoers  ot  the 
bed  reformed  churches.     3-  '^'^'^y    "^-^^    ''   necellary    to 
have  all  the  men  who  arc  communicants,  preient  at  eveiy 
aa  of  iurifdic^ion  of   the   coniUtory  :    though  they  g'.vc 
them  not  fuflTages,  yet  nothing    muft   be    done   without 
their  confent.     4-  They   give   liberty   to  any  ^^^x"  who  is 
able,  thouoh  he  never  intend  the  mimftry,  to  prokls  and 
preach  puhlickly,  in  the  face  of  the  church       5-    ^^ey  do  • 
not  cenfure,  in  their  churches,  the  denial  of  p^^dobaptifm 
thouph  thev  profefs  their  diflike  ot   that  error.     6.  Many 
of  them  preach,  and  fome  print,  a  liberty  or  conlcience, 
at  leaft  the  great  equity  of  a  toleration  of  all  religions  -, 
that  every  man   lliould  be  permitted,  without  any  tear   lo 
much  as  of  difcountenance  from  the  magiftrate,  to  proiels 
publickly  his  confcience,  were  he  never  io  erroneous,  and 
alfo  live  according  thereunto,  if  he  trouble  not  the  pubhck 
peace  by  any  feditious   or  wicked  practice,      i  hey  have   a 
number  of  more  fmgularities,  which  I  take  no  time  to  re- 
late.    They  protefs  to  regard  nothing  at   all,  what  all  the 
Reformed,  or  all  the  world,  fay,  if  their  iaymgs  be  not  back- 
ed with  convincing  fcriptures  or  realon.      All   human  te- 
aimonies  they  declaim  againll,  as  a  PopiOi  argument,     bo 
fir  as  yet  we  perceive,  they  will  feparate  trom  all  the    Ue- 
formed,  and  will  elTay,  by  all  they  can  either  do   or    itit- 
fer,  to  have  their  new  way  advanced.    Ihe  iooncr  all  the 
Reformed  declare  againft  tliem,  it  will  be  the  better. 

■1 

.    .      92.  J^Iy  /^pmhly-Spccch.  • 

Riglu  Honourable,  Right  Reverend  Fathers  andCrethren^ 

.  It  is  the  jov  of  our  heart,  and  the   refreiliing  of  our 
^  '  weannels^ 


wearincfs,  after  a  long  and  troublcfomc  journey,  to  be- 
hold the  chearful  face  of  this  molf  venerable  a/VcmbJv - 
^•hom  we  pray  God  to  blcfs,  and  all  iheib  honourable 
companies  we  arc  come  from,  does  heartily  falute  in  the 
Lord. 

Our  main  errand  hitlicr  at  this  time  is,  as  you  all  know 
to  give   Tome  account,  as    God  fhall  enable  our  wcal-nefs* 
of  the  employment  of  your  Icrvants  and  commiflloners,  and 
our  Honourable  and  Reverend  Brethren  at  London,  who 
now  a  whole   year  and  divtrs  months   have,  with  all  care 
attended  the  aflembly  and    parliament  there,  for   the   fur* 
■    thcring  and  advancement  in  that  uniformity  in  divine  wor- 
.  fliip   and   church-government,    which  both   nations   have 
fworn   in    their  folcmn  league  and  covenant.     The  fucccfs 
which  God,   according  to  your  prayers,   hath  been  plcafcd 
to   grant   to   our  labour,  you  will   better  fee  than  wc   cm 
report,  in  the  papers    which   we   have  brou-bt   from   the 
Honourable  Kouies  of  Parliament,  to  be  communicate  when 
.  your  wildom  ihall   think   it   feafonable   to   call    for   them. 
Ihefumof  all.  as  we  conceive,  is   well   exoreflcd    in   the 
letter  of  our  dear   colleagues   to   this    vene'rable  meetin- 
which  here  wc  oiler  ;  as  alio    in    that  other   letter  of  that 
Reverend  aflembly  at  London  to  that  fame  meetinp,  which 
here  likewjfe  we  ])rclent.  "^ 

We  can  add  nothing  to  that   which   from    thefc    letters 
you  w;il  hear  read;   only  with  your  Reverences  permiillon 
and  favour,  wc  are  bold  to   profefs,    that    God    has   done 
great  things  for  poor  Scotland,  wherein   our  hearts   doth 
rejoice;  and  we  arc  confident,  that  the  hearts  of  the  "od- 
ly  polleruy  will  not  only  rejoice,   but  wonder,   when  They 
look  back  on   the  lootfieps   of  the  Lord   in   liis   glorious 
work.     AVhen  the  bilhops  of  England  had  put  upon    the 
neck  of  our  church  and  nation  the  yoke,  firit  of  their  E- 
piicopacy,     then    of   their    ceremonies,     3dly,    tl>e    whole 
mals  of  a   fervicc-book,   and  with  it  the  body  of  Popery  ; 
when  both  our  church  and  ftate   did   groan  under  an  un- 
iupnortable  llavcry  ;  to  have  been  freed  of  thele  burdens; 
to  have  been  reftored   unto    the   puritv  of  our  llrif  refor- 
luation,  and  the  ancient  liberty  of  our  kingdom  ;  to  have 
had  biihops,   ceremonies,   book  and  Ifate  lla^very  reformed, 
ve  would  lately  have  efteemed   it  a   mercy  above   all   ou^- 
praifes  :    but  now,  beholding   the   proords   of   the   Lord, 
how  he  lias  led  us  by  the  hand,  and  niarched  before  us  bo 
the  homes  and  holds  of  our  injurious  opprelibrs  ;  how 

there 


P!y  Jjjhnhly 'Speech. 


g-r 


there  he  has  made  bare   his  hoh/  arm,    and  brought  the 
wheel  of  his  vengeance  upon  the  whole  race  and  order  of 
prchitcs  in  Enghind,  and  has  phickcd  up  the  root,  and  all 
the  branches  of  Epifcopacy  in   all  the  King's  dominions  j 
that  an  alfembly  and  parliament  in  England   unaninK)nlly, 
but  which  is  their  word,  abolilhed  not  only  thefe  ceremo- 
nies  which  troubled  us,  but  the  whole  ier\icc-book;  as  a 
very  idol,  fo  fpeak  they  abb,    and   a   velTel   full  or   much 
juifchief-,   that  in  place  of  Epifcopacy   a  Scots   preibytery 
fliould    be    concluded    in    an    Englilh    afiembly,    and   or- 
dained   in    an   Englilh   parliament,    as   it    is    already    c)r- 
dained    in   the   Houfe    of   Commons  ;     that    the    praflice 
of  the   church   of   Scotland,   iet  down  in  a  moft  whole- 
fome,  pious,  and  prudent  directory,  ihould   com.c   in   thr. 
place  of  a  liturgy  in  all  tiie  three  dominions  -,    Inch   Itoriei 
lately  told,    would   have   been    counted    fancies,    dreamsy 
mere  imponibillties  :    yet  this  day  we   lell   them   as  truths, 
and  deeds  done,   for  the   great  honour  of  our  God,  and, 
we  are  perfuadcd,  the  joy  of  many  a  godly  ibul.     Ir  any 
will  not  believe  our  report,  let  them  trull  their  own  eyes  •, 
for  behold  here  the  warrant   of  our  words,    written   and 
fubfcribed  by  the  hands  of  the  clerks   of  the  parliament  oi' 
England,  and  the  feribes  of  the  afiembly  there.     AVe   will 
liot^defcend  into  any  particulars  •,  for  that  were  to  take  up 
more  of  your  precious  time  than  now  you  can  fparc  ;  2nd 
it   were  necdlefsly  to   anticipate   by  diicourle   theie  thing-s 
which  prelently,  in   particular  and  length,  nuiit  be  read 
unto  you.     Only  it  is  our  carneft  defire,  that  the  mercies 
whereof  we  are  fpeaking,  may  be  matter   of  ihankfulncl> 
to  all,  a  door   of  hope'to  fainting  and  feeble  minds,  who 
arc  oft  mifcarried  with  fear  what  yet   may  be   the   event  ; 
R   certain    ground   of   clear   defpair   to   all  the  enemies  ol 
Zion,  that  they  may  give  over  their  vain  labour,  and  ceafo 
to  oppofe  the  worl;:   of   God,  whether  by  their  fecret   oh- 
Arudions,  or  open  hofcihty  •,  knowing  that  it  will  be  hard 
for  them  to  kick  againfl  the  pricks,  and  that  there  is  nei- 
ther wifdom  nor  frrength  againft  the  Lord.     Since  the  be- 
ginning of  this  work  lo  this  prefent  moment,   an  oblerving, 
and  faithful  eye  may  clearly  remark  the  Lord    Itill  advan-* 
cing  like  the  morning-fun,    ever  advar.cing  to'.vards    the 
meridian-,   it  is  great  folly  to  fear,   that    any  mail,   tlv.it  all 
the  worms  of  the  earth,   can  ftop  the  progrcfs  of   the   iun 
in   the  iirmament.      Clouds  may  arile  from  the  earth,  and 
tliick  mills  may  darken  the  face  of   the  iky  ;    but    the    iuit 
goes  on  in  his  courie,  and  at  lall  by  liio  Ibength   will,  dii- 

pel 


8S  My  y^jJ'cmblySprcch. 

pel  iliefe  vapours,  and  make  them  fall  to  the  ground,  not 
without  the  bcnclit  oF  the  eartli.  This  will  tloubtlcfs  be 
the  end  of  theJe  clouds  that  now  fill  our  air.  Let  them 
yet  further  break  out  in  more  flormy  winds,  in  greater 
iires  and  claps  of  thunder  than  ever  ;  yet  at  laft  this  mufc 
be  their  defiiny,  to  the  ground  they  mull  fall,  and  fill  the 
ditches  and  pits  of  God's  \engeance.  Our  fun  will  (bine, 
and  our  air  will  clear  again.  This  we  mufl  believe,  and, 
according  to  our  faith,  wc  (hall  certainly  find  it.  It  was 
indeed  very  needful  that  wc  ihould  be  humbled  •,  our  na- 
tion lately  was  advanced  to  a  high  pitch  of  honour  ^  wc 
tnighi  have  pcrilhcd  worfe,  if  we  had  not  periflied  thur>. 
We  judge  truly,  that  all  our  prcfent  troubles  are  not  fo 
much  interruptions  of  the  work,  as  very  fit  and  feafona- 
ble  prepa)-atives  to  make  us  capable  of  more  honour  than 
yet  we  have  attained  ;  to  fit  us  to  be  infi:rinncnial  in  great- 
er works  and  ferviccs  than  yet  we  have  been  employed  in. 
We  all  hope,  that  the  chariot  of  the  Lord  will  not  hcrf: 
fland,  nor  be  arreiled  within  the  compafs  of  this  ific. 


93.  To  Mr  JViUinm  Spang.     London^  April  2^.  1645. 

Reverend  and  Beloved  Brother, 
Yours,  with  my  coufin  James  Baillie,  I  got,  and  thank 
you  for  it.  This  is  the  firft  I  wrote  to  you  fince  I  came 
from  J^ondon.  It  pleafcd  God  to  give  us  a  very  profperous 
joui'ney.  However,  the  ways  were  very  deep,  and  the 
excurfions  of  the  enemy  horn  Nev/ark  hazardotis  j  yea, 
much  nioic  th m  we  knew  ;  for  we  learned  thereafter  that 
we  were  purfued,  and  efcapcd  fcarcely  one  hour.  The 
pert  was  alio  in  many  places  of  oiu"  wav ;  yet  God 
brought  us  both  to  Edinhin-gh  lafe,  without  a  fill  or  great 
wearijjcfs,  on  the  Wcdnefday  at  night,  the  firfi  day  of  the 
jiflembly.  I  wanted  not  my  lears  of  oppoiition  in  the  af- 
fembly  to  fundry  things  we  had  brought  down.  I  would 
gladly  have  hid  time  to  have  in  Formed  privately  our 
friends  of  all  thiui^s  before  v/e  had  brought  them  in  pu-" 
blick.  As  for  liie  clianges  in  our  churLh,  1  had  laboured 
with  my  colleagU-s  to  have  t  fehewed  them  all,  and  found 
Mr  Hendcrlon  noc  much  r  )m  my  mind;  but  others  were 
pafilonate  for  them,  and  a  lall  carried,  firft  ]\lr  -.iender- 
fon,  aiul  then  me,  to  tluir  iiiind.  The  belier  in  b.iptimi 
ivas  never  fiiid  in  England,  and  they  would  not  luKler;  o 
2,  that 


^:    .•,„:;  I 


u.ii; 


Let.  93. 


To  Mr  WlU'iam  S,\v?z-' 


B9 


that  yo!:c.  V/Iicn  tliey  ur;_',ccl,  wc  conlvl  not  dony,  but 
tlie  iliyiiH*  by  i-.iany  was  ;i  fiiiiilrJs  and  u)ci\-.  foi-VA:>\h.y,  r.iivt. 
to  otliLrs  a  n:.\xl](  is  u'Li;.;bi:,  :u\d  that  the  ■i'psh'iy;  tb.e  com- 
mands v/as  no  Id's  iinniccl;;i)  y.  "We  got  the  uhcnibly  to  c- 
qiiivrJcnt  intciTO;;;!torics,  intuh  nr;ainit  the  niind  ol  th;* 
Independents,  iind  wc  v/crc  arin;vi.l  to  Iia\e  ilic  crL:.d  m- 
part  of  the  cirec'iifin.  All,  boiii  they  and  we,  \vonM 
pi.idly  liave  been  at  the  l:ec;->:ni';  ilil!  or  iwulers  ;  tov  we. 
forclh'.v  the  burcK:n  whirli  the  i-eniov.d  would  biin^:;  on  the 
iliinifiers  li.ie'c  :  bnt,  al'ter  ail  .i;i;r  !!n.!y,  \ve  eoi:K!  linJ  no 
Nvarrant  foi"  inch  a.v,  oilleer  in  tlie  clnneh  ;  and  to  brin*;  in, 
llie  chiu'ch  a  nian  to  be  .'be  coni;rei;,iti(Hi's  inov.tii  to  Gwd, 
and  (iod's  nior.'vli  to  ib.e  con;ere;Miion,  without  a  clear 
warrant  of  tiic  word,  we  f;'i\v  ib.c  intohrable  conf:Oj'e.enccs 
of  fiicii  a  m  ixini.  h'oi-  bnwln;^!;  in  tiie  pui|''it,  w'iuch.er  by 
ctiftoni,  or  hec.iufe  of  the  late  coideqttent  abnfe  fd"  it  by 
tlic  prclatical  pariv,  to  bow  vo  tlic  caft  ■rrr.d  the  altar,  it 
was  vnn\i'.i-l.:lly,  by  all  forls  ()'•.  men,  lo  nnanimouily  i-lil- 
ided,  th:;t  we  were  n;;t  able  to  make  ihem  alrer.  J  tliink 
they  wonh!  Ivave  tal:en  our  diubi  cnce  hei  e  in  p.ood  laiongii 
part",  but  tb.e  convt  idency  of  unii"(n-inity  in  tld:;  point,  and 
our  wdlingnels  to  liave  iliat  in.utcr  or  debate  removed 
out  of  otu-  cb.ureh,  n^ide  tis  t!\e  more  co/idei'ceixiing  to 
their  d.elire  o^  our  coniin;!,  to  them  here.  Alfo  about  the 
conclufum  of  the  pl'ilm,  we  liad  no  debate  with.  the;n  ", 
wiiliotit  feruple,  b'dei-'endeius  and  all  ihng  it,  fo  \\ir  as  f 
know,  wheie  it  n'.is  pi-inled  at  the  end  ol  two  ov  tliree 
pfalms.  Jlut  in  tl:e  n 'w  tranfLnion  ol  the  pfalms,  refoi- 
ving  to  kee;)  piuKLually  to  the  ori.^inal  text,  \vith.out  any 
addition,  we  ^i^d  tliey  wei-e  content  to  onnt  that  ;  v.here- 
Upon  we  law  boi'.t  the  Popiili  a;id  rrelaticLil  party  did  i'o 
rnneh  dote,  a.s  to  put  ic  to  the  end  of  the  nioit  of  their 
lellbns,  and  all  tiieir  pfalms.  C)f  the  Lift  two  there  was 
nothing  in  the  direilory,  only  In  the  letter  of  the  Ens^lhh 
;.nend);y  ;  ailo  in.  oen-  colhagues  letter  to  the  aileinbiy  tiio-o 
was  a  dv-iire  of  them  iri  a  ;-enerrd  coniteous  cf'.nie,  whicli 
we  were  inltrucled  to  n-ia':e  paiaici;!  tr.  I  pi-cdc(.l  mue!\, 
that  this  dehre  ihoidd  be  del.iyed  tdl  Mr  Jlenderlbn  h  id 
come  home,  learing  we  had  r.iore  burden  already  than  our 
v.'eak  back  would  bear;  yet  fuch  wa.s  the  importunity  of  o- 
thtrs,  fearing  not  to  get  fo  good  a  ieafon  a.iterwaid,  that 
"wc  behd\ed  to  venture. 

•  Oa  Tluirid.'.y  v,'e  were  Iirought  to  the  a:Tniibly.  1  fpokc 
\vhat  you  have  in  the  incloled.  i\lr  Cilklpie  Ip-oke  iIkic- 
'    Vol.  II.  M  after 


/     ''1        ■  ,■     -J. 'J  f(l 


■ . ;  1      .  f  ■      ( 


^'  ,' 


po  7'o  Mr  IV'iU'uvn  Spang.  Let.  93. 

after  mncli  to  tlie  fame  purpofc.  Bccnufj  of  tlic  longing 
ddiiie  of  all  10  know  what  we  brcu;\ht,  and  to  deliver  the 
minds  of  foine  from  their  feai-s,  Itil  we  had  other  tliinps 
than  we  at  iii  1l  would  brin.;  forth,  all  was  prefintly  read  ; 
the  letters  of  the  Enylilh  alVcndily,  our  comn-iifiionerf;  let- 
ters, the  directory  fioni  end  to  end,  the  directory  for  or- 
dination, the  vott:s  ol  ^'(nei-innent  lo  f.ir  ar,  had  palled  the 
nflembly,  and  fume  oilur  pipers.  All  was  heard  with 
creat  a}^plaide,  and  contentment  of  all.  It  was  one  of  the 
fairell  alleinblies  1  had  Uen  ;  the  ehoict'll  of  the  miniflry 
snd  elder?  of  all  Scotland  Vvull  conveen'/d  ;  alraofl  the 
whole  parliament,  nobles,  b.uons,  biirc,hs,  and  all  lac 
confiderable  peribns  who  were  in  town.  Owv  meflage  was 
cxccedinr,  opportum.-,  aiid  welcome  to  all.  it  was  a  great 
refreihinir  to  them  in  a  time  of  laugtiiiiiin;'^  and  difcourage- 
menl.  A  nmiieroviS  committee  was  appointed  to  examine 
all  puneluallv,  which  we  were  dcfired  lo  attend.  In  live 
or  i^v.^  days  wc  went  through,  and,  by  GckI's  afiiilanee, 
gave  all  nien  iatisfadion  in  e\ery  tbdng;.  The  brethren 
from  whom  we  expected  inoll  faflny  were  eahly  fatisfied  ; 
all  did  lovingly  condcfeend  to  the  alterations  I  had  {o 
much  oppofed,  whereof  I  was  very  glad:  only  jNIr  A^nd. 
R.  was  oft  exceeding  impertinent  with  Ids  ollentatioji  of 
antiquity,  and  Mr  1).  Caldcrwood  was  oft  fafhious  v/ilh 
his  very  rude  and  liumorous  oppodiion  :  yet  wc  got  them 
all  at  laft  contented;  and  the  act,  v/hich  Mr  Gillcjpie  drew 
very  well,  ccnfeuted  to,  In  the  eon'.mittee  lirft,  and  tb.ere- 
after  in  the  aiiembly,  with  a  joy  ia^fpe;d:aLle,  blefied  be 
GocL 

Thereafter  we  gr.ve  to  the  committee  like  fatisfr.c^tion  a~ 
nent  the  other  papers  woLreupon  they  were  lo  have  the 
affembly's  opinion,  but  no  .ict  till  they  had  palled  the  lu/ti- 
fes  of  the  .Engliih  parlian^ent.  V.'hen  v/e  had  tluis  Jar 
proceeded,  I  went  to  Glafgow,  to  iee  my  l.imiiy  and 
friends,  after  ilxtcen  month's  ;tblence  •,  where,  to  my  gre-it 
joy,  I  found  all  in  healili  and  v/clf.i)  e  as  I  coidd  wlih  ; 
Vonr  mother  ;dfo,  and  j'lmdry  iVi.tids  v.-hom  1  f.nv,  bkfled 
be  God.  1  had  Icfc  with  linuh-y  in  the  aiiembly  to  deal^ 
for  my  abode  at  home  •,  but  there  was  no  remeid  ;  both  ol" 
lis  were  ordained  with  diligence  to  go  back;  foallih.it 
concerned  myiclf  in  private  and  ]>tiblick  went  according 
10  mv  niind.  Ihit  for  all  this,  my  wine  was  incontinent 
mixed  with  n.;;c}i  wormwood  iVom  Juiulry  liniitr(.)t!s  acci- 
^ieats  both  in  linglaiul  and  Scoiland.     'ihe  IndependeJits, 


Willi 


"  -i    M     ■*::  ^'     . .'  jtnv: 


1  '.'•'     1.'. '  V '  I  ■ 


Let.  93.  To  Mr  WiU'uvn  Spang.  -pit 

"witli  Mr  INLnilKi.ll's  hcl)>,  wjrc  very  near  to  have  carried^ 
by  canny  conveyance  ot"  ibint:  proi)oiuions  ia  the  matter  ot 
ciiurch-cenlurc,  a  fair  and  legal  toleration  olr  their  way; 
hilt  tJiL'ir  Ici^crdemain  beiii^J  perceived,  v{X%  got  crulhed, 
■to  their  iniall  credit,  arid  to  tin:  bre,ik--ncck  or  that  accom- 
modation betwixt  \\s  and  them,  which  was  i.n-  advanced, 
but  now,  by  their  ichilmatich  practices,  is  made  deipe- 
rate.  Alio  the  divificn  of  the  Monies  about  the  militia  is 
great;  for,  however  contrarc  to  our  exprxtation,  the 
L'oufe  of  Lordi  have  p  illetl  tlic  ordinance  fur  Sir  Thomas 
l''airfax  to  be  Generaliiilmo  ;  yet  it  is  agjinll  their  mind, 
and  there  is  gi-eat  grumblings  both  in  the  houies  ai\d  coun- 
try, and  cfpccially  in  tin;  armies,  that  fpare  not  whiles  o- 
pcnly  to  mutiny.  This  lias  caai'ed  tlie  lols  of  Wtymotith, 
ami  lets  Ilopeton  and  Coring  do  in  the  v-'cft  v.diat  they 
will.  Alfo  Sir  Thomas  Faiiiax  lea\ing  of  'f orkliiire,  lias 
given  J/angdale  from  Newark:  occaiion  to  beat  Ins  iatlici- 
at  Fcrrybi-idge,  and  raife  the  hegc  of  ron;ifrei,  and,  v/hicli 
is  v/orh,  has  broke  up  the  treaty.  We  were  allured  b_v 
Richmond  and  Southcimpton,  that  bot]\  the  King  and 
Queen  were  fo  dil'poild  to  pcice,  upon  the  great  extremi- 
ties wherein  their  aJiiirs  itood,  and  fmall  hopes  from  any- 
place to  get  them  lielpLcl,  that  they  would  embrace  the 
iubltance  of  ail  cur  propolitions,  with  very  fmall  and  tole- 
rable modilications.  This  leemed  to  us  not  unlike.  But 
the  iiew  diviilons  at  London,  and  the  great  alterations  iii 
Scotland,  has  ib  far  revived  the  malignity  of  the  court, 
that  t]iey  have  returr.ed  to  ih^ir  old  nhnds  on  new  ho[)es, 
whicli,  we  trull  in  God,  will  ihortly  deceive  them.  The 
mod  debate  in  the  treaty  was  ^a  the  pi)int  ot-  i'^pilcooacy, 
wherein,  we  liear,  Mr  rlenderfon  has  difeharged  himlelf 
to  his  rreat  credit.  However,  nothing  could  be  yielded. 
Bilhops,  books,  and  all,  muil  Hand  •,  our  covenant,  direc- 
tory, and  all  we  have  been  doing,  miuft  be  aboliihed  ; 
peace  witli  Ireland  is  julLiiied  as  honourable  :  fo  ail  mult 
return  to  a  bitter  war.  That  which  has  bvcn  tiie  great 
inarc  to  the  King,  is  the  unhappy  luccei':j  oi:  ^Momrole  in 
Scotland.  For  however  there  be  a  begiiming  oi'  a  levy  ia 
France  tor  the  Q".een,  and  many  IrlHi  are  expected  to  land 
in  Scotland  and  i'.ngland,  and  the  Fnglllh  diviuons  i)ro- 
mile  much  to  them  ;  yet  th;it  which  has  blov/n  them  up 
moll,  is  the  u;;expe6tcd  fuccefs  their  deilgns  in  Scotland 
have  had  to  this  day.  It  feems  to  many  v.ife  men,  thac 
God  has  rained  ihi^  Ihnre  on  the  coiut  to  iivcnc^e  on  then; 
.     .  M  a  thtir 


i)2 


To   Mr  IViUhrm  Spaiirr. 


Let.  93. 


ihcir  former  pracliccs.  r.Jattcrs  on  ?.\\  liancls  were  in  thrit 
]K)rt\uc,  tluit  ihj  ivlng  was  o\\  the  |)oint  to  have  been  re- 
stored to  all  in  re, lion  ho  could  Iiave  delired  i  btit  now,  on 
the  io(/iil])  ho[vs  ol  a  jVioTc  eminently  wicked  erev.',  to 
continue  the  niiieries  ol  all  t/e  three  l;inr^doins,  will  en- 
rare,  and  make  i:uniical)le,  thole  who  were  y)antin;',  lor 
peace  on  an.y  equitaitle  lumi;.  .So  wjien  Cod  has  call  out 
ihel'e  grailioppers  from  Scotland,  antl  broken  the  iniall  re- 
mainders of-  that  nialiiMiant  |-;artY  in  I'^nrland,  what  the 
iiext  propofitions  may  he  which  ih.dl  be  treated  on,  he  is 
.wife  who  can  conjecture  5  only  it  fears  me,  they  be  of  a 
harder  div;,eilion  tlian  an)  \ct  named  \  (u-,  lo  far  as  I  know, 
.yet  thotight  tipcm.  ilowevci',  our  prefent  ilite  here  is 
thus:  When  the  cannineis  of  jlothes  Irad  bran;;Lii  in  TJont- 
lofc  to  ottr  part}',  liis  more  than  orihnavy  and  civil  pride 
made  him  very  hartl  to  he  r;ii;d:d.  Hi.  fiilt  V()ya;^^;c  to  A- 
beidv  en  made  Ifnn  fwallow  the  certain  hopes  oi:  a  genc- 
ralililmo  over  all  our  armies.  ^V'hen  th  it  iiononr  was  put 
en  Leily,  ]\e  incoivdiur.t  l";ey,an  tc)  djal  with  trie  King. 
jVnd  v'kdien  we  were  at  ])nnje  Lav/,  hid  jdven  ailiirance, 
and  v.-as  in  a  lair  >vay  of  performance,  (!iad  net  the  honc- 
fcy  and  coura;;e  oL'  Pu'ariii.dl  p.j-eveened  it),  to  hi\e  given 
over  the  wlioie  north  to  the  enem.y.  When  onr  voyage 
•to  Newcahic  c.ime  in  hand,  by  his  da.mnable  band  he 
.thought  to  have  foUl  us  to  the  tnca\y.  Thereafter  he  was 
ever  on  correiy.c;"!de;'.ce  for  onr  vnin.  vMLilcr  INLicdo- 
nald  was  the  l"r.r,iIk::L  fir:/.!;  i;i  h.is  bo-.e,  antl  a  defign  wliich 
he  leaft  irufied  in  \  i  r.t  Cieil  rcroKin'),  to  htiUifde  us,  who 
were  bc'drai'mg  to  lv>iil  v/itii  onr  gre.n:  iu-.cci'r  in  fnglanch 
and,  on  b;i1e  paitiahiies,  to  be  Jii^ed  v.ith  enndations  and 
fatlious  heart-btna-iingN,  h;  v.utdd  cLmean  tis  with  ni» 
.3T\ore  lionourablc  rod,  .Some  i.-;cd  n.d-:ed  .Scots  liiln 
liavjpg  le.'pcdi  front  ide  to  iil.;,  till  at  hni',  j'.ettin:.^  aw.iv 
.ihrot!;;)!  l>-:de;icch,  t:\ev  brake  ek)wn  on  .StiMtiiern.  The 
coninr)  -i'oi'c-.s  of  File  -.-.vA  .Siratlieiat  Averc  three  to  or..: 
v.ell  armed  on  Ti.i,)i.  rrnnii',  r.ad  h.orf:  anul  c '.nnon  :  hti: 
the  trsiach.ery  c".f  .I.i.'p.or,',  and  t  fp.c'aliy  .Sir  John  l^rum- 
inond,  tc^'Vtin  r  vvitlt  a'ileho's  raflnieis,  dJi\ered  all  that 
.  tinnulttiotis  peonle,  '.ir.i^X  ih.fir  amis,  in  th.e  enemy's  haiiili 
■withcHit  UVoi:e.  /\  great  nMny  bnry^efles  v.'cre  killed,  twen- 
tv-li\e  i-.oi.fjhoidrrs   in   .St  Ar.drev.'s,   many  were    biirfun 


;n  the  firht, 


r.d 


died    wi'hoiit 


At     /YbeixLvn. 


400  or  tne  i'ite  loldiers  well  near  routed  tlie  vvdiole  enemy; 
but  bein^  ill  fccondcd  by  the  burpeffes  of  AbcrJce.;),  th.cy 

ilcd 


X.ct.  93.  '    To  Mr  JViIIlam  Spang.  9j 

fled  alfo.  Tvlnrifchnl,  and  the  gentry  of  the  country,  the 
Forbcfles  and  Frafcrs,  lay  by  as  nialccontent  ;  Gordon, 
by  Argyk's  great  miltalce,  h;iving  the  comnianchnent, 
v/hereof,  thrcnigh  his  own  hatighthicls,  and  treachery  of 
liis  followers,  he  made  no  life  at  all.  A  great  many  A- 
berdeenfmen  were  killed,  and  the  town  111  phmdered.  You 
Iicard  Avhat  followed  iliat  firange  courling,  as  I  remem- 
ber, thrice  round  abottt  from  Spey  to  Athol,  Avherein  Ar- 
gyle  and  Lothian's  foldiers  were  tired  out  ;  the  country, 
iiarafled  by  botli,  and  no  lei's  by  friends  than  foes,  did  no- 
thinp  tor  their  own  deience. 

Whether  through  envy  and  emulation,  or  negligence, 
or  inability,  Argyle's  army  was  not  relieved  as  it  ilundd, 
liimfelf  was  niuch  gi'ieved,  fo  that  he  laid  down  his  com- 
mifiion  ;  v/liich  neither  JjOthi.ni  nor  Callendar,  foi"  :':iy 
jeqitt-H:,  would  take  up  ;  fo  liaiilie  was  forced  to  take  it,  oi" 
it  muil  have  lien,  la  the  niean  time,  the  enemy,  after 
this  long  ftorm,  ihoring  to  iall  down  on  Clafgow,  turned 
to  Argyle,  and  v/ent  througit  ic  all  without  oppofaion  j 
burnt  Inverary,  killed  and  fpoiled  what  they  pleaf.-d.  The 
v.'orld  believed,  tlr.it  x4-rgyle  cotdd  have  been  maiiUiiined 
againft  the  greatcfc  army,  as  a  country  inaccelllble  ;  but  wc 
fee  there  is  no  ftrength  or  refuge  on  earth  againlf  the  Lord. 
The  r.Iarqtiis  did  liis  belt  to  be  revenged,  with  an  army  fuffi- 
cient  overtook  the  rogues  in  Loeli.iber  at  Javerioclu'.  \Ve 
hoped  they  might  have  been  eahly  defeated  ;  but,  behold 
the  indignation  ol-  the  Lord  !  Argyle  lia\ing  a  Jnn-t  in  hi'v 
arm  and  face,  got  by  a  cafual  iall  from  his  Jiorfe  iinnc 
.weeks  before,  v/hereby  he  was  difabled  to  \\'{c  eirlier  Iword 
or  pidol,  Ills  coufm  Auchinbreclc  took  the  leading  oF  liis 
army.  No  appearance  but  of  courage  and  fuccers  ;  yet  nc/ 
fooner  did  the  enen"iy  let  on,  btu  all  oiw  peo[>le,  overtaken 
with  a  panick  fear,  without  any  necciilry,  turned  backs, 
and  fled.  AuchiubrLck,  a  ilout  foldier,  but  a  very  vicious 
man,  and  many  fpecial  gentlemen  of  Argyle's  friends, 
were  killed.  TJiis  dilafter  did  extremely  ama./.e  us.  I  ve- 
rily.tliink,  had  i.iontrofe  coiue  j;reiently  from  that  battle, 
he  ihould  have  had  no  great  O'ppofition  in  a!l_the  high- 
lands, in  the  Lennox,  and  the  Iheriddom  of  Ayr,  Glaf- 
gow,  Clydefdalc,  fcarce  till  he  hatl  come  to  Ldinburoli.. 
But  God,  in  mercy  to  us,  put  other  tlioughts  in  his  heart. 
lie  went  incontinent  norihw.ird  ;  did  what  lie  pleafed  a^ 
far  as  Murray  ;  got  the  Gordions,  Grants,  and  many  of 
the  clans,  to  join.     Seaforth  alfo  came  to  hi:-  tamp.     Ills 

hojve:; 


;  ■.'  .■  '  ■  f\    ' 


^4  71?  7I/r  U'lHum  Spang.  Let.  aV, 

hopes  \trerc,  and  \vc  liad  renfon  to  fear  it,  that  havina  near 
the  one  half  of  Scotland  in  his  power,  he  would,  with  a 
•great  army,  march  the  high  way  fotithward. 

Before  this  time  otir  people    did   not   well   awake;    oir:- 
parliament  h.ad  trilled  much  time  in  needlefs  debates'     Sir 
,     John  Smith,  and  divers  burgelles,    had  debated  too   much, 
lor  their  own    ends  upon  the  excife.     Lindfay  by  the  bur- 
-     TOWS,  to  pleafe    the  Treafurer,    was   made   IVehdait,    in 
Lauderdale's  place,  whom  the  ilone  had  removed,  to  our 
•great  lofs  and  regi-et.    lie  was  not  fo  able  to  difpatch  bull- 
nefs.     Kmuhuions,    and   heart-burnings  about  particulars 
hindered  much  our  alFairs  in  a  moil:  dangerous  time.    The 
country  was   exceedingly   exhaulled    with    burJcns ;'   and, 
which  was  word,   a  c.irclcfs  Ihipid  lethargy  had    feized   o;i 
the  people,   A)  tluit  we  were  brouglu  exceedingly  low.      In 
this  lamentable  concliiion,  we  took   ourfelves  ^to   our    old 
rock;  we  turned    ourlMves    to    God.      The    allembly   fcnt 
•o\n  a  printed  warning  to  the  cotmtry,   very  well  peniied  ivr 
Mr  Uillefpie.     We  wrote  a  free  admonition  to  the  parlia- 
ment,  of  thvir  jealoulies    and  diviiions  ;   which,   althou-dv 
It  took    not   away  the  root,  yet  did    it    li.ed    many  of    the 
branches,   or  the  evils  complained  of.     J5alllie  was  enabled 
to  move,  and  written  to  by  the  airemblv  ;    Rlarifehal   alio 
All  was  put  in  the  bell;  pofture  migbt  be.      The  parliament 
Avas  adjom-ned,   that  the  war  might  the  better  be  followed. 
And  m  this  cale  left  I  Scotland,  with  a  heart  full   of  per- 
plexities. 

You    know    liow    graciouHy    the    Lord    broiuht    m.- 
through  the  leas.     Tlie  llorm,  a  little    before,  had   been 
io  extraordinary,  tliat  many   here   thought    we    had    been 
caft  away.      When  we  came   from   yon,   we   v/ere   exceed- 
ing weleonve  ;  but  found   our   ailairs   in    an   cxceedinc'"   ill 
pollure,   the  credit  of   our    nation    impaired,  fenfible '^nc- 
glecls  and  real  grounds  of  complaint   daily  oiFended  us  hi 
many  occtu-rences  private  and    publick,   that    would    have 
tempted  greater  wifdoui  and  patience  tlian  was  national  to 
lis  :  yet  we  rcfolved  to  go   on    as    we  mi>vht,   waiting  when 
Cod  would  blink    upon   Scociand  ;   for  Vc  knew,    as  God 
helped  us  there,  our  affairs  here  would  amend.     It  was  a 
matter  of  cxcecdmg  joy  unto  us,  to  hear  of  the  great  and 
iirft   real   difaller   that   IMontroie  got   at   Dundee,  and  of 
the  poiture  oi  our  country  at  lalt,  accordin,^  to  our  mdnJ, 
after  the  Ilight  of  the  eneany,  the  killing  of  400  or  500  O:  the 
bell  of  che  ir-.d),  the  difiipating  of  tive  molt  of  ih-  Scots  high- 

landmen. 


Let.  93.  To  Mr  IFlUiam  Spang,  <  '         9^. 

landmen,  the  lofs  of  thc'u'  ammunition  and  mofl;  of  their 
j}.rms,  the  returning  of  the  remnant  to  the  hills  and  woods. 
BaiUie,  with  one  half  of  the  army,  is  gone  lo  Athol,  to 
keep  them  from  that  ftarting  hold.  Hurry,  with  the  o- 
ther  half,  with  Mai-ilchal  and  the  north  country,  is  10- 
Wiirds  Aberdeen.  Lawers,  and  the  INIurrayincn,  are  to 
licep  in  another  turn.  Argyle,  with  a  reginient  of  his 
own,  and  i  qoo  from  Ireland,  are  to  the  highlands.  00, 
by  God's  help,  in  a  little  tinic,  we  hope  to  get  fuch  order 
of  tliefe  our  troublers,  that  Scotland  ihall  be  in  peace,  and 
ilnd  back  the  foldicrs  now  it  makes  life  ol,  with  fuch  in- 
creafe,  that  Leflie,  with  a  better  army  than  yet  he  has 
commanded,  fliall  march  over  'i^rnt,  ;ind  I^donro  to  Con- 
naught  and  IMuniler.  The  I'.ngiilh  look  on  us  already 
much  more  chearfully  than  of  late.  We  pity'  their  i-aih 
and  un-advifed  feeblcnefs  ;  and  yet,  thanks  to  God,  we 
have  been  conftant  to  do  ail  duties  to  them  ;  in  the  midll 
of  all  their  ingratitude  and  ]irovocations,  we  refolve  they 
will,   by  our  aclions,   lee  at  laft  tlicir  oblii'.ation  to  us. 

Their  new- modelled  army  co}ifilts,  ior  the  juoit,  of 
rav/,  unexperienced,  pix'fied  loldiers.  Few  ol  the  oilicers 
.are  thought  capable  of  tlieir  places  •,  many  of  them  are 
fecraries,  or  tiieir  confident  friends  :  if  they  i\o  great 
fervice,  many  will  be  deceived.  Seme  ha\e  great  fears, 
not  only  of  their  dellgns  to  flrcngthen  the  party  of  the 
feftaries,  fo  that  it  may  not  lafely  be  difpleaied;  but  alio 
of  componing  with  the  Iving,  to  the  prejudice  of  us  aiul 
all  our  friends  here  :  yet  I  hope  thefe  fears  are  groundlefs. 
Sundry  wife  men  whoni  i  Ipeak  with,  helie\e  that  the 
new  army  is  not  fo  full  of  fectarics  as  is  fiid  ;  and  how- 
ever, are  aiTuj-ed  of  tlicir  honelly  and  obedieiice  to  the 
parliament;  alio  if  any  dififter  Ihould  befad  them,  which 
we,  with  our  daily  pj-aycrs,  do  heartily  deprecate,  thev 
liope  that  our  army,  v>'ell  recruited  from  Scotland,  and 
much  llrengihened  by  a  juuhitude  of  good  officers,  v/hich 
partly  have  left,  partly  arc  put  out  of  tb.e  llngliih  army, 
Jhall  by  God's  hel)-),  be  enabled  to  do  ilieir  bullneis,  and 
fettle  ))eace  here  ere  it  be  long. 

We  heave  great  toil  here  in  the  church-buunefs.  Wc 
are  on  the  point  of  fetting  up  prefoyteiies  and  fynods  in 
London  ;  but  all  the  ports  of  hell  are  opened  upon  us. 
Of  thele  things  ye  fliall  hear  an  accoimt  v/iih  the:  next  oc- 
cahon  ;   lor  now  I  am  weary  with  writing,   though  the  nu)ll 

pf  this  letter  was  written  before  I  left  Scotland. V/e  ail 

Io\c 


9^  To  Mr  JFiH'iavi  Spavg.  Let.  9^. 

love  Thoi-ms  Cunningham,  and  are  doing  for  liini  wliat 
we  can.  Tlic  thcfi-s  of  Voetius,  you  have  hefido  you, 
and  .Spanhcini  ag.iinu  the  Anabaptifls,  fend  nic.  It  Iviili 
been  a  mi^ht;/  nei;!ccL  tJiat  no  man  haiii  anfwcrcd  Eraihii's 
Reply  to  iV.iM.  The  jnoft  of  the  Moufe  of  Commons 
p.re  do'.vnri;;lu  Eraftians  :  ihcy  are  like  to  create  us  much 
more  woe  than  ail  the  fcclarics  of  Enp^land.  If  you 
would  fet  ApoHor.ius,  or  Voetius,  or  Jlivct,  or  .Span- 
heim,  when  he  has  uO}ie  with  Arnirant,  or  all  K-)'i  tljcm, 
to  write  a<_;.iiufc  Jlra/iiis,  it  wouki  be  a  great  fcr\  ice  10  us  ar;il 
tiie  Rciorm-jd  cliurclic.?  ?.\lo  ;  O'.ily  it  woiild  be  done  well  and 
latisra^^lorily,  and  alfo  fp'redily ;  both  \vhich  I  fear  be  ira- 
poillble.  L'Emperour  promiied  to  write  ag.iinfl  SJden,  for 
the  Jewifh  ecckdafrical  Sanhedrim,  and  their  e.vconunu- 
nication.  Thio  m;in  is  the  lic.d  of  the  Eraftians  :  Ids 
j>lory  is  molf  in  the  Jewilh  learning  ;  he  avows  every  where, 
that  the  Jewith  ftate  and  church  were  all  one,  and  that 
fo  in  En-l.'.nd  it  rnull-  be,  that  the  parliament  is  the  church. 
I^'Empei-oiir  is  well  able  to  beat  down  the  infolent  abfiu-di- 
ty  or  the  liian  with  lii:^  own  iirms  ;  and,  if  he  would  do 
it  tjuiclrlvj  it  \^■eve  a  very  good  ofiice  to  \:s  and  to  all  the 
RetoruKd  cliurclics.  Do  wliat  yo\i  can,  by  your  f;  ieuti;-, 
to  put  him  on.  Send  me  no  books  by  the  poft,  as  jolui 
Ilenderfon  did  the  laft  week  ;  for  the  pamjihlet  I  bouglit 
in  Ronerduni  for  fix  ftivers,  T.Jr  Gilicfpie  behoved  to  give 
'the  poit  lor  it  fi\e  iiiillings.  Lly  iervicc  to  your  good 
wife,  and  to  Ai)oi'on;us.  My  only  regret  aiul  Mr'C;!- 
lefpl..':,  !>ot;i,  is,  i!i;it  we  fav/  him  not  in  Middleburg.  It 
was  (^liiy  J'lr  (jiheipic's  wilfulncfs,  which  he  acknow- 
ledge:, o'lt  (jMiieie.  At  lad  fareuvll,  1  reft, 
I'our   Cfjufni, 

Jamlson'e. 

c).^.   J  Piih!'uk  Letter.     LzJid:,?!,  Jpril  2^.  1645. 

All  A 11?  s  here  fland  thus,  fo  f.ir  as  I  lunlerftand. 
The  alii  inbly  haih  now,  1  may  fay,  ended  the  whole  body 
oF  tlie  t  hi!ieh.-!',overnnient,  and  that  according  to  the  doc- 
trine and  pracliee  ot  the  church  of  Scotland,  in  every 
thing  niateiial.  W'c  have  been  theie  two  or  three  weeks 
on  aJi!ii;oi).d  pi-opoiitions,  which  fjemed  to  be  wantiii", 
for  tlr:  i.nl.iog  o(  the  reft  practicable  and  perfte^t ;  theJe 
alfo  we  b  ivc  ended,  except  one  or  twO;  which  I  trull  at 
..  i  our 


.'Oil. 


\   ,i:.. '.-yii-i  ili'i 


J'/:  ■■.■.iwa|. 


X,et,  94.       .  A  Pithlick  letter,       '  '^^ 

our  next  fcfllon  wc  null  pafs.    There  will  then  remain  no 
more  for  the  government,  but  the  mcihoJizing  and  word- 
ing of  thefe  matters,   that  they  may  be  tranlmittcd  to  the 
hmifes  of  parliament  for  their  authority.     Tlie  catcchifm, 
^nd  Confcflion  of  Faith,  are  put  in   the  hands  of  fcveral 
committees,  and  fome   reports  are   made   to    the   aflembly 
concerning  both.     Vv^e  expect  not   fo   much   debate   upon 
thefe,  as  we  have  had   in   the  directory   and  government. 
The    Independents,    thefe    llx    weeks,    have    not    much 
troubled  the  airembly,  for  after  we  had  been  a  longtune 
troubled  with  their  oppofition  to  all  things,  it  was  lound 
meet  to   put  them   to   declare  their   mind   pofitivcly  what 
they  would  be  at.  This  they  have  lliifced  to  this  day,-  as  it  was 
thought  not  fully  agreeing  among  themfelves  •,  but  now  bemg 
put  peremptorily  to  it,  they  could  not  get  it  declined.   Smce, 
they  have  been  about  tint  talk,  and  we  expert  daily  whea 
they  Diall  prcfcnt  to  us  their  platformof  church-government. 
The  afiembly  purpofes  not  to  take  it  into  publick  debate,  but 
to  pivc  it  to  fome  committee  that  they  niay  frame  an  anlwer 
tok,  if  fo  it  be  found  convenient.    The  ilouies  have  pafl: 
of  our  votes  of  governmenr,  purpofmg  quickly  to  erec^  the 
ecclefiaftlcal  courts,  of  feflions,  preib, teries,  and  lynous, 
and  thereafter  to  pafs  fo  much  of  our  government  as  they 
think  neccflary.     We  v/ill  have  much  to  do   with  them  to 
make  fundry  of  our  votes  pafs  •,  for  moil  of   their  lawyers 
are  Ifrong  Erafli;ins,  and  would  have  all   the   church-go- 
vernment'depcud  abfolutely   on   the   parliament  :  for   this 
end  they  have  pafc  a  vote  in  the   Houfc  of  Commons,  for 
appeals  from  fellions  to  prell.yteries,  from  thefe  to  fynod?, 
from  thefe  to  national  aifemblies,  and   from  tbeie   to   ths 
parliament.     We  mJnd  to  be  filent  for  fome  time  on  tins, 
kit  v/e  mar  tlie   erc^^tion  of  the   ccclefiallick   courts-,  but 
when  we  find  it  feafonable.  we  mind  to   ma!:e   much  ado 
before  it  go  fo.     V/e  are  hopeful   to  make  them   declare, 
they  mean  no  other  thing,  by  their  appeals  from   the   na- 
tional aflembly  to  a  parliament,  than   a    complain:  of  an 
injurious  proceeding  ;   wjiich  we  never  denied.  _  ^ 

As  for  other  bulinefs,  this  long  time  the  r.-purat'on  ot 
our  nation  hath  been  niuch  lower  than  bet-ore.  1  l:e  last- 
ing troub.cs,  which  a  h.mdful  of  Irilh  hath  brought  upon 
cm-  who!.-  land,  was  the  beginning  of  our  d  igrace._  The 
m\ich-talked  of  weakncfs  of  our  army  in  England  did  add 
unto  it  :  our  neccillcy  to  I  e  upon  the  north-rn  llnrc.^,  al" 
moi't  cxraullcd  by  the  King's  army  bvfOiO,  and  ihc.r  daily 
Vol.  X  N  outcn^cs 


r.  ■    '  '   .i.iJ:;!!    t.; 


'('•..  v'   -jv.'  .'.■;!.• 


..  L:..'. 


5)8  ^      J  TiihUck  letter.  Let.  94. 

Oiucrlcs  oF  our  oppreffion,  m.ulc  it  10  incrcnfc.  But  tliat 
which  higjily  advanced  it,  is  our  delay  to  maixh  iouth- 
WarJj  after  all  tl\::ir  importunate  calls.  'J'Jicfe  things  have 
made  us  here  almofi:  contemptible,  and  thi.",  contempt 
hath  occafioncd  jealoufy  and  provocations,  which  may, 
if  not  provided  for,  j)rove  dangerous.  Upon  their  jca- 
loufy  they  call:  then-  old  arniici;  in  a  new  motdd,  and  left 
out  the  moll,  both  of  our  narion,  and  of  our  friends  in 
their  own  n;uion,  and  put  in  divers  feftaries,  who  much 
,increafed  our  maleconteniment.  Our  commillioncrs  have 
not  been  wanting  in  all  that  diligence,  prudence,  and  pa- 
tience could  work.  All  who  are  wife,  linds  the  union  oi" 
the  nations  neceffary  for  both  their  fubfiilence,  and  who- 
ever would  brangle  it  are  raolt  unhappy  infhunients  ; 
but  there  is  no  human  nu  ans  for  us,  were  we  all  ani'ds, 
to  keep  our  reputation,  and  the  hearts  of  the  peO|de,  but 
by  flrenthening  our  a»-my.  Many  advertilements  hereof 
had',  been  given  trom  time  to  time  to  Scotland,  but  all  in 
A'ain  h.iihcrto.  Had  it  been  provided  that  wc  juiglit  liavc 
marched  wiili  20,oco  men,  we  might  quickly  have  got  l\erc 
all  we  defu-ed.  If  it  hath  been  the  defign  of  any,  to  keen 
the  enemy  at  home  on  foot,  that  ib  oiu-  army  in  Enpland 
miglit  be  made  weak  and  for  little  fcrvicc,  1  vow  they 
have  been  t!ie  baiell  traitors  that  ever  Scoiland  bred. 
Belide  all  that  is  come  out  of  Ireland,  and  all  raifed  iil 
the  country,  there  aie,  we  hear,  eight  regiments  of 
foot,  and  fom.e  of  b.orfj,  l.irought  home  out  oi  England, 
"and  not  one  uian  ient  in  tlieir  place.  Ail  wiio  love  citl^er 
the  honour  or  iafety  of  our  nation  wiih  this  aniended. 
None  nev.d  to  talk  of  any  jiekleuei's  or  ingratituile  of  t!ie 
Engliih  towards  us,  of  any  advancement  of  the  Ijiclepcn- 
cienc  party  •,  for  no  nian  here  doubts,  but  if  once  our  ar- 
my v.'cre  in  inch  a  condition,  as  eafily,  if  we  were  dili- 
gent, might  be,  all  thefe  clouds  would  cvanifh,  find  we 
would  regain  this  people's  beans,  and  do  with  all  fectaries, 
and  all  thiiu's  die,  what  we  v/oulJ.  :  but  if  quicklv  w' 
tike  no  courle  to  lend  back  the  J'iiigHih  i-egiments,  and 
recruit  wf,  it  is  v.'anting  of  their  (\\\c  nuinber,  our  hazards 
are  great  and  prelent.  The  iving,  with  lUipei  t  and  IMau* 
rice,  are  north  by  this  as  far  as  Cheiler.  Manv  iufpecl 
h'.s  intention  is  for  our  army,  knowifig  its  weaknefs,  and 
iiialevolence  of  the  iliires  wherein  it  ii,:s.  Our  uJliccrr. 
art;  doing  what  tbey  can  to  prepare  fur  the  Vi'orft,  and  the 
commiilioners  lierc  arc  doing  their  utinalt   endeavours   to 

get 


, ijfj'-l  -s',   i<.i  tfjv 


Let.  94.  u^  Puhlick  Lcitcr.  ^p 

get  provifions  and  forces  alfo  fcnt  to  tlicm  ;  but  tlie  only  rc- 
nicid,  under  Cod,  is  force.-;  from  Scothuul  Wc  liavc 
men  in  abvnulancc  :  they  will  be  allowed  entertainnunt  ou 
the  country,  and  in  time  tJiey  wiil  not  want  a  groat  of 
their  pay,  thoui^h  for  the  prefent  it  cannot  be  had.  We  hear 
alfo,  that  by  no  means  will  come  lo  ijie  army  any  miniilers  ; 
tliat  in  twenty-two  regiments  tlicre  is  not  one  niiniller  : 
fo  tliis  day's  letters  bear.  This  is  a  wonderlad  letlvargy, 
and  if  God  help  it  not,  it  prognofticaies  flranr^e  tbinj.sj 
but  our  eyes  are  towards  God,  waitin^^  when  he  will  arde 
for  us.  We  know  many  godly  hcaits  there  join  v,  ith  v.s 
in  tlaily  praying  that  God  would  crufli  that  unhaj^py  ene- 
my at  home,  and  give  us  wiltiom  in  time  to  ilipply  otir 
Englidi  army,  to  iend  up  to  it  the  bell  of  our  .m;niftei-s, 
and  a  ilrong  honcft  comniittec  ;  for  in  tlufe  days  there  is 
great  need  of  faiihlnl  and  incorruptible  men.  In  many 
difeoin-agements  we  have  here,  we  are  cmforted  with  the 
good  progrei's  we  make  in  the  matters  of  God,  and  good 
appearances  we  fee  to  get  the  naugiity  enemy  at  iiome 
lliortly  crnfl)ed  :  if  we  could,  in  faith,  draw  ner.r  to  God, 
he  would  malce  Ids  worl'  run  apare,  ami  haften  tlie  con-, 
fufion  of  all  its  oppoiites,  in  whatever  way,  whether  fe- 
cret  or  open,   and  difeover  villanous  tmderminers. 

The  Turk  hill  menaces  Italy.  The  hwedes  and  Tran- 
filvanians  are  like  to  undo  the  Eiuperor.  Deiunark  is 
plagued  with  the  Swctles  j  their  treaty  is  bioken.  The 
Bavarian's  victory  over  the  I'rench  v/as  great  ;  but  now 
the  French  are  let  on  their  feet  a!',,un  by  the  help  of  tho 
Jieihans,  -and  a  new  army  from  France.  The  Frencit  oa 
the  one  Jide,  and  the  Mollanders  on  the  other,  are  on 
their  march  againfi;  Flanders.  The  French  arid:).iirador» 
and  moft  of  the  nation,  at  tJte  King's  commanel,  havej- 
left  Rome,  to  declare  their  miicontent  wiih.  t]ie  Fope  for 
Ivis  fiding  with  Spain. 

You  ice,  in  my  publick,  th.e  beif  fide  of  our  afiairs. 
The  church-matters  go  well,  bLlFed  be  God;  but  truly- 
our  hate-matters  are  in  a  very  dangerous  poittw-e.  'i'iii:; 
people's  jealoidy,  contempt,  and  injuiious  jno vOiMtionSj, 
daily  increafe.  The  King  is  bendinl;  toward  our  itrmy^ 
vdiich  is  calU'd  cxceedin.g  v.xa!;,  evil  provided,  and  inii-. 
content.  Yoti  tbiere  b.a\c  been  wonderful  ili-:ulvifed,  tha^ 
V.'hat  loldie)-;-;  yiiu  took  from  it,  you  feiu  not  pUr.vrnen  o;- 
Q'shvTS  in  their  i-ooiii.     If   quickly  you  reiufojcc  them  no. 

N  2.     '  vilU 


yoo  •  A  VnhVich  Letter.  Let.  94. 

with  men  nnd  honeH:  miniller?,  In  a  clap  you  have  the  King 
and  all  the  north  of  England  on  your  hack.    If  it  fliould  be 
fo.  tliere  is  no  help  to  be  cxpecStcd  from  this  •,   for  here  they 
are  fo  wif  ■,  as  to  let  all  their  arniy  lie  down  before  Oxford, 
when  tlie  l^ing  is  going  where  he  will.    In  this  they  are  per- 
emptor.    Our  lh;iit  i'.  great,  and  \vc  had  never  more  need 
to    run   to    God.      If  matters    be    not    pail:   helping    be- 
fo)e  this  come  to  you,  there  is  great  n  ed  of  fupply  to  the 
Englilh  army.     It  were  much  better  fighting  the   King   in 
"Yorkihire  than  in  Lotliian.     However  Montrofe   and   the 
Independents  have   brought  us   to    this  pafs  ;  yet  if  it   be 
God's  plealure   to   make    you    able   and  willing,  after  all 
your  ncglee'ts,  to    fupply   the  army   in   England,  all   in   a 
ill  or  t  time  will  ilow  according  to  our  mind  ;  but  if  you  be 
\mable  or  unv/il!ing,   for  whatfoever  caufe,   to  do  this,  we 
were  never   in   a  greater  and  more  prefcnt  hazard.     Our 
fears   here   who   know   how  things  go,  are  great  •,  yet  we 
dare  not  think  that  God  will  defcrt  his  people  and  caufe. 
Too  nuich  glory  hath  been   fpent   on    us    thefe    {cy:t\\   laA: 
years   to  be   {o  eafily  loll.     \Ve  mud  return  to   our  old 
vock. 


95.  Tor  Mr  Robert  Rravfay.     May  4.  1645. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
I  long  to  hear  horn  you.  I  have  got  fome  from  Ivir 
David  and  Mr  George,  but  none  from  you.  I  fliall  have 
a  care  of  your  memorandum.  How  matters  go  witji  you 
in  the  town  I  know  not.  The  lamentable  lofles  you  have 
fliil  by  the  hand  of  that  wicked  enemy,  and  the  increafe 
of  the  peAilence,  together  v^ith  the  great  feciuaty  we  hear 
yet  to  lie  on  the  hearts  of  the  molf,  make  clear  fuch  a 
meafure  of  the  wrath  and  defertion  of  God,  that  often- 
times fads  otir  hearts  exceedingly  :  and  however  the  aiiairs 
of  ihf  church,  v/hich  is  our  taik,  go  according  to  our 
mind  •,  yet  the  great  danger  of  the  ftatc,  wherein  the  fool- 
iih  and  malicious  counfels  of  fome  few  here  has  caft  if, 
and  whether  the  not  niarchin'g  of  our  army,  upon  what 
caufes  we  yet  much  doubt,  has  coiuributed  not  a  little  j 
thefe  things  have  made  oiu-  lives  here  for  a  time  very  bit- 
ter to  us.  We  fee  no  renieid  but  in  God's  n-.ercv,  and 
blcding  of  our  army,     li  this  people  had  prolpered   in 

their 

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Let.  95.  For  Mr  Jlohert  Ramfny.  101 

their  way  of  exceeding  folly  and  ingratitude,  it  might  have 
proven  ihortly  very  hurtful  to  theuifclves  <ind  us  both  •,  but 
now  a  little  difcipline  ni  ik.s  them  begin  to  enquire  about  the 
authors  of  tliefe  dififters  and  fearful  dingers  wlicrvjin. 
they  ftand,  and  look  back  on  their  oid  deliverer5.,  whomi 
they  were  bcgiui  too  much  to  forget.  If  the  Lord  w^ill  be 
pleafed  ro  uphold  our  army,  I  believe  \vc  iludl  clofe  all 
church-ai3"iirs  ihortly  according  to  our  mind,  and  eaiily 
call  in  the  wantonnefs  oF  the  llttarits ;  but  the  Jyord  five 
lis  from  the  rage  of  the  roaring  uialignauts,  and  their 
crafty  counfels,  of  which  we  are  much  atraid.  God  lave 
our  army,  and  make  all  therein  fo  pious,  and  honeft,  and 
%vife,  as  our  prefent  dangers  require.  Coll-Kettoch's  and 
Montrofe's  trou'.iles  are  little  to  tliefe  that  are  coming,  if 
God  fliould  not  blefs  this  much  decreaied  ajid  enfeebled 
army.  Prayer,  counfel,  and  activity,  were  ne\er  more  re- 
quifite  among  you.  We  have  done  the  utmoft  of  our  en- 
deavovu's,  both  here  and  to  our  friends  at  Edinburgh, 
and  with  the  army,  to  give  warning  and  advice.  l\emem- 
ber  my  fervice  to  your  two  colleagues,  alfo  to  the  Princi- 
pal, to  IMr  Edward,  and  Mr  Hugh,  to  the  regents, 
and  to  the  brethren  of  the  prefbytery,  arid  whoever  mind, 
in  their  prayers,  the  work  in  hand,  your  neighbour  Mr 
Zachary  and  his  wife  :  but  J  mult  break  off.  Diodati  yon 
flaall  get :  neither  the  Engiiih  nor  Dutch  notes  are  yet 
come  out.  Pamphlets  I  will  (end  you  none,  theie  are  fo 
manv,  and  I  cannot  chufe  ;  ior  I  have  fome  hundreds  to 
liiyfelf,   all  vdiich  ihall  be  for  you  and  your  brethren. 

Our  hearts  are  much  grieved  for  the  great  troubles  of 
Scotland,  that  the  Lord  is  yet  pleafed  to  fuike  us  io  fore 
both  with  the  fword  and  pcllileuce  Oh  !  if  at  lalt  we 
could  awake,  and  ttu-n  to  him,  who  by  all  thefe  me>ins  is 
fecking  our  repentance  and  lantSlification.  V/e  canno:  but 
fee  the  loving  cotmtenance  of  a  father  in  the  midlt  of  all 
that  wrath.  Clun-ch-work  here,  blelied  be  God,  goes  on 
with  Ids  difhculty  than  it  was  wont.  The  aileaibly  having 
put  the  Independents  to  Ihew  what  pouiively  is  their 
judgement  in  things  controverted,  we  have  been  quit  of 
their  cumber  theie  fix  or  fcven  weeks.  Every  day  this 
month  we  have  been  expecting  their  politive  tenets,  but  as 
yet  we  have  heard  nothing  of  thcui  \  oidy  in  their  iermons 
hi  the  city  they  are  deviating  more  and  more  towards  old 
and  new  errors,  cfp-ecially  iibeity  ot  cti.dcience.  Their  v.'ays 
are  daily  more  and  more  diiUked,     Ihe  directory  is  fo  far 

frou^ 


-i 


:■  rr.uj 


102  For  Mr  Robert  Ram/ay,  Let.  pr. 

from  being  cried  down,  as  fools  fay  tlicre,  that  there  is  an 
ordinance  of  parliament  coming  out  for  the  pradice  of  it 
if  it  be  not  changed,  that  I  will  be  caution  few  Ihall   dare 
to  contemn,  either  that  whole  book,  or  any  part  of  it.  "W"e 
have  thefe  fourteen  days  been  upon  our  advice  to   a   fub-> 
committee  of  the  Iloule  of  Commons,  ancnt  the  cxectition 
of  our  votes  of  government  :   for  it  is  the    work    of   that 
fubcommittee  to  draw  two  ordinances  ;    the   one,    for  the 
practice  of  the  directory,  wherein  their  puniihment   is   as 
rigorous,  if  it  be  not  mitigated,  for  the  contenmers  of  a- 
ny  part  of  that  book,  as   it   was  before  to  the  contemners 
of  their  religion.     For   preachers,  or  writers,  or  ]niblifli- 
ers,  againft  it,  were   they  Dukes   and   Peers,    tlicir   third 
fault  is  the  Ids  of  all  their  goods,   and  perpetual  )nipiif(;n- 
ment.     The  other  ordinance   is  for  the  erection   of  eecle- 
liaftick  coiu'ts  over  the   whole  kingdom.     For   their  lielp 
herein,  they  called  the  minifters  of  London  to  advilc  theui 
for  their  city,  and  they  fent  to  the  afiembly  for   tlicir    ad- 
vice anent  the  reft    of   the    kingdom.     The   city-minificrs 
have  fent  them  their  unanimous  advice   (for   of    121    city- 
miniflers,  there  are  not  three  Independents)    for  planting, 
juft  after  our  Scottilh  tailiion,  an  elderlliip  in  everv  con- 
gregation ;  of  fourteen  prelbyteries  within  the  lines  of  com- 
munication,    every    one    conllfting    of    minifters    betwixt 
twelve  and  hxteen,  and  alio  many  ruling  elders  ;    and  of  a 
provincial  fynod  for  i^ondon  and   ten   miles  round  about. 
The   airembly  have   pi-efented   their  ad\ice  tl-,is  day.     We 
Avent  through  this  forenoon-feflion  imaiiimoully  Avliat  con- 
cerns provincial  and  national  aliemblies,   as  yeiierday  what 
concerned  prelbyteries,  ar.d  the   days   l^efore  con<Mep^aiio- 
nal  elderlhij-is.     They   have    concluded    provijicial   iynods 
twice  a-year,  prelbyteries  once  a-month,  and  national  af- 
femblies  once  a-year  ;  and  after,  every  one  of  thefe   as  it 
fiiall  be  needful.     Fierein  the  grcatnefs  of  this  nation  for- 
ces them  to  dilier  from  us  with   oiu-   good  liking.     Th'eir 
provincial  aJlemblies  cannot    conlilt   of   all    tlic    miniAcrs, 
but   of   fo    many  delegated  Irom  everv  prefbvterv  ;   for  ia 
fundry  of  their    provinces   v/ill   be    above  600    churches, 
vliich   Vi'ould   make  at  leaft  1200  members  in  a  provinci.il 
fynod  :  alio  their  national  afiembly  is  conflitute   of  three 
minifteis  and  two  riding  elders,   deputed,   not  from  eveiy 
prelhytery,   but  as  it  is  in  France  ;ind  Flolland,   from  every 
pro\incial  fynod,  wliereof  there  will  be  at  leail  fixty.      A\'e 
Ihortly  txpcdt  an  ordinance  according  to  our  advice,,  and 

thSi 


■  ;oin-r 


,     '\\    :.  .■ .  -i!t;    Uii     111';.' 


;■,•:.■;    7'!'.;  '.i 


Let.  95.  Por  Mr  Robert  Puimjay.  103 

the  exccinlon  prefently  upon  the  back  of  It.  Our  next 
work  will  be  tlie  Confcllion  and  Catechifai,  upon  both 
which  we  have  ah-eaJy  made  Ibme  entrance.  The  )natter:J 
of  the  cflate  were  in  a  v/orie  condition  ;  but  now  I  hope 
they  are  recovering.  Thcfc  that  guide  hcr.%  having  eailly 
railed  the  ficge  of  they  thought  meet   to   be- 

fiege  Oxford;  making  account,  that   our   army,   with  the 
forces  to  be  joined  with  them,    were   more    than    able    to 
have  marred  the  King's  progrefs  whitherfoever  he   ihould 
turn.     But  our  army  not  being  accommodated   in   provi- 
fions  for  ahmg  march-,    and   alfo   not  very  well    content 
that  their  chief  army  ihould  in  the  time  of  aftion  lie  dowa  . 
before  Oxford,  which  was  impoHlble  to  be  taken  for  many 
months;  and  being   informed    by   Sir   William   Ikereton, 
that   the   King's  purpole  was  to  come   to  Lanc'a(hire,  and 
from  thence  to  fend  Prince  Maurice   to    Scodand   with   a 
party  of  horfe,  himfelf  and  Prince  Rupert  having  recruit- 
ed his  army  in  Lancalhire  and  Yorklhire  to  come  back  ou 
the  alTociations  :    on  thefe  and  the  like  niotivcs,   oiu'  army 
thought  it  meet  to  march  back  towards  Weftmorcland,  to 
be  in'' the  King's  way  at   the    foot  of  Lancalhire,  for^  the 
fafcguard  of  Scotland,  and  ihe  befiegcrs  of  Carlhle.    This 
our'niarch,  and  that  their  fiege  of  Oxford,  gave  the  King_ 
fair  liberty  to  march  where  lie  would,  to  raii'e  the  ficge  ot 
Chefter,  to  take  the  town  of  Colcheder  by  llorm,  and  to 
become  terrible  both  to  Yorklhire  and  the  aflbciations,  or 
whitherfoever  he  Ihould  go.     Hence   a   great  clamour  of 
all  here,  hrft  againft  our  army,  and  then  more  againfl  tlic 
authors  of  the  model,  and  of  the   unhappy  ficgc  of  Ox- 
ford.    Vv^e  excuied  our  army  the  bell:  v/e  could.     "VVe  ob- 
tained  to  it   all   we   could  defire  -,  free  quarters  on   billet 
whcre-ever   it   came  ;    an   ordinance   for  pay  as  to  any  of 
their  own  armies-,  an  ordinance  for  all  the  northern  forces 
to  join,  and  of  4000  horfo  and  dragoons  to  be  conftantl/ 
with  tliem,  and  under   tlicir  command  ;  alio  the  befiegcrs 
of  Oxford  to  rife    and   follow  the  King ;   and  intreatics  to 
us  to  march  fouth  in  ib  great   a   need,    with    aflurancc    to 
fend  a  party  of  Englilh  and  .Scots  horfe  flronger  than  any 
the  Kin'g  could  fend  towards  Carliile  or  Scotland.     Plerc- 
upon  we  lent  Daniel  Carmichael  pofl  to  our  army,  to  haftc 
them  back  from  Wcftmorcland  ;   and  to-morrow   we    lend 
down  Wr  Kennedy  and  INlr  Gillefple   for   that   fame    end. 
"We  hear  ihtv  are 'already  on  their  way  towards  Yorklhire 
to  our  rreat  joy  ;  for  truly  we  have  had  eight  days  as  fad 

hearts 


.):.!.  I 


nir,^,! 


I'>4  Fof  Mr  Rcbcrt  Ram/ay.  Let.  oc-. 

hearts  as  any  living  men.     Upon  the  fucccfs  of  that  army 
all  here  ihink  the  whole  affairs  of  Britain  dotli  depend.     It 
is  all  the  pities  in  the   world,   that  it  (liouhl   have   been  fo 
much  negiefted  ;  that  for  fo    many  months   there   Ihould 
not  have  been  three   able   minirters  into  it  •,  not  a  commit- 
tee at  all ;   that  befide   tlie  feven    regiments  which  v\'ere  in 
Scotland,  the  rcR  were   decreaied    to    IJiameful    numbers, 
\vithout  any  recruits  at  all.     If  any  love  the  caufe  in  hand, 
or  defire  either  Scotland  or  England  to  be  preferved  from 
^uick  ruin,   let  that  army   be    provided   for   with   all   dih- 
gence;  for  if  it   be   but  a  little  neglcaed,  this  people  will 
faint,  and  be  ovcr-maflered.  The  King's  whole  llrength  will 
be  upon  that  army,   and  their  w^eaknefs    quickly  will  draw 
the  heat  of  the  war  into  Scotland.    As  yet  the  parliament's 
forces  are  entire.      If  our   army  march   quickly,  they  will 
have  4000  or  500     horfe  to  join   xAxh.   ihem,  and  a  great 
army  to  follow  the  King's    rear  ;  if  they  delay,  they  mufi: 
■lland  alone.     However,  you  cannot  be  anfweruble  to  God, 
5f  you  do  not   your   belf  quickly  to  fend  up  an  able  mini- 
fter  to  every  regiintnt,  and  at  lead  one  half-dozen  of  the 
inoR-  gracious,  wife,  and  couragious  miniflers  of  the  king- 
dom :   for  that  is  \.\\:  head  of"  the  buhnefs  ;  and  where-ever 
that  army  is,  Scotland,  and  the  Proteilant   p;irty   of  this 
ifle,  muft  be  iaved  or  loft.     Alfo  a  full,  able,  and  honeft, 
committee  of  nobles,  gentry,  and  barons,  mull  be  there. 
Their  abfcnce  has  been  extremely  prejudicial;  and  if  it  be 
continued,  may  prove   fatal.      Alio  it  were   rxceedinfv   ic- 
quifite,  that   the   regiments  were  recruited  with    5000    or 
6000  foot.     I  believe,  upon  the  tuck  of  drum  jncn  would 
be  gotten,  if  the  great  neceHiry  werj  demon\irated  ;   alfo  if 
it  were  believed,  v.-hich  is   verily  trutli,  that   every  foldier 
will  get  meat  his  fill,  much  more   than   at   home,  and  for 
the  prefent  fome  money  monthly  ;   and  if  God  blefs  but  a 
very  little,   fair  rewards.      If  by  any  means    we  would    get 
thefe  our  regiment^■,  which  are  called  near  thirty,  to  \6yOOO 
marching  men,  by  the  blefling  of  Cod,  in  a  Ihort  time,  we 
might  ruin  both  the  malignant  party  and  the  fc(^tarics.  The 
only  ftrength  of  botli  thefe  is  the  weaknefs   of   our   army. 
The  ftrength,  n:iotion,  and  fuccefs   of   that   army,  in  the 
opinion  of  all  here,  is  their  certain  and  quick  ruin;   where- 
fore we  muft  teltily,   before  God  and  the  world,   that  if  a- 
ny  among  you,  of   what   degree    foever,    cither  upon  pri- 
vate dcligns  and  enuilation,   or   our   fottiih    carelVls    fi:up:- 
dity,  or  backward  thravv'art   malecontentment,  do  contri- 
3  bute 


3" 


Let.  Q^.  For  Mr  R-.hcrt  RiViifay.  I05 

bute  for  ihc  keeping  llie  army  of  Enjrland  in  a  v/cnl:   con- 
dition,  tl^at  tlicy  are  curfcd  traitors  to  God  and  their  poor 
fuflcring  cotmtry,  and  to  the  \v]io!e  pj-otcllaiit  caufc,   that 
is  on  t)ic  very  point   or   great  fiicccl's,  if   Cod  be  witli  us ; 
of  a  great  difailer,    if  God   be   tempted    by  men;;    either 
treacliery,  or  fottiili   neghgence,    to  leave    that    poor   ar- 
my.    Tliele  tliat  can  do  no  more,  I  hope  will  pi-a\- ;   and 
that  truly  is  much, 'and  the  moll  \  for  it  is  the   Loid    that 
])Uts  wifdoin  and  eour.ige  in  the  hearts    of  fooliili   people, 
;ind  who  takes  awa)-,  wlun  he  is  not  fought,  wiidori   and 
courage  from  the  moft  valiant  and  \\\{c.     /iny  dilcourtcfy 
tliat  lias  been  put  on  any  of  our  nation,  or  any  clamour  has 
been  made  aj^ainft  us,  wc  need  not  care  for  ir :  for  if  it  pleafe 
God  to  alilfi.  us  but  a  liitlc,   to  !)e  at  this   time    fcrviceabij, 
not  fo  miudi  to  dciend  this  peoj-jlc  in  their  prc'ient  danger, 
as  to  figh.t  lor  Scotland  in  ific  midll  of  tlieir  laiid,   at  their 
charge,   and  with  all  the  afiiftance  they  ran   make   us,    we 
niay  be  alltired   of   fuisia^tion   ior   any  A\-rong  in  word  or 
^CQ(X    that    any   of   our    haends    pretend  to  have  received, 
and  the  fidl  payment    of    all  a.ny  can  crave,    bclide   all    liie 
contentment  we  can  deli]-e  of  liiem  in  any  '.natter  either  of 
church  or  Hate      But  if  at  this  time  we  draw  back,   or  if  it 
fliould  be  God's  will  not  to  afnil  us,  all  our  bygone  hibours 
nre  loft  :   but  this  we  will  not  fear.     Idic  raili  and  imuri'- 
tlent  courfes   of    theie   v/ho  liave  mifcarried  m.attcrs  for  a 
time,  becomes  now  palpable  v/hen  t'ley  come  to  be  execu- 
ted.     .Some  lofles  got  already,   und  more  feared,   are  liktdy 
to  prove  happy,    by  oiiening  the  eyes  of  many  to  lee  their 
error,  and  to  return,  albeit  a  little  too  late,  to  a  wifer  way. 
It  is  our  only  deiire  to  r.ave  the    fa^ol;r   of    God,    and    to 
hear   of  the    fpeedy   march   of  otu-  army.     'l"he  enemy  is 
auorc  wicked  and  cruel  than  ever.     It  is  a  worider  if   God 
revenge  not  their   barbarous   inhumanities.     \i   their   car- 
riage have  been,  as  we  hear,   at  Lciecicer,  ihey  caaaoi  go 
long  iinptmilhed.  ■      -       • 


96.  To    Mr   IVilllim    S^ang. 

The  condition  of  our  chiu'ch-affairs  is  good.     "We 

arc  at  a  point  witii  the  government,  and  beejmung  to  t.ikc 
the  Confellion  ol  Taith  and  Cateciiiiiu  to  our  conlidcra- 
tion.  Thele  eight  d<iys  we  have  been  on  our 'advice  for 
the  manner  of  chufmg  of  clderj  in  every  congregation, 
.     Vol.11.  O  '  nd 


■  ••'  ..li  \'     . 


-^;'i-\f-J.       iV,';,'.';'i;"t\      -CJ 


,i:'"'l.-   .  :■     I 


|o6  1.^0  Mr  IViU'uim  S^ang,  Let.  96. 

and  divifion   of   the  country  into  prclLytcrics  and  pro\in- 
cial  fynods.     We  hope  now  Ihortly,  by  God's  help,   to  iec 
a  fynod  and  lourteen  prefliytcrics   in    London,  and   a  {c^- 
fion  in  every  church,  ju(l  after  the  Scots  falliion.      But  o- 
ther   matters   are   in    a    dangerous    pofture.      Hurry   and 
Montrofe  have    fought   a    moft   bloody  battle.     We  have, 
they  fay,    1000  killed  on  the  place,  and  he  near  as   many, 
of  the  beft  of  his  nien  ;   but   he  had  ihe  beft,   lb  fai-  as  we 
hear.     Baillie,  with   the  body  of  our  army,  came  iliortly 
after  to  Spcy.     Oni-  fear  is,  tiiat  Montrole   cfcape    to    the 
hills,   and  ilill  lieep  our  country  in  trouble.     The  pcfi;    ia- 
creaics  in  Ldinburgh,   aud  divers  otlier  places.      Our  armv 
here  is  in  a  pi-efent  difoider.     The    King    went   from   Ox- 
ford northwards.      It    was    our    nnich-prciTcd  advice,    that 
their  army  might  follow  him,   and  ours    might   niect   him. 
The  authors  oi-  the  new  model  were  pejxmptor  td  lav  their 
army  down  before    Oxford,    and   have   our  army,   wiih   a 
good  part   of   their   horfe,  joined,   to    march    againfi;    the 
King.     AVh.ile  this  is  expected,   viuOl  oin-armyon  their  way 
fouthward   as   far  as  llippon,  on  a  fudden,  upon   a  letter 
from  Sir  Wdliam  Brereton,  that   tl-'.e   King  was  to  march 
through  LancaJhire,   and  To  into  Scotland,  cither  himrdf, 
cr  Prince  iMaurice,  with  a  party  of  horfe,   arofe  with  dili- 
gence, turned    backvvMrus   10    Weumorclimd    to    flop    the 
King's  pafiage.     They   here     (confLious    to    themlelvcs    or 
manifold  needlefs  provocations   given   both   to   that  arm.v, 
and  to  many  pcrfous   of  our    nation)   fear   this   march   to 
liave  fomeAvhat   of  ma.leconientrncnt  into  it.      We  hope  it 
is  nothing  fo  •,   for  indvcd  we  liave  no    fcruple  from  aujy  of 
them  v/hat  they  m.can  l-y  it ;    but   to-morrow    tliey    are    to 
fend  an  exprefs,   to  try  how  all  goes,      flowever,   this  puts 
all  their  affairs  in  a  great  perplexity.     The  King  has  turn- 
ed from  Lanra.fiiire  towai  d.s  Newark.     Some  fear  the  alTo- 
ciations,   aud  lome  Yorklhire.      In  neither  is  any  fuilkien£ 
ftrcngth  to  oppolc  liim.     The  huge  in:;prudence  and  r.ilh- 
luis  of  tlie  new  model  is  uov/  vilible.      All  that  it  can    at- 
tain to,   when  the  helicgers  ai\d  Cromwell,   and    the    party 
in  the  well,   and  with  his  northern  party,   are 

joined,  will  be  within  14,000,  horfe  and  foot,  many  of 
them  new  levied,  and  ill  commanded.  They  wilh  now 
they  had  made  more  of  us,  and  are  on  Avays  of  auKaulim'- 
iormer  ntgkcls.  If  it  jdeaie  Clod  to  biing  up  our  armv 
in  time,  all  will  be  well,  !u)wever,  their 'long 'delay  is 
much  regretted,  and  uiarveiied  at.  Lor  Mr  Lleuzar  Gilbert, 

wh^L 


j.-».:.y 


J.et.  96.  To  Mr  IViUinm  Spang,  107 

what  wc  wrote  was  on  our  bcft  information,  and  fomc  ex- 
perience of  the  man,  whom  we  have  heard  preach,  and 
have  been  fatisfied  with  his  conference,  and  fome  of  liis 
printed  trcatifcs,  both  Latin  and  Englilh.  We  never  heard 
of  any  fuch  thing  as  you  are  informed  of;  but  howfocvei-, 
fince  you  are  fo  informed,  we  thinlc  it  no  way  expedient 
to  fend  him  over  to  you.  If  that  regiment  vaik,  I  think 
Mr  D.  Dickfon  could  fend  you  one  of  his  fclioLars,  who 
would  ferve  you  well ;  one  Mr  Jlobert  Auld,  if  he  be  not 
yet  provided,  would  in  my  mind  be  very  lit  for  fuch  a 
condition.  IMr  lienderfon  recommended  Mr  Hume  to 
iVTr  Forbes  \  but  mofl  upon  your  coufin,  Mr  David  Bu- 
chanan, a  moft  honelt  and  worthy  man's  teftimony,  wliom 
1  Ihall  caufe  write  to  you  the  next  week  what  he  knows  of 
the  Juan  ;  to  me  he  is  a  mere  Itranger.  It  is  certain  your 
two  ambafl.uloi-s  did  all  the  time  of  their  abode  here  carry 
themfelves  as  induftrious  agents  for  the  King.  I  hear 
there  is  come  to  your  eftatcs  before  this  a  publick  declara- 
tion of  the  proceedings  with  us,  I  fear  we  cannot  fend  an 
ambalTage  fo  foon  over  as  we  would.  The  Eraftian  party 
in  the  parliament  is  (Ironger  than  the  Independent,  and  is 
like  to  work  us  much  woe.  Selden  is  their  head.  If 
L'Empcrour  would  beat  down  that  man's  arrogance,  as  he 
very  well  can,  to  Ihow,  out  of  the  Piabbins,  that  the  Jew- 
ifh  ftate  was  divcrfe  from  their  church,  and  that  they  held 
the  cenfure  of  excommunication  among  them,  and  a  dou- 
ble Sanhedrim,  one  civil,  another  ecclefiaftick  ;  if  he 
would  confound  him  wiih  Hebrev/  teilimonics  ;  it  would 
lay  Seldcn's  vanity,  who  is  very  inlblent  for  !iis  Oriental  li- 
terature. Alfo  if  any  of  you  would  meddle  with  Eraftus, 
whom  Beza,  they  fay,  durll  never  anlwer,  it  would  do  us 
a  {Treat  deal  of  good.  I  have  fent  you  over  one  of  Mr  Da- 
vid's books;  if  you  can  make  a  bargain  for  him  there,  ic 
will  be  a  great  encouragement  to  him.  INIr  Rutherford 
]ias  fent  you  over  fix  of  his  books  to  be  dihribnte  accor- 
ding to  his  letter.  Thus  far  I  had  written  the  lad  week, 
but  it  milTed  the  poll ;  you  have  for  recompence,  here  ir.- 
clofed,  what  I  wrote  to  Scotland  this  week.  We  are  llill 
in  perplexity  for  the  not  nuarching  ot  our  army.  In  the 
taking  of  Eeiceiler,  our  lofc  was  not  fo  great  as  we  iunpo- 
fed  at  fait.  Only  the  half  of  our  oilieers  were  there; 
few  of  them  are  killed  •,  the  rcfl;  got  quarter,  whereof  wc- 
are  glad.  The  King  is  marching  thitherward,  lie  is 
thought  to  be  as  far  as  Northampton. 

O  Z  5)7.  For 


"ill    (r  !  ■;  •  .'   in.il   \  -.,.'■  .-iid  M' 
•I  ;  ,!  '.o;.  ,  :     ..    li    ,  /;  'i  ;.:.'  ;    ; 
■.'■,.'       ; .:      '■(   I  in-    r .  , 


loS 


For  David  Dickfon. 


Let.  97. 


•  97.  For  Da'oid  Dlchjln.     June  10.  1^45. 

I.  You  AvouKl  remonih-;itc,  iliat  tlic  Independents  treat- 
ing with  ONiorJ  is  under  trial,  and  that  it  is  fulpedtcd  it 
flows  from  tlv.ir  praclicg  with  the  Qiiccn  by  Harry  Perry, 
of  wliich  we  ha\e  been  oft  adveriil'ed. 

?. .  You  woidd  i-enionftrate,  that  this  is  tlic  party  whofe 
principles,  and  known  conlumi;  caniai^e,  is  to  ietilc  the 
llate,  witl'iour  any  Kin;;  at  all  j  and  io  they  arc  for  the  rviiu 
of  the  whole  ro\al  hmiil)'. 

3.  Befide,  their  dealing  is  utterly  diflil:cd  by  the  body 
of  the  Engliih,  and  the  whole  Scots.  The  Queen's  enter- 
taining of  them  will  ni;u:e  her  the  more  irreconcileable 
'with  the  rtlt:  of  both  nations. 

/I.  You  \vc)uld  auluc  th.e  Queen's  dealing  with  that  par- 
ty is  to  put  the  Iving  in  ]>is  old  pofture,  to  be  guided  by 
13ipby  and  the  Spanifa  faction  ;  to  have  dependence  on 
the  Papifrs  and  i'ectarics,  v.-ho  have  need  of  liberty  to  be 
in  a  pci-petual  jcaloufy  Avith  the  rell  of  his  fubjects,  wlio 
miTid  the  ruin  ol'  the  Aufi'riims,  the  fetiing  up  of  the  Pa- 
huine,   and  the  interei!:  ot  France. 

<;.  That  the  dikovery  of  the  Indepcni.lents  negotiation 
at  Paris  or  Oxford,  with  a  great  furtherance  to  fettle  a 
f.rm  peace  in  a  more  folid  way  than  the  Indepeiulents  in- 
tend, or  can  attain,  for  tlic  good  of  the  King  .:nd  his  al- 
lies j  and  above  all,  for  the  intereft  of  France  againfc  Au- 
ftria  and  Spain. 

6.  That  AVilliam  P.Iurray  cannot  do  better  fervicc,  than 
to  fearch  and  conuu.tinic.itc  wh;it  can  be  found  of  thefe  ne- 
gotiations, tl\at  v.ho::vcr  of  the  French  can  coiuribtite  a- 
ny  tiling  for  this,  they  v/ill  further  much  tfic  conjuiK^tion 
t)f  tliefe  kingdoms  .eeaong  them.lcives  and  with  Fraiu-e  ;  o- 
therwife  theie  imhar-py  men  luay  decei\e  the  King,  and, 
for  tltcir  ov/n  cuds  alone,  draw  him  to  partiru'ar  treaties, 
Y>hich  may  ruin  his  kingdoms,  or  deftroy  his  iamily,  to 
v.-h.ich  tliey  are  no  friends  \  or  at  Ici^ft  ptit  him  in  his  old 
con.dition,  to  rei  mi,  but  hr.ied  by  h.is  )vople,  aiul  neeefll- 
tate  to  be  guided  by  the  counllls  of  tljePopiih  and  Spanilh 
parry. 


98.  F:r 


■  J  \  '■      j  !  1  M ; 


i,\i 


ip'i;    ?.Tfr)I.n-v:'/  •:]    .ul;    ; 


Let.  poc  ■     ror  Mr  Crar.forc!.  \cl) 


98.  For  Mr  Cranford.     June  17.  1645.    ' 

1.  Inform  me  Avhere  our  nrmy  is.  See  what  they  will 
do  if  Fairfax  be  beat,  or  what  if  Cromwell  be  vi6lor,  if  at 
this  nick  of  extreme  danger  they  lliould  not  put  their  for- 
ces in  a  poflure.  ^ 

2.  Only  Eflex  is  able,  and  may  get  oflicei-s.  Our  three 
IVlajors  arc  going,  and  on  fmall  conditions,  if  loving,  mav 
be  kept.  They  will  get  abundance  of  ofliccrs.  By  this 
means  you  join  the  hearts  of  the  nations,  which,  by  the 
Independents  craft,  you  have  near  broke  afunder;  you 
make  yourfelf  able  to  ftand  till  the  Scots  army  come  up 
and  join,  or  you  may  be  coniulcrable  I'or  treating  j  alfo 
you  put  yourfelf  in  that  cafe,  that  you  may  not  be  enlla- 
ved  by  the  Independents,  but  may  be  their  mailers  ;  you 
may  capitulate  ib  witli  Ellex,  that  he  be  not  able  to  betray 
you. 

3.  IIow  will  you  put  on  the  ordinance  for  government, 
that  clfe  v.'ill  linger  ?  IIow  will  you  provide  Burton's  and. 
Goodwin's  church  ?  And  if  there  be  any  more  Indepen- 
dents, good  they  v/ere  removed  by  tlie  parliament  before 
the  prclliytery  were  creeled. 

4.  Wliat  encouragement  To  haftened  Eaflv^'ick  Edwards 
to  print  Borough's  Sermons,  and  his  own  Trac^lates  ?  alfo 
the  other  books  againll  libei'tines  ? 

5.  IIow  this  plot,  of  capitulating  with  Oxford,  may  bs 
■found  out  ? 


99.  For  my  Lord  La:;drrdale.    IVorcejIc^r-hoiifi'^  June  17.  1645. 

My  Lord, 

AVe  were  all  glad  of  your  L\^c  arrival.  We  have  had 
great  niilling  of  you  here  already.  Your  prefence  was 
never  more  neceflary  here  than  at  tliis  time.  IIov/  all 
goes,  you  may  iee  in  the  inclofed  packet,  which  I  have  lefc 
open  lor  your  Eordlhip's  reading.  You  will  clofe  it,  and 
fend  it  to  Glalp/>\v  with  the  fuil  clean  hand.  We  have 
been  in  a  peck  of  troubles,  many  of  us,  thefe  days  bygone. 
IVir  llenderfon  kept  his  chamber  iVom  Thurlday  to  this 
clay  :  a  l.mguiihing  but  not  Jlv.n-p  jiain  of  the  gravel  trou- 
bled him,  Mr  Kennedy  and  Mr  Cillcipie  are  not  yet  re- 
turned 


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r.  ..' 


xi*  For  my  Lord  LciiiilcHalc.  1-^et.  oft; 

turned  from  the  army.     I  liopc  their  I:ibours   there   have 
been  happy.     A   pity   they  ]iad   act  gone   a  month    a^Oj 
that  fome  part  of  the    late  victorv  might  have    been    ours. 
Kow   httle   are  we   obliged   to   tiie  uuliappinefs  of  ibmc 
men  !    I  have  alfo  been  much  fifhcd  in  my  own  mind   up- 
on this  occafion.      An  intcrcci)ted  letter  of  jiiy  J.ord  Dir- 
by's  bore  exprefsly  the  ofier  of  propoiltions  to  the   KinjT. 
As  my  cuftom  was,  I   made   a   viht   to    Mr  Cranford  ;  m 
the  end  we  fell  toYpeak  of  that  letter  in  a  free  and  friend- 
ly way.     1  ^was   not   well  gone  from  him,  till   in    the  Ex- 
change he  fdls  out  very  ralhly  and   imprudently    to    com- 
ment upon    tJuit   leacr,  and    to   fay   little  lefs    than    feme 
.    members  of  both   Iloufes  vrerc  banqueting  with  the  Kinp-. 
»Some  of  the  Indcpjndents  ovej-hearing  It,  prelently  coni- 
plain  of  it   to   the  committee  of  both   kingdoms.     Harry 
Vane    and   the    Solicitor   exaggerate    the    matter,   and  re- 
port it  to  the   Houfe  of  Conuiion'>.     TJicy   lent   for    poor 
I>Ir  Cranford,^  and  examined  him   at   their  bar   for  ibmc 
hours^,  and  referred  him   after   to   a   committee  of   Lords 
and  Comnnons    to    free    himfelf.     He  gives  mc  up   as   in- 
former of  much    in   his  difcourfe,   in    a   paper  umler   his 
hand  ;  which  the   committee  gave    to    our    commilhoncrs, 
aiot  requiring  any  anfwer  *.     Yet,   in  duty,   I  thought  meet 
to  give  this  inclofetl  anfwer  to  our  commifiloncrs,  which,  at 
my  deiire,  was  tbis  afternoon  given   in   to    the   committee 
of  both    kingdoins  ;   and    1   think   it    will  fatisfy,   and    no 
i-nore  wil!  be  of  tbis  matter.      Yet  when  you  read   my  pa- 
per, you  may  lee  wliat  need  there  is  of  you   here.      Keep 
it  to  yourfelf,   fe>r    1   deiire    no    fpeech  of  it.      'J'here    is  a 
fccond  part  of  my  periecncion    come    out   this   d.\Y   worfc; 
than  the  firil.     Ivly  Lord  Fairfax  lent   up,  the   lalt   week, 

•  ]\Ir  Cranford's  informatmn  of  my  fpeechcs  to  him  is  as  follow-;,  "  Me 
♦'  tol<l  me,  that  ilicrc  u.u  a  Ittttr  iiuerccptjd,  inilmatin;'  fomc  propofi- 
*'  lions  ftiit  to  (lie  Kin-,  ami  a  lommitrrc  of  (even  Loid',  and  inuitccri 
♦•  Commons  ajipointcd  to  examine  an  I  icucii  out  (he  antlior  ;  and  (aid, 
"  that  if  the  matter  weic  tliotonylily  examined,  much  might  be  done  ; 
*«  and  r.iid,  that  iufpicion  fjjl  vny  jurd  upon  three  Lords  and  fonie  Coni- 
«•  nions,  Avhoni  lie  named;  and  that  one  of  tlie  I^ords  had  namtd  another 
•'  of  the  Iluufi:  of  Commons  as  to  he  fofpccted  to  have  hand  in  Ibch  pro- 
•'  pofition^;  but  he  inv:)re  fnlpeOlrd  the  former,  as  having  more  opportu- 
"  nity  to  fend  and  receive  inreiii.^enc-e  f:om  Oxfoid  ih..n  any  ();her,  bc- 
•«  caulc  tluy  w.  re  a  h.hcommitiee  nnto  which,  thoii;;!i  the  'Lord  V/ari- 
*'  fion,  and  anijthcr  of  theJi  (ommiil'i  incrs.  and  Mr  fo.'in  Crux,  were  add- 
*'  cd,  th<y  wee  never  yet  called  to  any  bufincf,.  He  dclired  theic  tilings 
♦•  might  he  mipaited  to  tome  citi7.■n^  ;  to.  .i  was  convein'ent  that  p.-tiiiua 
"  ihouid  he  made,  tlut  this  bnliiufs  mi^lit  be  thoroujlily  examined.  " 


un 


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Let.  99.  For  my  Lord  J^audcrihJe.    '  i'i'i 

an  Jiorrlblc  Antltriaftrian  ;  the  wliolc  alu.mbly  went  in  a 
body  to  the  Ilourcs  to  complain  of  ]\;s  blafpljcniics.  It 
was  the  will  of  Cromwell,  in  tliC  letter  of  his  victory,  to 
dellre  the  Iloufe  not  to  difeouragc  thefe  wJio  had  ventu- 
red their  lives  for  them,  and  to  come  out  e:vprels!y  Vv'ith 
their  much-dehred  liberty  of  confcience.  You  will  lee 
tlie  letter  in  print,  by  order,  as  ^I  think,  of  the  Iloiifes. 
You  have  here  ulfo.  tlie  laft  fifty  of  JNIr  Roul'e's  pfahns. 
They  would  be  f.nt  to  Kdinbin-gh  to  the  committee  for 
the  pfihns.  JMr  And.  ICer  will  deliver  tliem.  AVhen 
your  Lordlliip  goes  iliiiher,  you  would  fcir  up  that  com- 
mittee to  diligence-,  for  now  the  waiK  of  the  pfahns  will 
lie  upon  them  alone  ;  for  if  once  their  ajiimadverllons  were 
come  up,  I  believe  the  book  would  (piickly  be  printed  and 
pra<Siifed  here.  1  know  how  la/y  ibever,  and  ledioufly 
longfome,  they  be  here,  yet  that  they  will  be  impatient  of 
any  long  delay  there  in  this  work.  \i  ever  yc  did  God  or 
your  country,  or  the  whole  iile,  fervice  in  your  life,  hafte 
iip^thefe  recruits  to  our  army.  There  is  no  otliir  v^-av  to 
make  the  King  talce  reafon  in  patience,  alio  to  bridie'the 
infolency  ot  wicked  men.  If  we  fettle  aff.urs  here,  hloni:- 
rofe  will  melt  like  a  fnaJl.  Let  them  be  marked  with  in- 
,  famy  to  all  pollerity,  wiio  are  not  honeil:  to  their  heart- 
roots  at  this  time,  i  avow  he  is  not  worthy  to  breathe  in 
Scots  air  who  has  not  compaflion  on  that  much-diftreiied 
country.  Your  Tordihip  will  not  only  be  a  v.'itncfs  to 
nu-n,  but  alfo  a  jMiyheian  to  the  dileaied,  and  a  peda- 
gogue to  tliofe  that  will  not  be  fchooled  by  others.  All 
witiidravving  of  heart  or  hand  now,  upon  whatever  pro- 
vocation, is  villanous  treachery,  and  a  betraying  of  their 
poor  dying  mother-country.  No  imaginal)le  mean  fo  good 
lor  attaining  all  inteiuions  as  real  honlily.  All  pultroons 
will  be  difeovered  and  perilh.  hjy  Lord,  niake  halie  hi- 
ther, for  I  tell  you  tliere  is  great  need  of  you  here.  AYc 
mtill:  wreftle  a  fall  with  fome  kind  of  creatures  before  our 
covenant  be  aboliihed.  iiiit  truly,  if  we  couUl  make  hallc 
to  do  otu-  duty,  1  believe,  with  little  ado,  we  ihould  per- 
iuade  many  to  be  reafoiiable.  You  may  fee,  my  Lord,  I 
am  the  old  n\Ai\.  My  fervice  to  your  kind  lady,  and  to 
yourfelf,  fo  long  as  you  reniaja  honeil,  but  not  an  hour 
longer.      So  1  reft,   Cvc. 

IIORERT    BaILLIE. 

P'-Iy  Lord  Irvine,  tliis  dav,  took  a  fic  of  au   apopley :  it 
13  thought  he  cannot  h\e. 

100.  7* 


u;.   *io  u\  j;  ;'ov:.j  ,' 


^l-   .coi 


I  j2  To  the  Commijjioncrs  of  Scotland.         Let.  loo^ 


100 


Your  Lorddiips  having  comnnmicate  to  mc  a  paper 
concerning  Tonic  paUiiges  of  a  late  difcourfc  of  mine,  with 
a  Reverend  minlfDcT  of  the  city,  1  have  thought  meet  to 
accuit  myrc:lf,  by  giving  you  the  true  and  fjnii)le  account 
ihereof,  to  be  made. ule' of  as  you  fhall  find  moll  expe- 
dient. 

I  aclznowledgc,  iliat  on  Tuefday  the  loth  of  June,  I 
made  a  viilt  to  Isir  Cranford,  as  often  we  had  mutually 
done  before,  being  very  conlident  and  intimate  friends  c- 
ver  fmce  oiu-  fjrft  accjuaiatance.  I  profefs  I  did  not  con- 
fult  v.'lth  any  living  man  about  that  my  vilit,  neither  did  I 
acc^uaint  any  with'^tlie  p\u-poles  v^e  dileourled  upon,  till  I 
liad  heard  lie  was  publickly  challenged.  I  alfo  profels, 
that  notwithflanding  of  any  importance  might  be  in  the 
matters  we  Avere  to  ipeal:  of,  which  oft  was  great  enough, 
vet  I  had  no  particular  Cw^v^n  witli  him  at  that  more  than 
at  other  times  ;  for  it  v/as  ever  our  culioin,  when  we  met, 
to  diftxiurie  freely,  as  familiar  friends,  and  lovers  of  the 
pubhck,  of  the  aiiairs  of  church  and  flate,  according  as 
cur  particular  occafions  gave  us  intelligence. 

At  that  time  cm-  meeting  was  but  about  an  ]\our ;  for 
before  I  entered  his  houfe,  I  lold  eleven,  and  when  1  re- 
turned,  I  told  upon  the  water  twelve  from  ibme  clocks. 

We  ipent  more  than  the  ihil;  half-hour  upon  the  ways 
of  fettling  the  churcli-government,  which  nov/  at  laft,  by 
God's  mLTcy,  wa^  welfnigh  fully  and  Jinally  agreed  upon 
in  the  aileinbly.  Tliis,  in  all  our  mceiings,  w.is  the  prin- 
cipal p:>  t  of  our  difeourfe  ;  for  the  coiuinuance  of  io 
many  years  of  a  total  anarchy  in  the  church  did  burden 
both  our  fpirits,  v/e  conceiving  it  to  be  a  fountain-evil, 
•and  an  evident  caule  of  the  lols  of  meiny  thoufand  fouls, 
ieduced,  fo  far  as  we  could  judge,  irrecoverably,  to  per- 
nicious herefies  and  iehihr^s. 

Thereafter  we  fell  to  fpeak  of  atiother  point,  which  I 
confels  was  the  chief  caufe  of  my  vilic  that  day.  'ilK;_ 
week  before,  mv  Reverend  brother  had  called  me  .out  ot 
the  afl'embly-,  to  underiLand  if  your  Lordlhips  had  diiclaim- 
cd  the  late  printed  p  iper,  intituled  the  Scots  nuwifcjlo.  1 
told  him,  though  ve  underilood  nothing  either  ot  the 
■  .  '  .  preface 


\ 


.   To  the  IVight  Hcnzurdhk   the  Commijfioncrs  of  the  king-  '\ 

dom  of  Scotland  J  by  Mr  Bdilllc.  \ 


It.'!. 


Let.  io6.         I'o  the  Comm'ijjioncrs  of  Scotland,  ttj 

preface,  or  title,  or  printing  of  it ;  yet  the  paper  itfclf  you 
did  not  difclaim,  being  the  fame,  word  by  word,  which 
you  had  lately  given  in  to  the  Houses.  1  iaid  alio,  that 
in  my  judgement  no  good  man  could  be  diicontent  with 
that  paper;  for  it  reflected  upon  no  man's  pcrfon,  neither 
did  it  contain  any  thing  but  a  mere  vindication  of  the 
fScots  army  from  the  injurious  aiperfzons,  which,  for  a 
long  time,  without  all  caul'e,  had  lien  upon  it. 

1  did  alfo  communicate  unto  him  the  anxiety  of  my 
mind  for  the  prefent  pollure  of  aiiairs  •,  Goring  and  Hope- 
ton  appearing  to  be  the  ftronger  in  the  v/eft  ;  the  ICing 
marching  fouihvvard  with  an  advantage  from  Lciceiler  ; 
thought  our  danger  very  great  if  any  ciofs  accident  ihould 
befal  Sir  Thomas  Fairf.ix,  which  in  my  mod  earned 
prayers  I  intreated  God  to  avert.  My  Pteverend  brother 
told  me,  that  the  county  of  Ellex  and  the  cily  of  London 
were  upon  ways  for  railing  great  forces  for  our  defence 
if  any  une'xpeded  accident  ftiould  require  them;  my  chief 
errand  thL-refore  v/ith  him,  that  following  ruefday,  was, 
to  underftand  the  fruit  of  thefe  confultatiuns  for  the  cjuict- 
\w^  my  own  perplexed  mind.  He  told  me,  that  thefe 
counfels  were  Hill  on  foot,  albeit  now  they  feemed  net  fa> 
neceflary  as  before ;  for  he  had  learned  from  fome  who 
had  lately  come  from  the  army,  that  the  King  was  neither 
in  a  condition  nor  mind  to  tight,  till  he  Jiad  got  more 
forces  from  the  wefl:.  Of  this  I  was  very  joyful ;  irufting, 
that  before  any  conliJcrablc  party  could  come  to  the  King 
from  the  weft,  the  Scots  army  might  be  upon  his  back  y 
and  fo,  by  God's  help,  that  wicked  army  of  malignants 
iliould  eafdy  be  brought  to  an  end  •,  the  Englilh  and 
Scots  army  making  it  their  only  ftrife  who  fljould  be  moft 
forward,  hrll  to  bring  down  the  common  enemy,  and 
thereafter  to  embrace  one  another  in  love,  for  the  iettling 
of  thefe  much-troubled  kingdoms  in  a  folid  and  everlaiting 
amity. 

Having  fpoken  of  thefe  and  fundry  other  purpofcs  at 
length,  a  lutle,  and  but  a  little,  before  my  llevercud  bro- 
ther was  called  to  dinner,  wc  came  to  fpeak  of  tlie  pur- 
pofe  in  the  paper.  Finding  that  he  had  not  heard  ot  my 
L.  Digby's  letter,  1  told  him  what  I  knew  of  it,  and 
withal  my  opinion  that  it  defervcd  an  accurate  trial  \  tor' 
to  me  it  feemed  to  hold  out  clearly,  that  there  were  ion  e 
here  that  kept  fuch  correfpondence  wiih  the  Iviug  as  to 
offer  him  propofiiions.  I  conceived  none  v/ould  dare  to 
.     Vol..  U.  I*  ^^•'•^' 


PA' 


nor  inn»> 


114  To  ihc  CommJjJioners  of  Scctland,         Let.  losi 

take  fo  much  on  them,  who  were  not  either  very  power- 
ful amongft  us,   or  very  fooliih. 

Hereupon,  as  oft  at  other  times,  being  intimate  friends, 
in  a  private  conference,  we  took  the  Hbcriy,  which  is 
known  to  be  ordinary  in  th^efe  times  among  fuch  as  afieft 
the  pubUck,  to  fpeak  of  cUvers  names,  who,  as  many 
thoulands  do  know,  though  they  agree  in  the  end,  the 
welfare  oF  the  church  and  Idngdom,  as  lines  in  tlie  centre, 
yet  they  differ  in  their  opiifion  about  the  midfcs  to  that 
end,  as  the  fame  lines  in  the  circumference  :  but  tliat  I  did 
lay  the  framing  of  the  propofuions  upon  any  of  the  per- 
fons  names,  I  do  utterly  deny,  neither  doih  tlie  paper  lay 
fo  Diuch  upai"!  me. 

I  fiid,  indeed,  that  a  nolile  Lord  of  the  Iloufe  of 
Peers  had  I'.ad,  tli.u  my  L.  Savilc  Jiad  averred  to  a  cer- 
tain lady,  that  a  noble  gentleman  of  the  Houie  of  Com- 
mons did  keep  v.-eekly  corrcfpondence  with  my  Lord  Dig- 
by,  vv'lfu  h  I  took  for  a  great  untruth.  I  faid  alfo,  that  I 
heard  o\  a  lubcommittee  appointed  by  the  committee  of 
both  kiiigdoms,  to  treat  concerning  the  rendering  of  gar-- 
rifons  to  the  parliament,  and  bringing  o\cr  any  of  the  ene- 
my's forces,  which  at  tlrft  was  not  oblerved  by  any  of  the 
Scots  commifilon.ers,  and  for  a  time  none  of  thetn  were 
named  to  be  of  that  fubconmiiitee  j  and  afterward,  when 
fome  of  them  were  added  to  it,  they  v/ere  never  called  to 
any  meeting,  nor  acquainted  with  the  proceedings  of  that 
fubcommittec,  till  aft.r  my  L.  Digby's  letter  was  inter- 
cept.d,  and  brought  to  the  committee  of  both  kingdoms  ; 
though  the  rendering  of  Oxford,  and  tlie  coming  over  of 
Goring,  v.ith  his  lorces.  weie  in  agit:ttion,  betwixt  one  of 
that  lid^conunitiee  and  niy  Lord  8avile,  whom  many  do 
think  to  have  kept  fo  great  corrcfpondence  with  Oxford, 
all  the  time  iince  his  coming  hither,  that  I  did  efteem  all 
privacy  with  him  not  to  be  lb  fair  as  I  could  have  wiihed  : 
hut  that  I  did  fafren  the  iufpicion  of  framing  ilic  forefaiJ 
propofitions  on  th.it  hbp.oui;ible  member  of  the  fubcom- 
mittee,  or  that  1  recjuired  any  one  word  of  what  I  had 
fpokcn  concerning  tliat  lubcommittee  to  be  comrnunieate 
to  any  living  foul,  1  do  exprefsly  deny,  neither  doth  tl)C 
paper  afiert  it.  1  grant,  indeed,  it  was  my  defire  to  have 
Digby's  letter  tried  to  the  uttermoil,  conccixioo-  it  to  con- 
tain matters  very  dangerous  to  botJi  nations  ;  but  for  th-- 
particuiar  ways  of  *-'urchermg  that  trial,  i  being  a  ftranger, 
could  not  but  be  ignorant  of  them.  I  heard  of  ilie  city's  fre.- 
•    ^--  ...  •  qucnc 


Let.  loo.  To  the  Comm'ijjioncrs  of  Scotland.  115 

quent  petitioning  the  Houfcs  for  matters  that  fjemed  to 
me  of  lefs  importance.  TJierefore,  if  in  a  convenient 
\vay,  thev  woukl  have  been  n;io\cJ  to  petition  ior  this-,  I 
tlionght  it  wonld  not  be  amils.  My  Pievcrind  broiher 
told  me,  that  in  the  afternoon  fome  oF  the  common  coun- 
cil were  to  meet  with  a  committee  of  the  lloufc  ol-  Com- 
mons, about  monc-y  for  Taunton  \  and  that  he  would  in- 
form fome  of  them  about  Dir^by's  letter,  that  tb.ey  mii^ht 
defire  the  gentlemen  or  the  Moufe,  with  whom  they  met, 
to  look  after  that  bufinefs.  To  this  I  acqui-dced  :  ;'.nd 
that  Captain  Jones,  or  any  other  whom  my  ilevercnd  bro- 
ther thought  lit,  Ihuuld  be  f[)o!:cn  to  for  this  end,  I  did 
not  difallow  \  but  that  any  other  part  ot-  our  diicoiu'ie, 
except  that  of  my  Lord  Dip/ov's  letter,  wliich  was  tlien 
the  talk  of  thoufmds,  Ihuukl  be  coninuirncate  10  aijy 
v/hofoever,  or  that  even  this  much  Ihotdd  go  to  any  as 
from  me,  and  in  my  name,  to  my  bell  memory  1  heard  no-, 
thing  at  all;  but  truly,  had  I  fuli'eetcd  any  Inch  thing,  I 
know  that  very  eariicitly  I  would  have  deprecated  it  by  all 
the  laws  of  iViendlliip. 

This  I  have  fet  down  as  my  memory  can  furnifli  the 
chief  matters  that  paft  betv.'ixt  us  ;  but  the  formal  end  and 
pofitive  words,  as  in  a  familiar  convtrfe,  whereby  I  did 
not  expedt  to  be  called  to  an  account,  I  cannot  contident- 
ly  report. 

I  confefs  to  me  it  feems  very  flrange,  that  at  tiiefe  times 
of  fo  gi-eat  liberty,  when  'i<3  many  go  away  without  the 
lead  cenfure,  with  their  horrible  r.ulings  againll  whole 
churches  and  nations,  and  them  of  our  ueareil  brethren  ; 
yet  iny  priv:Ue  difcourfc  to  niy  bofom-iriend  being  all 
very  trt;e  and  innocent,  and,  as  I  conceive,  containing 
nothing  but  v/liat  was  my  duty  to  fpcak,  and  v.-hicli  any 
man  who  had  a  fpark  of  zeal  to  the  common  caule,  and 
prefervatlcn  of  the  nations  engaged  in  the  broth.erly  co- 
venant, from  the  bloody  plots  of  ■  malignants,  co'.dd  not: 
but  have  fpoken  upon  the  like  occafion,  Ihould  be  thu.s 
fearched  after,  this  to  my  mind  hath  been  the  more 
heavy,  becauie  of  my  utter  unacquaintance  hitherto  witk 
Jill  apologetieks  for  any  part  of  my  coverfitlon  •,  lor  it, 
hath  been  the  great  mercy  of  God  tov.-ardc;  :ne,  ihat  to 
this  day  I  was  nevei-  called  by  any  autliority,  civil  ov  ec- 
clefiaftick,  to  the  leall  ciueliion,  for  any  or  .ny  v/(u-ds  ot" 
deeds.  Yet  all  this  I  ih.iU  digeil  with  the  greater  content- 
ment, if  it  may  pleafe  God  to  blefs  it  witii  the  double  :iuit, 

r    ->  V.-hv-.oH'^ 


,« ;  ■ .  V.'    ' 


(■■■.ly'i     tli:  d    '.:■ 


ii6  1^0  the  Cornmijfiop.ers  cf  Scotland.         Let.  loo, 

Avhereof  I  nm  in  good  hope  ;  firfl,  tliat  my  Lord  Digby's 
letter  he  fo  exaftly  urged  as  the  authors  of  the  propoli- 
tions  he  fpeaks  of  m;)y  be  found  out,  and  lo  the  wliole 
ifland  dcUvcred  from  the  danger  of  that  treachei'ous  de-r 
fign  ;  next,  that  hereafter  (if  with  permilTlon  I  may  fay 
fo  much)  i:iore  notice  may  be  taken  of  all,  of  whatibever 
quality,  who  fjiall  take  the  boldnefs  to  afperfe  e;t!ier  the 
parliament  or  the  aiFembly,  or  the  nriglibour  churches 
and  nations,  without  caufe,  as  too  many  tor  a  long  lime 
have  done  too  freely,  without  fo  much  as  any  real  inqui- 
vy  after  their  mildemeanours. 


loi.  For  C/aJjio-ur.     June  17.  1645, 

Since  my  laft:,  June  •:;d,  there  is,  by  God's  mercy,  a 
great  change  of  arlairs  here.  Our  progiefs  in  the  ailembly 
is  but  fmdl.  We  fell  in  a  labyrinth  ot  a  catiilogue  of  1ms 
for  which  people  niuJl  be  kept  from  the  facramcnt,  and 
luiniflei-s  be  depofed.  When  we  had  Ipent  many  days  up- 
on this,  we  fouPid  it  wis  necefiary  to  have  an 
and  a  general  claufe,  whei  eby  the  prelhyteries  and  fynods 
behoved  to  be  iniruAcd  with  many  more  cafes  than  pofli- 
bly  could  be  entmurated.  This  retarded  us  fo  much,  that 
yet  it  will  be  fome  days  before  the  body  of  our  govern- 
ment go  up  to  the  lioufcs.  We  have  fcnt  down  the  lafh 
fihy  of  the  pf.ilms.  We  wilL  they  may  be  well  examined 
there,  tliat  we  may  have  your  animath'crfions  and  appro- 
bation. Doubilcis  thefe  new  pialms  will  be  a  great  deal 
better  tlian  tire  o'ul.  The  King  is  turning  his  head  foutli- 
vard,  to  my  great  joy;  for  1  was  much  afraid,  that  the  north 
of  England  iaould  Irave  joined  with  him,  and  fallen  firft 
on  oiu-  army,  and  then  on  Scotland.  He  took  Leicefter 
by  fiorm  ;  and  nu'.ch  rapin,  and  ravifjiing  of  women, 
Avas  commicisd  there  ;  v/hich  was,  in  my  judgement,  the 
laft  and  moft  immediate  caufe  of  God's  vengeance  on 
that  army.  After  he  had  {"or  a  v/celc  fortified  a  part  of 
that  town,  lie  marched  towards  Nonlrampton.  It  was 
itncertain  Avhither  he  intended.  However  Sir  Thomas 
Fairiax  gathered  together  all  he  could,  to  the  nuniber  of 
1 1,000  or  12,000  horfe  and  foot,  'i'he  King  was  niuch 
weaker  in  foot,  yet  we  were  exceedingly  afraid  for  liic 
parliament's  forces:  albeit  lufty,  well-armed,  and  well- 
j)aid  mcu  \  yet  without  oilicers  of  experience.     The  King 

finding 


f  1 1  i  •■ ;-.  il 


Let.  1 01.  "       For  Glajgbwi.  "    -  117 

finding  them  ftronger,  after  three  or  four  days  lying 
near  together,  began  to  draw  off  towai-ds  Oxford,  to  wait 
for  Goruig  from  the  welt  \  but  5ir  Thomas  tollowrd  fo 
clofe,  that  one  Saturday  morning  both  drew  tip  foi  buile. 
About  twelve  they  engaged,  llupc^rt,  on  the  King's  right 
wing  carried  down  the  parliament's  left  vving,  and  made 
the  Independent  Colonels  Pickering  and  Montak  ue  llee 
like  men;  but  Cromwell,  on  our  right  wing,  carried  down 
Prince  Matn-ice  ;  and  wjiile  Paipert,  in  his  fiuy,  purfues 
too  far,  Cromwell  comes  on  the  b.ick  of  the  King's  foot, 
and  Fairfax  on  their  face,  and  qtiickly  makes  them  lay 
down  their  arms.  Paipert,  with  diiiiciihy,  did  charge 
through  our  army.  The  King,  in  perfon,  did  rally  agaia 
the  body  of  his  horfe  ;  but  they  were  again  put  to  fjight. 
The  vl(^tory  w.is  entire  :  the  whole  foot  killed  or  taken  : 
the  horfe  routed  :  all  the  cannon  and  baggage  loil  :  fome 
of  otu's  hurl  ;  but  few  killed.  \Vc  have  a  pul)lick  thankf- 
giving  on  Tliurfday.  This  accident  is  like  to  change 
mtich  the  face  of  affairs  here.  "V¥e  hope  the  back  of  the 
malignant  party  is  broken.  Some  fear  the  infolency  of 
others,  to  whom  alone  the  Lord  has  given  the  victory  of 
that  day.  It  was  never  more  neceifary  to  hafte  up  all  pof- 
lible  recruits  to  our  army.  What  next  iludl  be  done  is 
Dot  yet  certain.  The  city  will  be  careful  to  lend  a  month's 
pay  to  ovu'  army.  I  ani  lure  our  army  will  be  in  better 
condition  by  much  in  the  fouth  than  it  was  in  the  north. 
Likely  tliere  may  be  once  again  fcnt  to  th.e  King,  to  accept 
the  three  propolitions  agreed  on  by  his  parlian^cnts,  about 
relipion,  the  militia,  and  Ireland.  If  thefe,  withoiu  de- 
lay, be  yielded  to,  the  reft  may  be  treated  on.  But  if 
this  oiler,  which  I  hope  may  be  made,  be  refufcdj  I  am 
feared  for  the  fequel. 

We  hear  the  French  got  Dunkirk  the  lafl:  Tucfday,  by 
furprife  :  this  fliortly  will  confine  the  Spaniards  to  the 
fouth  fide  of  the  Pyi-cnnees.  The  Swedes  and.  Tranfylva- 
nians  are  lying  in  Miuigary,  before  Preiburg.  After  the 
taking  of  Brin,  the  Danes  will  force  their  old  wilful  King 
to  a  peace  :  he  mufi:  deiuolini  Elfmeur,  and  give  over  toll, 
and  leave  all  he  has  on  the  north  of  the  Baltick  for  a 
pledge  to  the  Swedes.  All  v/ould  go  well  if  it  might 
pleafe  God  to  blink  upon  Scotland,  to  remove  the  three 
great  pkigucs  we  hear  that  continue  there,  hardnefs  of 
heart,  the  peflilence,  and  the  fword.  Oiu*  iaiheries  here 
arc  great  and  many  j  we  wifh,  from  our  heart,  to  lee  a 

happjr 


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X'l'i' 


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ii8  .  For  CLify/^w.  Let.  loi. 

happy  end,  and  to  be   at  home.     My  Lord   Chancellor 
takes  journey  the  next  week.  ■  ^  ■  > 

102.  To  Mr  IVilluvin  Spang.     June  17.  1645.  < 

! 

Coufin,  ^ 

Though  in  your  lafl  ye  complain  of  my  not  writing 
for  three  polls  J  yet  before  this  comes  to  you,  you  will 
Jlnd  your  error.  I  wrote  at  length,  which  I  hope  before 
this  you  have  received.  It  is  not  mypurpofe  to  write  with 
every  pofl,  for  fear  of  intercepting,  but  to  be  fure  that 
voti  received  the  former,  left  two  at  once  be  intercepted  : 
vet  your  earneftnefs  makes  mc  st  this  tinie  break  that  or- 
der. You  fee  what  this  v/eek  I  wrote  to  Glafgov/;  alfo 
what  I  v.rotc  to  I..  Lauderdale  ;  alfo  you  have  a  copy  of 
the  paper  I  gave  in  to  be  tr.uifmittcd  to  the  Houfcs.  I 
hear  it  has  given  good  fatisfacHon,  I  know  it  has  been  a 
^great  means  to  make  the  trial  of  Digby's  letter  more  accu- 
rate than  elfe  it  was  like  to  have  been.  AVe  have  got  Lei- 
cefter  back  by  compofition.  Our  army  is  come  np  to  Not- 
tingham. AVhat  way  we  Uiall  prollcute  the  enemy  is  now 
jn  deliberation.  It  will  be  hard  for  tb.e  King  to  iland  any 
more  in  the  fields.  This  day  the  Chancellor  took  his 
leave  with  tlie  aileniblyj  and  exhorted  ihem  to  expedition. 
They  are  In  hopes  10  put  ilie  government  otf  their  hands 
one  of  thcfe  days.  It  is  exceeding  faUe,  that  there  has 
ever  been  tlie  leaft  appearance  of  diicord  betwixt  our  coin- 
millioners  and  the  parliament,  neither  I  hope  ever  ilr^W 
be.  What  ufe  the  Independent  party  may  make  of  this 
■very  great  and  entire  victory,  wherewith  God  has  been 
pleafed  to  blefs  thefe  counfels  v.-hich  tliey  took  againft  the 
niind  of  molt  here,  and  by  appearance  againft  all  reafon, 
we  cannot  yet  fay.  However,  our  dinger  v.-as  very  great, 
and  God  now  has  made  ns  fecure  irom  the  uKdignan' 
partv  ;  for  their  Itrength  feems  to  be  broken,  except  God, 
contrai'e  to  all  appearance,  as  oft  he  has  done,  raiie  theirs 
yet  again  to  fcoiu-ge  us  more,  who  truly  are  not  in  our 
hearts  humbled  in  either  nation.  I  do  not  love  Ivir  Dane'i 
motion.  If  it  be  his  niind  to  draw  from  the  profelTors  a 
declaration  for  our  behoof,  i  think  he  would  have  propo-* 
ned  far  other  cpieftions.  I  pray  yoti  fee  he  do  tis  no  evil. 
Advertife  Dr  Stewart  to  kee[)  his  colleagues  fdent,  if  theY 
, be  not  willing  to  dcekuc  llatly  ai^ainfl   ail  the  branches  o; 

IndepeiuLacVj 


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■'..:;     ,')()•;     U.: 


Let.  10'^.  To  Mr  IViiTutm  Spaj^g.       .."y.  m* 

independency,  .is  Apollonins  and  Sp.inhc'im  hzve  done, 
and  for  t'ne  rooting  out  of  ,ill  kinds  of  Epifcopacy,  accor- 
ding to  our  covenant  :  wliy  clfe  Ihould  they  trouble  u^ 
with  their  untimeous  dechirations,  who  have  trouble  c- 
nough  already  in  our  great  and  dangerous  wrelllings  v.'iih. 
the  common  enemy  ? 


103,  Concerning  Lord  Savilf^s  biifuwfu  \ 

'  .  •'  ■ 

Jpri/  12.  1645.      •  ■•      • 

Ordered, 

That  my  Lord  Sey  and  Seal,  I\Tr  Pierpoint,  I\Tr  Solial-. 

tor,  and  Mr  Carew,  have  power  to  treat  with  fuch  as  fliall 

be  employed  by  them   for   delivering   up   any  conliderable 

qarrifon  of  the  enemy's,   or  bringing  over  rmy  confiderablc. 

force,  and  for  difcovery  of  fuch  as  give  the  enemy  inteili- 

pence. 

AIny  6.  1645, 
The  Lord  Sey,  Mr  Cave u',  and  Mr  Solicitor,  fnall  have 
power  to  treat  wiiJi   any  for  bringing  in  any  of  the  forces 
or  garrifoas  of  the  King,  or  to  hnd  out  fuch  as  give  intel- 
ligence. 

3Ia)'  7,   H^45. 
That  the   Earl   of   J^oudon  be  added  to  this  fubcommlt- 
tee,  or  in  his  abfence  the  Lord  Warilton. 

Tt'tbitry,  the  iGih  May  1645- 
Dear  Governor, 
Juil'  as  this  melfenger  was  taking  horfe,  I  received  yours 
of  the  2 2d,  for  whiclx  I  thank  you,  alluring,  that  nothing 
can  come  more  welcome  to  me  than  your  kindnefs.  Th^i 
rcafon  of  my  limitation  in  your  order  concerning  the  oath, 
was  chieily  not  to  give  umbrage  to  my  L.  Soutliampton,  if 
it  had  been  general.  I  have  not  time  to  write  at  large 
both  to  you  and  my  brotbcr  fecretary  in  cypher,  and 
therefore  I  muil  refer  you  to  his  letter  ;  wb.ercin  you  will 
fee,  hard  defigns  by  the  letter  to  LLL  contained  nothing 
but  a  dillike  of  my  anlVer  to  the  propofitions  you  wrote 
of,  as  not  at  all  l;iiisfi(S'tory.  AW  is  villany  and  juggling 
among  them.  Dear  William,  adieu.  Let  lis  hear  from 
you  oken.      I  am,   your  faithful  friend  and  fervani, 

G.^iO.  Dig  BY. 
Fcr  my  nohlc  friend,  Col.  ini/ian:  Lcrrc. 
-  '  Governor  of  Oxford. 

Die 


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t2cs  Concern wg  Lord  Savilc*s  hitftncfs. 

Die  Saf7/rni,    12  /fpri/  }6/\^. 
Earl  Northumberland,  hh-  Pierpoint,  Earl  of  Loudon 

Earl  Mancheller,  Sir  Hen,  Vane  fen.    Mr  Barclay. 

JLord  Sey,  Sir  Arthur  Ilardrig, 

Mr  Brown, 

May  6.  1645. 
Earl  EfTex,  Mr  Pierpoint, 

Earl  Northumberland,  Sir  Gilbert  Gerard, 
Earl  Manchcikr,  Mr  Solicitor,  Mr  Kennedy, 

Earl  Warwick,  Mr  Wallop, 

Lord  Sey, 
Lord  Wharton,  ••  ■  ,  . 

■  Jpril  28.  The  fubcommittcc  went  to  Windfor. 

Jiiiie  6.  1645. 
That  upon  the  report  of  the  fubcommittee',  to  %vhoirt 
power  was  given  for  to  treat  with  any  concerning  the  deli- 
vering up  of  any  towns,  or  part  of  the  enemy's  horfe,  and 
for  finding  out  any  that  keep  intelligence,  that  order  be 
vacated,  it  being  d:cl.ucd  by  the  lubeomniittee,  that  there 
is  no  more  hope  of  the  delivery  of  Oxfo.d,  the  hege  be- 
ing raifed. 


Paper  given  i,i  by  my  Lord  JVarijlon  to  the  Covrmittcc  of 
both  Kingdoms,  June  12.  1643,  together  ivith  the  Lord 
Chancellor'' s  decLiration . 

All  my  knowledge  concerning  the  fubcommittee  is  this 
only,  That  this  i'ubcommittee  was  made  Jij-if ,  and  then  i-e- 
newed,  without  piuting  any  of  our  nun\her  upon  it;  yea, 
none  of  us  remarking  that  I'uch  a  thing  was  appointed. 

That  within  two  days  alter  the  renewin;'  of  it,  fomc  of 
the  members  of  the  Houfes  of  this  comnuttee  called  t'or 
the  order,   and  deiircd  fomc  of  our  nunibe--   to  be  added. 

Whereupon,  about  the  -th  of  May,  my  Lord  Chancel- 
lor was  added,  and  I  in  his  abfcnce. 

'i  hat  until  the  afternoon,  wherein  the  report  wa"  made 
to  the  committee,  being  the  6th  or  June,  I  was  never  call- 
ed to  that  fubcommittcc. 

That  day,  befoie  the  report,  my  Lord  Sey  was  pieafcd  to 
tell  nic  this  in  general, 

•      2  ...    That 


•i',V/    J  i<     1,  J 


J.I  V..., 


Concerning  Lord  Sav lie's ■  hufincfi,  \%i       .      ■ 

That  the  biiflncfs  was  foiiic  overtures  for  the  furrender- 
jng  of  Oxford,  and  bringing  over  to  the  parliament  feme 
of  the  King's  horlls,  and  that  he  woidd  take  fomctime  to 
communicate  the  pariicul.irs  to  my  Lord  Ciianccllor,  and 
to  me. 

That  at  tliat  meeting,  immediately  before  the  rcjSort, 
my  Lord  Sey  told  me,  that  it  was  Gorjng's  liorfe  llioiild 
have  been  brought  over. 

That  Col.  Legge  was  ilie  man  that  ihould  furrender  Oxr 
fdrd  J  and  that  the  Lord  iSavilc  was  ifie  man  that  dealt 
witli  the  one  and  the  other,  and  who  allured  him  of  it  ; 
as  alio,  that  he  had  revealed  to  a  lady,  by  decyphering  a 
letter  came  from  him  to  Oxford,  that  Ivir  Jdollis  was  the 
man  that  kept  weekly  corrcfj)Ondence  with  Digby  ;  but 
withal,  that  now  he  heard  the  buiinffb  would  fail.  Where- 
upon wc  all  rciulved,  for  preventing  jealoufies  and  mifrc- 
ports  ol  the  fubcommittee,  to  make  our  report  to  the  com- 
.mittee,  and  to  delire  the  vacating  of  that  order,  and  to 
fpeak  nothi)ig ;  becaufe  we  conceived  there  \va3  no  fulii- 
ci'ent  ground  to  bring  any  man's  name  ia  quellion,  or 
Jiiake  it  good;   and  I'o  the  report  v/as  made. 

Since  the  report  yellernight,  my  Lord  .Sey  was  pleafed 
to  tell  me,  and  the  rcil,  of  the  circumrtances,  which  now  I 

his  Lordlhip  reported  to  the  committee  and  us,  and  ihev^'cd  I 

to  me  my  Lord  .Savile's  letter  to  my  Lady  Temple.      *  \ 

My  Lord  Chancellor  of  Scotland   did   furtJier  declare  I 

that   he   did   Jiot   know  there  was  any  Inch  committee  ap-  } 

pointed,  nor  when  it  was   again   appointed;    but   his   firft 
knov/lcdge  of  it  was  upon  the  71b  of  IMay  \  at  Avhich  time,  ' 

he  and  my  Lord  Warifton  were  added  to  tliat  fubcommit-  I 

tee ;  but  that  he  was  never  caMcd   to   that   Jubcommittee,  1 

nor  did  meet  with  them,   nor  knew  any  thing  at  all  of  that 
bufinefs,  till  the  fubcomniittee  was  vacated;    after    which       '  i 

tunc,  my  Lord  Sey  was  pleafed  to  acquaint  him  therewith. 
'  Thefe  inclofed,  being  the  Lord  Savik's  own  writincrs, 
are  put  into  your  hands  for  publick  ufe  by  a  well-v/ilher 
of  the  parliament.  They  came  btit  a  few  days  fuice  to  his 
knowlege  that  prcfents  them.  Now  you  have  them,  let 
them  not -be  kept  long  without  a  due  improvement,  lie 
cannot  deny  theni  to  be  his  writing,  if  he  be  duly  exami- 
ned j  which  is  left  to  your  wi(don\  by, 
,     ■  Yov.r't,  .uid  the  publick's  fcrvaiu. 


Vol.  II,  "  Q^  '^'   '  rhcfc 


tlivi-l         '■•. 


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122  Concernhig  Lord  Savilc's  hufinefs. 


Theje   -ivere  fcuud  among fi   Mr  Howard^s   papers-,  \ 

\ 

SiK,  irorcrfirr-houf,',   July  i.^.  1645.  ! 

Thhsk  three  papers  Inclofcd,  Avliicli  c.inic  to  our  liands  \ 

ycfterday  ai'ur  fii;lit  of  the  clock,  as  written  by  the  J.ord  ': 
iSavile,  and  icii:ul  aiiiongd  the  pipers  oF  I\]r  1  Joward,  we 
found,  upon  our  jjci-ufai  ol"  tlicrn,  to  contain  matters  cf 
10  great  importance  and  puWick  concernment,  tliat  we  re- 
ioUecI,  according  to  oiu-  obli;-,,ui(;n  in  t]ie  co\enai-!t,  and 
that  duty  which  our  place  and  truft  j-ci-juire  of  u:;,   to  take  '■. 

tlie  firA-  occaliim  to  comiuunicaic  them  to  th.e  Honourable  " 
Houfe  ol-   Commons,    the    Comnutt..e   ot"  both    kingdoms 

not  iitting  this  morning,   th.it   in    their    v.iidom,    with    all  • 

fpeed,  and  before   the   nraiter  be  divulged,  make    the  belt  \ 
ijfe    of  them  for  the  publiek  good.      As  v/e  iloubt  not  but     ' 
this  our  fervice  v/ili  be  acceptable  to  the  Honourable  Hou- 
fes  of  Parliament,   fo  arc  v.-c  wiiling,  \\])at  I'ariher  we  know  i 

pf  this  biilinefs,   and  by  this   occallon    h    brouglu    to    our  1 

remembrance,   to  communicate  abb,  in  iucli  a  way  as  may  ■       I 

give  moft  fatisfaction    to  the  lionounible  Houies,  and  ac-  I       I 

quit  us  of  our  duty  \  who  continues,  .  '  f       1 

Your  aticctionate  and  luunble  fervanis.  i       i 

J       I 

>     Then  the  Independents  began   to   court   me   again,  and  j 

did  alhire  me,   it  I  would  cpiit  EflLx's  ])arty,    aiui  ioin  mv-  \       1 

felf  to  them,  and  make  a  protelr.uion  not    to    beti-,;v  the'm  \       \ 

by  any  d,  ijgn,   nor  by  joining  in  amis    againfi-   theni,  they  ■        I 

^vould  quit  their  vote,   call  mc  to  London  ag  lin,   and  ti-eat  I       \ 

and  advife  with  me  concerning  the  jxace  of   the  kingdom.  ?       ! 

■\Vljich  being   fo   jun  ae(  ording  to  n.y  own  lieart,   (all  the'  ;       | 

power  being  in  them),   1  am  now   in    Lon.don    again,    in    a  i       j 

jnore  probable  Avay  to  do  good,  if  i  may  for  my  Lord  D.  '       j 

wjiat  way  :o  do  it.  '  i       ] 

Lflex  is  now  of  no  power  at  all    of   him.felf   to   do   any  \       [ 

thing,      'i'he  admiiadiy  is  m  comm.lhon.       )  hey  are  conli-  :       i 

dent  of  a  great  n,.\y  this  funaner.      Young  .Sir  IL  h  going  \ 

to  bring  up  tlie  .Scots  army,   which,   by  Jxafon  of  the"f;ood  ; 

^]]^\^^}  '■■'^'-■'y'"  iScotlai  d,   they  aiilire  tliemielvcs  will  come.  \ 

Sir  Thomas  Fairfax  will  g^et  an   a.rmy,    a   great   one,    they  | 

think.      One  pait  thereof   is   deligiud    to    go    to   'J'auntoa  ' 
prdently.      They  fay  tliey  have    certain    intelligence    \\un\ 

iVante,  that  the  King  can  Jiavc  no  hopes   of  any  forces  ] 

■  ^         irom 


Ccncc'niing  Lord  Snvih^s  bufmcfs:  ia^ 

from  tlicnce,   nor  fro'ii  Ircl md  nclilicr,  where   tlicy  fliall 
have  18,000  men  to  keep  them  doiii^. 

Th.it  being  never  we.iry  in  dellrin;>'  the  peace  of  this 
pOv)i-  kingdom,  notwic:i.!t  Hiding  all  his  fomi  ;r  endeavours, 
wliich  God  k.iovv^s  lu  li  ith  co;itinaalI/  ufjd,  lie  cannot: 
but  once  more,  in  a  ti:ue  wiiea  cl)ere  are  no  arguments  to 
peiTu  ide  him,  biit  his  unfeigned  love  to  his  people  and 
their  peace,  to  redect  again  up  jo  the  three  propoliclons . 
made  at  Lr.%.b;'iJ:>  J,  and  o;ice  more  to  maice  thel'e  oders. 

r.  Idiat  the  balio-fj  in  li-elio-i,  he  will  leave  it  as  it  is 
ah-c^aily  Lttied  by  act  o\  p  ii-lia.neiU. 

2.  As  r'or  the  miiitii,  he  vld  igree  to  the  time,  not 
doubting  but  tliat  i'uch  perions  Ihall  be  na.ned  on  boih 
lldes  as  both  may  conlide  in. 

3.  For  the  church-go\ernment,  if  thai  which  he  hath 
odijrc'd  do  not  iatisly,  he  iliall  come  up  to  his  p  irliament, 
and  advile  with  thum  I'jonc  it,  where  yv)u  m  ly  iiope  to  re- 
ceive all  realbnable  latisfavfliion  from  him  in  the  third,  that 
he'haih  Ihewcd  fo  great  a  dellre  to  comply  with  you  in  the 
two  former. 

Our  friends  fay,  D.  l\ath  fcnt  !io  anfwer  to  tlic  mefHigc 
defircd,  but  that  it  is  unreafonable  at  any  time,  and  un- 
feafonable  at  this  j  that  the  King  is  gone,  and  nothing  of 
all  they  fear  was  intended  ;  tiiat  S.  huh  had  ill  grounds, 
or  worie  advice,  for  his  hopes.  They  wonder  that  la 
much  reafon  ihouid  not  be  hearkened  imto  better.  The7 
confefs  D.  faiih  moil  raiionaiiy,  that  many  things  may  be 
hearkenetl  luito  upon  a  certain  concluiion,  the  very  over- 
ture of  which  before  might  weaken  the  hands  that  muli: 
jight  for  tiiem  ;  but  tlie  lame  ground  they  alledge  from 
the  treaty,  that  many  tilings  for  the  church,  at  a  treaty 
here,  after  other  things  are  agreed,  might  be  condefcend- 
ed  unto,  the  overture  or  which  beiore  might  weaken  their 
party,   and  deih-oy  their  caule. 

They  are  in  concluiion  I'o  much  unfatisfied  with  that: 
part  of  the  anlv^'cr  which  S.  acquainted  them  withal,  con- 
cerning the  mjllage  delircd,  that  being  in  fuch  a  diilem- 
per,  S.  thought  it  neither  lafe  for  him,  nor  the  caule, 
hereafter  to  niake  them  any  new  oiFers  for  their  own  par- 
ticular I'atisfaction  or  hopes;  or  to  deiire  (-iS  !)•  req^uires) 
from  them  any  probabilities  for*  the  undertaking  at  this 
time;  bccaufe  8.  is  confident,  if  he  iIi.Aild,  they  would 
look  upon  them,  not  us  offers,  but  as  baits,  to  make  thetu 
obnoxious  to  the  other  party,  to  acl:  againU  them  v.hcn  ic 

O.  4  ■      vva3 


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124'  Concerning  Lord  ScvUe^s  hujincfs, 

was  known  ;  and  it  would 'dcRroy   S.   in  their  fufplcious 

breads,  that  he  Ihoiild   never   be    able   to  refume  it   again  ! 

hei-eafter  if  there  fhould  be  occafion.     If  yo\i  can  beat  or  i 

difgracc   Fairfax's   army  of  Independents,    Eilex    and  the  | 

Scots  will  be  greater  than  ever,  which    I   aflure   yoti    they  ? 

look  for  certainly;   and  if  they  be,  S.  knows   ihey  will   be  1. 

wifer  than  they  were,  and  alllij-es  D.   S.  will  not  only  re-  | 

Vive,  but  improve  the  former  dtdgu,    and    do   the    King's  ; 

bufinefs  the  {Iifcll,  fpeedicfr,   and  noblcll    way  ;    and    Ihall  '■ 

not  omit  neither,  when  iliey  are  in  a  better  temper,  to  of-  j 

fer  what  is  dehred  to  tills  other  fide.     And  albeit  8.  will  I 

have  as  many  witncills  as  you  have  friends  here,  of  his  un-  \ 
feigned  endeavours  to  fcrve  you,  thotigh.  with   hazard  of 

all  lie  hath;   and  kt  not  1).  imagine,   that  c\er  It  came  in-  \ 

to  the  heart  of  S.  to  do  any   oiiices    for  him   but   what   a  • 

juft  man  might,  and  an  innocent  nian  fliould  defire.    Pray,  ^ 

defire  the  Duchefs   of   Buckingham   to   fend   the  man  llie  i 

did  to  Nonfuch  as  foon  as  i\\c  can.  ; 

Coufin,                                                                              '  : 

Upon  conference  this  niglit  with   my  L.  Scy,  it  is  held  '  ^          ! 

fit  that  we  Ihould  not  fend  a  pafs   to   Jo.  Cary  before  your  "[          | 

return.     When  we  ihall  luiderfland  how  far  (L)  v/ill  com-  \          \ 

municate  hlmfilf  unto  him,  and  whether  he  v/ill  be  willing  i          \ 

to  put  the  bufinefs  into   his  hands.     'I'he  pai-liament's  for-  '          I 

ces  are  now  about  AVallingford,  {o  as  I  am  doubtful   whe-  •          j 

ther  he  will  conie  to  that  place   he   appointed;    but   I   am.  | 

lure  you  will  do  that  which  you  thlnjc  fittcft,  and  your  re-  i 

turn  will  be  much  wKhed  I  allure  you.     1  v/rotc,  that  thev  '          I 

of  Oxford  need  not  fear   the  advance   of   Fairfax's   army  •'          I 

ipcedily  ;    hut   now   I    believe    the    contrary,    of  wliich  I  I 
thought  fit  to  let  you  know.     If  you   would   this   evening 
flep  up  hither,  it  v.-ould  not  be  amiis.     Adieu. 

Die  Jaikj-,  July  14.  \6j[<^. 
Sir  Hen.  Mildmr.y,    P.Ir  Bainton,    and  PiTr   ITerle,    are 

appointed  to  go  to  the  Scots  commillioners,  to  dellre  them  \         | 

to  be  prcfent  at  the  committee  this  afternoon  appointed  to  |         I 

examine  the  Lord  Savile.  | 

Hkn.  Elsynge,  Cler.  P.  D.  Com.  j 

As  the  confcience   of  our  folcmn  leag\ie  and  covenant,  ],         \ 

and  the  ienfe  of  that  duty,  which,  from  our   fpccial   trull  •' 

and  intcrcft,  wc  owe  to  the  public;:,   and  is  expected  from  • 

us. 


Conurning  lord  Savile's  lufuicfi.  I  =  S 

,,,    &A  by  a  ncccffity  upon  i.s  to  comnnmlcate  fomc  pa- 
ck o    piAlick  concernment,  which  came  to  our  hand  ,        . 
Smo°he'llonourahle  Moufe  of  ^^-^^^^  '^"^ ^J^;. 
on  the  fan,e  grountk,  and  npon  .he  dcln  c  ot  the  1  loaom 
■^h\c  Houfe  of  Commons,  mipartcd  to  us  by  tin.  comm.t 
tc      oo"     for  the  prefen,  inch   other   particulars  as  d  d 
::r  us  apprchcni  there  ^^2^:^^^.::^. 
3 t;;'.''rdtZ..;t'hl^,^ m't.rs'come  to  puWUdc  agi- 
*^'  .   "'^'  j' '       ..r.  n,,r  rhouohts  thereof  to  icveial  mcmbcis 
7^  c':mSutt  :" UthI^4ao.us,  and  wiU  give  hght  to 

''FSniouI'dte  a,d  of   April,    the  Lord  Chancellot- 
nrad    knoum  unto  us^vho  are  joined  v.itl>  Inm  tn  conrnn  1- 

ctnue  from  the  enemy's  tptarters,  ^'" '',  7^'\  "°  .,  ,  ,"4"^. 

Ma  ef  f«ou  d  make  good  what  he  had  declared  conccru- 
*„:'  ole,^  tiin  in  mattL  of  religion     they  ^oMj^;- 
mio  him    and  come  and  refidc   m  h,s  quartet^  ;  and  tha 
e  had  a  vay  of  intelligence  with  the  Qtieen    or  brniguty 
about  an  accommt.dation  betwixt  King  and  parhamenl. 

A  tertbeLord  Savile  had  .aken  the  pro.eftat.on  for 
,hc  V^rliament,    he    came    tn,j.peacdly    '.'P™     ™  \L- 
Chancellor,    when   under    phyhc  •,    '^^J'^^^^^:^ 
of  his  reconcilement  to  the  parhament,  and  "\  '"l   ;';"'» 
d  e  t^ath.  tvhercbvhe  was  nou-  a  tree  ,nan,  and  mUj'- J?f 
ok"'    with,  he -entered  inuuediately  upon  a  d.fcou.., 
,  at  he  wondered  why  tl,e  Scots  eommtfltoners  v.e        o 
av  rfe   front   the   peace  of  the   kingdotns,  w  uc  .    o.net 
both  here  and   at   Oxford  were   lo   much   mchned   t  nto_, 
h      for  hi.uiaf  he   came   from    O.fortl  w,th  the   k,„g 
knowkd' e,  and  as  ntuciv  trnR  and  favonr   as   ever  he  Itad 
te  °o       ank  that  he  came  to  this  place  wuh  no  other  m- 
.ernio  ,  but  to  ufe  his  belf  entleavo.n-s   tor  brntgrng  about 
a  teaee,  wherein   he  wiihed  Itis  l.otdllup's   conenrren  e. 
My    L.    Chancellor    anlVered,    That   the    contnnll nonets 
.  from  Scotland  had  concurred  with  tUts  kutgdom,  tn  FO 


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Cbncernhig  Lord  Sav''Ic''s  hufmefr. 


pofitions  of  peace,  and  thar  it  was   a   great  unhappincfs  in 
the  King    to    I'ci'ule  tlic    three   piopolitions  olilred  to  him 
at   UxbriJge,  withoiu   the   granving   whereoF  it   was   but 
folly   to   think  upon  any  trcaLy,   or   to    enf.rtaiii  any  liope 
of  peace.       At    this    niy    1..   Chancellor    was    forced,    by 
liis  phyilc,  to  break  olF  abi-ujnly.     This  the  ix)rd  Savik:  is 
/kid  to  have  taken  as  an  allront  to  hindclF,  and  a  liyn  ol"  the 
L.   ChanceHor's  averienels   from    his    inteniions  of  peace, 
and  therefore  did  neither  conic  nor    fend   thereafter   unto 
him  -,   which  may  give  the  meaning  ol    tliat  which    he  wri- 
leth  in  one  oF  liis  letters,   "  that  the   Scots  would  be  wifcr 
**  than    they   were."     JNly   \j.  Clranccllor    hatl    i-eFufed    to 
treat  with  Savile,  liad  inf.nmaiions  irom  pcrfons  of  tiaill, 
and  well-alfected  to   the  parhamcnt  ;   that  lie  kept  fret^uent 
meetings  with  oihers,   and  wiili  tlieir  knowledge  fcnt  mef- 
iengers  cHvers  times  lo  Oxford  i   \\Vi.<\  tliat    he    treated  with 
them  upon  tlie  three  i)ropof;t:o:is  •,    concerning  the  militia, 
that  they  were  willing  the  Iving  iliould  have  the    choice  of 
th.e  ;.hird  cr  lourth  j^art  of  the   cominilhon  ;  concerninr>- 
Ireland,  th.it   the   King  Ihould  rellore   all   things   to   the 
condiiion    they    v/cre     in     Iiclore     the    beginning    of    the 
trouhk:s,    and    ior.ie    way    Ihould    be    thuuidit    tipon    for 
repairing  the  loills  oi-   the  l^roteuants,   witliout   dellrovin?" 
IJie  natives;   and  concerning  church-bulincfs,   all  things  to 
be  delayed  till  tiie  King's  coming  up  to  London.     That  if 
they  agreed  to  this  treaty,    the  C,)neen  was  to  have  the  ho- 
nour of  it,   and    was    to    be    moved    to    write  to  the  JCinp, 
and  that  fhe  herfeiF  lliould  receive    fati^ficition  <i!id   liberty 
'.A\o   to    Henry    Je.-myn->    tliat    the.,  perfons    wlu)    treated 
ihould   have  the  power  to  dilpole  of  .ill  places  ;   that  when 
he  queftioned,  V\^hat  it   the  people  here   Ihould   grumble 
at  it  ?   ir  was  aniVered,  That  tlicic   an   army   was   fure   a- 
gainft  fuch  :   and  tlie  queilion  being  made    to    hinij   AV'liat 
if  the   King;   ihall    reirde  it?   was  anfwcred,  That  Gorinp" 
and  his  ofiicers  would  be  For  it,   and  join    with  their  for- 
ces,    vill   theie    paniculars    were,  by    L    Ch.meellor,   re- 
lated to  divci-s  or,  u'^,  and   u'ritton  dou-n   at   this   time   by 
fome  of  us   in   oiu*   diurnals,  wliich   may   be   a   futiiciejit 
ground   againfl    all   fui'ifieion  of  liction    or    iurgerv    upoa 
oiu-  part.     Tiie  fame  alio  were    by   iiis  Lordlhip   repeated 
atcerward,  upon  t!ie  occalion  oF  ti:e   buhnel's  of  the  lub- 
committee,  and   oF  Mr   CraiiFord's   relation,  and   certain 
interrogatories  were  draw'ji  up  upon  them. 

The    iniorinaiion   which    my   L.  Chancellor    received, 

and 


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Concerning  Lord  SavUi-^s  lufinefs.  12^ 

anci  did  relate  to  us  concerning  the  privy  way  of  treating, 
was  mightily  confirmed  by  roiric  letters  ot'  intelligence, 
written  from  France  alinut  the  fame  time,  wliich  did  con- 
tain tlie  fame  articles  of,  giving  content  to  the  King  con- 
cerning the  militia,  and  delaying  the  chtu-ch-bufmefs,  and 
all  other  matters,  till  his  coming  to  London  ;  ai;id  that  it 
^vas  moved  to  the  Qiieen  to  deal  for  this  efiect  with  his 
Majeity,  upon  tiKfe  comiderntions. 

I'hat  the  Scots  had  no  power  here,  and  v/cre  avcrfe 
from  peace;  that  their  opjiolites  had  ;;11  p()^ver  in  the 
liouies,  in  tiie  city,  in  the  .irmy,  and  in  tlie  navy;  That 
rj-eflr/terial  government  would  he  more  powerful,  per- 
manent, and  prejudicial  to  monaixhy,  and  to  the  i-eco- 
very  of  regal  power  in  ciuu-ch-maltevs  ;  but  Independen- 
cy being  we:!k  in  itfeli,  and  \'o  near  into  diforder  and 
confafion,  would  call  cpfickly  for  a  reiuedy,  and  open  a 
way  for  the  King  to  return  to  his  own  })Ow'cr  ;  and  that 
the  one  hde  was  in  their  pianeipies  ior  liberty  of  confci- 
t'uce,  and  therefore  would  be  conipliant  with  tlic  Catho- 
licks  of  jiis  I\l;ijeHv's  party  in  the  tbree  kiiigdoms  ;  but 
the  Prefoyterians  were  more  rigid,  and  wouUl  opjiofe  to- 
leration of  di\ers  r«.ligions  in  his  Majefty's  do;ninions. 
r  Thofe  dilcoveries  made  formerly  by  Savile's  propofi- 
tions,  by  iiitormaiion  Irom  others,  and  by  letters  fj-om 
France,  were  renewed  to  our  lenfe,  and  further  confirn 
ed  unto  us  by  other  emergents  ;  as  by  ])is;by's  intercep 
ed  letter  to  Legge;  mentioning  the  diflike  of  his  anfwer  t„ 
the  propofitions  i'ent  to  Oxiord,  as  being  not  at  all  fatis- 
fa^tory  ;  by  the  naming  and  meeting  of  a  fubcommittee, 
without  our  knowledge,  as  is  more  fully  expreHed  in  the 
papers  given  in  by  the  L.  Chancellor  and  the  L.  "Wa- 
rifton,  the  12th  of  May,  to  be  reported  to  the  lioufes; 
•and  by  the  Kijig's  intercepted  letters,  cfpecially  that  to  the 
Queen,  concerning  a  propofition  from  a  pcrlon  at  Lon- 
don, Avhom  he  calls- one  of  the  moil  conhdcrable  London 
rebels,  for  renewing  tlie  treaty  upon  her  motion,  with  a 
prcaliurance  of  iubmitting  to  ixaibn. 

We  add  idlb,  when  fouie  of  our  number  went  to  Ox- 
ford, with  the  propolitlons  of  peace,  it  was  told  them, 
that  there  was  one  there  agenting  privily  iov  a  party  at 
London  ;  which,  when  fome  of  the  J'higliJh  commillion- 
ers  v,'ei-e  acquainted  with,  they  told,  that  there  was  one 
come  from  J^ondon  to  the  J^.  Cotiington  at  that  time, 
as  at  fcvcral  times  before.     AVc  have  uifo.  been  aUvertifeJ 

froiu 


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128 


Concerning  Lord  Bifoilc's  biifniefi. 


from  tlie  Earl  of  Lauderdale,  that  the  fucret,  concerning 
the  rurprifc  of  Oxford  ;it  an  advantageous  place,  com- 
jnunicaied  by  IVlr  Napier  to  a  j'ubcommittce  of  three  per- 
sons, of  which  number  liis  Lordfliip  was  one,  is  found 
now  by  the  intercepted  letters  to  have  been  clifcovered  at 
Oxford  tq  iome,  and  by  tliem  particularly  written  to  the 
JCing,  which  his  Lordihip  wonders  iiow  it  comes  to  pals, 
and  \vc  now  hear  to  be  a  truth,  although  the  letter  itfelf, 
which  bearcth  To  nuicli,  was  not  communicated  unto  us 
with  the  other  letters. 

Thcfe  particidars  lb  much  cleared  and  confa-raed  unto 
us,  wc  conrej^'e  to  be  of  fo  great  importance,  that  (were 
the  perfons  concerned  never  ib  dear  unto  us)  we  could 
not,  without  great  guiltinels,  conceal  them  from  the  Ho- 
nourable Hollies  •,  which  they  will  therefore  take  to  their 
confideraticn,  and  do  wh.it  in  their  wildom  may  fecm  moil: 
for  the  well  of  the  publick. 

July  24.  1645:. 

^Ve  being  defircd,  by  a  n\eiT<ige  from  the  Honourable 
Houfeof  Commons,  10  be  prefcnr  at  this  committee,  appoint- 
ed for  the  examination  of  the  L.  Savile,  and  having  heard 
his  clufory  anfwer  concerning  his  intention  and  pretenfion, 
we  have  thought  lit,  for  act|uitting  ourfelves  of  the  truft 
put  upon  us,  to  reprefeat  our  thoughts  concerning  that 
anfwer  of  his,  the  only  Teeming  (Irength  and  advantage  in 
all  liis  defences. 

That  his  real  intention  was  to  do  the  King's  burmefs, 
and  to  bring  about  new  and  unfafe  pronoiltions  of  peace  ; 
and  that  the  bullnefs  of  Goring  and  Legge,  and  the  iind- 
ing  out  the  King's  intelligencer  here,  v/erc  but  preten- 
fions,  it  may  thus  appear. 

1.  By  r*lr  Howard's  Hying  out  of  the  kingdom,  when 
the  L.  Savile  was  challenged  ujion  underhand  dealings  ; 
it  being  clear,  by  the  X.  ciavile's  letter  to  INlr  Howard, 
that  Tilr  Howard  knew  of  the  reality  of  his  intentions  ; 
which  is  alio  confelicd  by  Savile  himfelf :  fo  ihat  there  had 
been  nothing  to  fright  away  Mr  Howard,  and  make  him 
flee,  if  the  real  intention  had  been  to  do  fervice  to  the 
parliament,  and  not  to  the  King. 

2.  The  L.  Savile's  own  jxipcrs  (which  we  did  for- 
merly communicate)  do  teftify  ntfainft  him,  that  he  en- 
deavoured to  do  the  Jving  all  polUble  I'ervlce? ;  for  he  kept 
ordinary  corrcipondencc  with  thcfc   at   Oxford,  and  gave 

I  ihcm 


;1j»    :'U     c^ 


.    Concerning  Lord  Savlle's  bufmcfs,  I2c> 

tliem  intelligence  of  fuch  things  as  might  be  nioft  for  thcii' 
advantage  and   our   prejudice.      As   that   concerning   the 
Scots   army's    march    fouthward,    and   that   Sir  Tliomas 
Fairfax  was  to  get  a  great  army,  and   a  part  thereof  de- 
figned  to  go  to  Taunton.     He  wrote  alfo  what  intelligence 
was  here   at  this  time  from  France  and  Ireland,   the   par- 
liament's forces  being  about  VVaUingford  •,  he  did  intimatCj^ 
in   liis  letter  to   Mr   Howard,  John   Gary's   danger  if  he 
fliould  adventure   to   come  to  the  place   appointed.     And 
Laving  formerly  written,   that   they  of  Oxford  lliould  not: 
fear  the  advance  of  Sir  Thomas   Fairfax's  army  fpeedily^, 
he   did   thereafter  recal  that  intelligence,  and  wrote   the 
contrary,  left  his  former  intelligence  had  made  the  ene- 
'  my  flack  in  tlieir  preparations.     He  wrote  dfo   concern- 
ing divifions  and  faftions  here;  that  Eflex  had  no  power; 
that   the    Independents   are   the   prevailing  party :  where- 
upon he  recommendeth  the  beating  or   difgracing  of  Sif 
Thomas  Fairfax's  army.    He  puts  the  enemy  in  hopes,  that 
Eflex  and  the  Scots   army  will  be   wifer  than  they  v/ere, 
and  will  hearken  more   to   peace   tlian  they  did  •,  and   in- 
forms, that  in  the  mean  time  the  Independents  were  court- 
ing him,  and  treating  with  him    concerning    the    peace  of 
the    kingdoms  ;    and  when  they  were  unlatislied  v.-ith  the 
L.  Digby's  anfwer  concerning  the  mefr,)ge,  he  gave  notice 
l\ow  un'fatislied   they  were,  and    promilcth  to    deal   with 
them  at  a  litter  feafon.     Thefe  things  being  laid  together, 
'  declare,  that  he  did   both   re.illy  and  intentionally   endea- 
vour to  flrengthen  the  enemy,  and   to   weaken  the  parlia- 
ment, by  acquainting   thcfe   at   Oxford,  v>'ith   the   condi- 
tion of  our   affairs,  our  intelligence,   cur  intentions,  the 
pofture   and   motion   of  our   anr.ics,    our   llrength,    our 
Weaknefs,  our  diviilons,  and  fuch  other  things   as   might 
moft  encour.igc  and  be  ufeful  to  the  enemy  ;   and  endan- 
ger our  atlairs,  fo  that  when   he    tells  us,  that  all   thefe 
were   but  pretcnfions,  it  calls  to  mind  Solomon's  obfcrva- 
tion,    "  As  a  madman  that   cafteth   iire^brands,  arrows, 
'«  and  death,  ^o  is  the  man  that   deceiveih  his  neighbour, 
*'  and  fliith.   Am  not  I  in  fport  :" 

3.  In  the  end  of  his  large  paper  he  bids  afflire  Digby^ 
that  he  will  do  the  King's  bufmefs  the  fafelt,  the  fpeediefc, 
and  tlie  noblefl;  way;  and  that  they  at  Oxford  ihaliunder- 
ftand  from  their  'friends  here,  his  ur. feigned  ddlres  to 
ferve  ihem,  though  with  the  hazard  of  all  he  iiailt  ;  tltoie 
friends  of  theirs  whoiu  they  will  trull,  bang  vitaefics  of 
Vol..  IL         »  Pk  ^^'^ 


.1   "ft  »Ii  /, 


■■J  ,-'  i--^'  i^ 


i'^6  Concerning  Lord  Siivik's  hufr.icjs.  \ 

hir.  proceedings.     But  if  he  lud  been  cIoin_^  fcrvicc    to   tni  I 

jViiii.inu'nt,  A-y  now  he  profcfieth,  why  did   he   cillicr  fear  \ 

the  liazard  of  all  he  hath,  or  acquaint  the   Cxfordiau  in-  | 

telligcncer  here  with  what  he  did  ?  5 

4.  In  ihebeginninor  of  his  fnil  paper,  he  intimates  to  1 
them  at  Oxford,  that  the  proteitation  that  fome  here  of-  \ 
fered  unto  him,  and  that  which  they  dcfncd  and  advifcd,  I 
wa'^  all  according  to  his  own  heart.  No  wife  man  would  ! 
Avrite  fo  to  them   at   Oxford,  if  they   at   Oxford  had  not 

real   teftimonies  of  his   dtfncs   to   icrve   thcna ;   otherwifc 
jt    had  been   a  ready  way   to   break  his  credit  and  truft  at 

Oxford  ; 

5,  Me  did  mort  really,  fei-ioufly,  and  with  great  affevc- 
raiions  and  afiurances,  deal  with  fome  perfons  here  to-  \ 
%vard  the  making  of  a  peace,  and  bringiijg  about  a  new  * 
mcHaoe  from  the  Jving,  which  might  "be  accepted  licre  J  \ 
and  particularly  he  endeavoured  to  perfuade  t]\e  L.  Chan-^  ■ 
tellor  to  this  bulinefs,  as  is  expreHcd  in  our  other  paper.  ' 
This  not  kving  well  rclifhed  by  the  L.  Chancellor,  he  ap- 
plieth  himfcif  unto  others  whom  he  dellgneth  in  thefe  pa-  • 
pers.  And  the  whole  cciirfe  of  his  proceedings  do  do-  1 
clare,  that  he  can^e  hither  from  Oxford  to  gain  a  partv  ;• 
foi'^'ic^  J^ing,  whomfbcver  he  fhall  find  mofrwilling  and  ] 
isfeful  tor  his  civJs,   coi:icerning  new  propofirions  of  peace. 

6.  'I'hat  which  he  calls  his  pretenfion  is  fouiid  to  have  .  . 
been  really  acted,  and  diligently  profccuted  by  him,  as  \ 
appears  not  only  by  his    own   hand-writ,   which  is  inftead 

of  many  witnelTcs,  but  alfo  by  the  Lord  Dighy's  letter, 
relating  to  the  fame  bufinefs,  and  by  the  ];:ing's  letter  to 
the  Q^uecn,^  the  i  :th  of  INhivch  1645,  iutim.ating  the 
Lord  Savilc's  jnirpofj  to  go  to  j>er,  in  order  to  a  nev,' 
treaty.  But  for  that  which  he  calls  his  real  intention. 
there  appears  no  real  evidence  for  it,  neither  bv  liis  own 
papers,  nor  by  any  letters  of  his  correfi'.ondents ;  nor 
dotli    he    (hew  any   warrant    from   tiic   fubcommittee  for  • 

making  a  j'jreten^i  >n  of  peace.  - 

7.  The  L.  Savilc  conhlfcd,   befo-c  the    ronnnittec,   that 

the  propolitions  which  iic  fcnt    to    Oxford,  andwhi'Ji   Ji;  i 

defired  might  be  fcnt  hither  in  a  mefiage   from    tlie    King,  • 

were  fuch   as   he   really  defired  miglu'be    fcnt    from   \ilt  ; 

Kmg,  and  which  he  is  coniJdent  Thouli!  i^e  accci)tLd  by 
thoi'e  whom  lie  calls  his  friends  here,  ar.d  the  prevale.-.'t 
party.  And  whereas  he  fiitli,  that  he  thought  tiicfc  pro- 
pofitions  10  be  the  fame  with  ilxc  three   propatlilons  which 

.       .  vcrc 


;  .(,,*r.  ;  Ki.^: 


toncerni/fg  Lord  Stivih-^s  hufincfs.  \'\\ 

were  treated   upon   at   Uxbrklgo    it  would  foon   nnpoar, 

that   t]\e   propolitions  were  Aibdantially   diilcrcnt,   ii'  the/- 

be   comjrared    toi^ether  :  yea   the   L.  iSavile   hinifc'h"  could 

DOt  be  ignoram  that  thcfe  jn'opoiuions  oF  his  were  not  tJij 

iame  with  thole  treated   upon   at   U.xbridgc  ;  for   he   well 

knew,   that  the  iving  had  abfolutely  refulcd  to  gi-ant  ilieJe 

•  proportions,  except  they  be  niollihed  and  altered  5  io  that 

"lie  could  never  have  made  tliat  a  colour  or  pretext  ior  an»- 

•other  dellgn,   to  defire  that  tlic  Iving  ihuuld  lend  back  tlie 

■parHanitnt's  own  propoiuions,  and  now  oiler  what  he  had 

rcfufed  7x\.  Uxbridge. 

8.  The  L.  Savile  iaid  before  tlic  comndttee,  that  the 
.end  why  he  fent  thole  advertifenients  to  Oxi'ord,  was  .0 
.find  out  the  party  on  which  the  JCing  relies  lure,  lie  ha- 
■ving  heard  much  at  Oxford  of  two  'parties  here;  ar.d  that 
'the  L.  Digby  fiid  at  the  L.  Dorfei's  houl'e,  that  the  Jvmg 
hath  a  party  here  greater  than  all  his  armies;  and  being 
employed,  as  he  i'aith,  by  the  fubcommiitee,  to  try  out 
•wJio  are  the  King's  pajty  here,  this,  he  iaid,  was  the 
ground  and  reulon  of  writing  thel'e  papei^s,  wdicreupou 
lie  is  now  challenged:  yet  this  his  pretence  is  overthro'.vu 
by  his  own  papers,  by  which  he  himfclf  communicates  to 
thofe  at  Oxford,  intelligence  concerning  two  parties  here, 
•and  wliich  of  the  two  parties  courts  and  treats  with  him  a- 
bout  peace,  and  hath  the  power  in  their  hands,  and  what 
•party  it  was  that  had  defired  hint  to  join  himlelf  to  ihem 
by  protellation,  and  to  quit  the  other  paity.  IJut  how- 
can  this  be  a  way  to  make  them  at  Oxford  to  dilcovcr  to 
him  the  King's  party  here,  while  he  himielf  diicovereth 
to  them  which  is  the  party  here  that  is  both  weakeft  and 
mod  unwilling  for  peace  ?  neither  doth  it  at  all  appear 
that  he  wrote  to  any  at  Oxford  for  hndintr  out  the  Kin^^'s 
party  here. 

9.  That  which  the  L.  Savile  faith  was  but  his  prcten- 
fion,  is  really  coincident  with  the  delign  which  the  ene- 
my iiath  been  driving  on  all  this  while  pall,  as  is  evident 
by  the  Queen's  letter  to  the  Kii^.g,  for  cailing  of  reli- 
gion to  be  treated  of  in  the  laft  place,  the  fame  i^  found 
in  Savile's  papers  and  propofitions  ient  to  Oxford.  It  is 
alfo  evident  by  the  King's  letter  to  the  Duke  ot  riiclimond, 
putting  him  in  mind  to  cajole  the  Independer.ts  and  tlic 
iScots,  which  is  the  very  fame  tha.t  Savile  endeavoured  to 
do,  and  when  he  coukl  not  prevail  one  way,  he  api)lied 
Ui:v.iVIt  another  way.     It  doth  farther  appv'-'.f  by  that  jet- 


...»  J  ':r  ((, 


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s 

13^  Concerning  Lord  SavUc's  bujincfs,  \\ 

tcr  to  the  Duke  of  riklunond,  raid  by  feme  of"  tlie  Kind's  1] 

letters  to  the  Queen,  that   although  it  v/as  not  the  Oucen's  i\ 

mind,  yet   there  were  thoughts  oi'  bringing   the   Kinw  to  ^| 

London,   and  divers  about  tlic  King  were  for  it  ;  which  is  |] 

another  circuniflance  coincident  with  the  Lord  Savilc's  pa-  I  j 

•pers.    ^^  I 

I. .  There  can  be  no  fuch  credit  given  to  what  the  L.  f  j 

^Savile  alledgeth,  when  he  was  a  prifoner  under   examina-  f  I 

lion,  and  fearing  to  lofe  a  party  whofe    prote^lion   he  dc-  |  j 

:iireth   and  expe^teth,    as   for    that  which  is   found  under  I  i 

Savile  and  Digby  their    own   liands,  having   paft  between  \  j 

them  in  a  fecret  way  of  correfpundence,  and    now  difco-  *  I 

vered  and  brought  to  light  by  a  fccrct  providence  of  God,  1 1 

without     their     knowledge,     and     againft     their     dehre  ;  f  ] 

nnd   Digby's  intercepted   letter   agreeing  with   Savile's  pa-  f  ! 

pers,  in  the  progrefs  and  way  of  the  bufinefs,  and  the  one  |  I 

anfwering   the   other,    as    face    anfwereth,    both    fhcwing  f  1 

that  propofitions  were  fent  to  Oxford,  that  Digby  fent  an  ■  I 

anfwer  thereunto,    and   that   this   anfwer   was  communi-  | 

cated   by   the  L.  Savile   to   thofe  here  whom   he   thought  '  j 

pioft  willing  to  make  peace  :    whereupon  Savile  perceiving  'i  i 

they  were  not  fatisticd  v/iili  Digby's   anfwer,  did    intimate  \  \ 

to  Digby  that  they  were  not   fatisfied,   but   difpleafed   and  \  \ 

^liftempered,  and  gave  this  occahon  to  Digby  to  write  his  \  \ 

opinion    in   that    fetter  which   was  intercepted,  in  which  \  \ 

CCC  fignifieth  John  Cary,  who  was  Mr   Howard's  corre-  »  j 

fpondent,   which   the   L.  Savile   himfelf  coni^fleth.     Be-  i  '[ 

dides  all  this,  the  L-  Savile's  anAver  and  expreflions  before  ' 
the   committee   were   contradictory  one   to   another,  and 

therefore  the  lefs  to  be  truficd.  |  \ 

II.  The  4th  article  of  tlie  iolemn  league  and  covenant,  \  \ 

bindeth  us  to  endeavour  tlie  difcovery,  trial,  and  condip^n  I  j 

punilliment  of  all  fuch  evil  inftruments  as  hinder   the  re-  \  \ 

formation  of  religion,  divide   the  King  from   his   people,  \  \ 

or  one  of  the  kingdoms  from  another,  or  make   any  fiic-  {  I 

tion  or  parties  amongft  the  people,  contrary  to   the  cove-  i  , 

-nant.    This  article  nuill  be  applied,  and  performed,  either  \  \ 

according  to  the  reality  of  mens  anions,  or  according  to  I  j 

the  interpretations  which   men   will   put   upon   their  own  \  \ 

aaions.     If  the  former,  then  the  L.  Savile  falleth   within  *  I 

thecompafs  of  that  article,  his  actions  being  really  a  hin-  =  \ 

dering  of  the  reformation  of  religion,  and^a  dividing  the  \  ' 

King  from  Ids  bell  i^ubjects,  and  of  the  kingdoms°onc  -U 

from  another,  and  making  a  faction  ur  party  coiurare  to  "  j 

the  J  j 

1  I 


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■i\     :;•      i'j..>!-'n 


,M„i:    /■,!iv>,c^    ,J 


i  ll/j  iijni    i: 


Concerning  Lord  Sav tie's  bvfnrfs.  133 

the  covenant.     If  the  huter,  then  the  greatcft   incendiary 
or  traitor  may  flicker  hunlolf  under  this_  evaiion,  tl;at   he 
did  intend  Ibn.c  great  good,  and  to  do  icrvice  to  the    par- 
liament, which,  that  he  might  the  better  do,  lie  cIkI  inh- 
liuate  h-.mlVh^  in  a  handfomc  way  oi  comphance  wun  thoic 
of  Oxford,  to  make  ti  cm  trult  him  the  more.    It  is  not  to  be 
for-otten,  that  the  thing  which  he  calls  liis  intention  here, 
he 'periuadeth  them    at    Oxlord   to   be   but   a    p.vtenhon; 
and  that  which   he    calls   a    preienhon  here,  he    perinadcs 
them  at  Oxford  to  be  his   real  intention  ;  lo    that    m   tins 
cafe  he  muft  needs   be   examined  aceovduio    to   the  nature 
and  reahty  of  his  anions  and  divilive  motions. 

"       '       104.  To  Principal  Strang.     July  i.  1645. 

Reverend  and  Beloved  J.^voiher,  • 

Since  my  laft  there  is  little  more  news  here,      ihe 

Kino'-,  cabinet  bcins'  taken  in  the  baide  is  lent  up  h.re.. 
Yefterdav  all  day  the  Houfe  of  Commons  was  rcadm?,  his 
letters.  'A  world  of  things  there,  under  the  Kn^^s  hand, 
io  increafe  his  difgrace.  1  am  afraid  for  the  confequence 
■oi  theie  fecrets.  l^<lany  foul  things  are  tound,  which  can- 
not  but  much  increafe  our  diftruit,  which  betore  was  great 


ei^ouua. 


105.   Publick   Letter.     Ji'b'  l-  1^45- 

How  this  fortnight  bvgone  a^Virs  have  gone  here,  the 
two  inclofcd  diurnals  will  Ihow.     Little   more    progreis   is 
nvade  in  church-atFairs.     The  allembly  has  been    forced  tQ 
adjourn  on  five  divers  occafions  of  hillings   and   thankigi- 
vin'T  lately,  every  one  whereof  took  from  us   almoil  two 
dayl     AVhen  we  hit  we   had   no  real  controveriy;  oni/ 
petty  debates  for  alterations  of  words,  and  tranlpolraon  ot 
propoikion:,   in  the  whole  body  of   government     toclc  up, 
our  time.     Our  luck  will  be  veiy  eVIf,  K  once   tms  weci:, 
by  God's  help,  we  do  not  at  laft  put  out  of  oin-  hands  ^to 
the   Houfes   all   that   we   have  to  lay  of  govcrni.'.ent,  tne- 
whole  platforni  there  really  according   to    the   pr.icace   ot 
our  church.      Farther,  order  for  the   director) ,  aaer  ma- 
ny debates,  at  lalt  is  paiied  the  lioufe  of  Couuuons:  ;  vevy 
near  as  feverc  an  ordii^axicc  as  that  againlt  the   neglect  00 
.  '  tlie 


VA.     .v^^-vA   i^^v.^   .jo; 


•fl"        r  .      -.r,:;.v>    ;,vi 


t.3 


? 


134  '    ■  Publlck  Letter,  Let.  lor. 

rhe  rervice-bool:.  Wcdncfdiiys  and  Fridays  arc  fct  apart 
by  ibe  Houics  for  church -affairs,  To  we  hope  very  flionly 
to  fee  prefbytcrics  and  fynods  erected  :  yet.  what  rttard- 
nient  v.x  may  have  from  this  great  victory,  obtained  mof}; 
by  the  Independeni  party,  and  what  that  model  of  ooAcrn- 
ment,  whereupon  Thomas  Goodwin  and  his  brcthrcu 
thefe  three  nionths  have  been  litting  fo  ckife,  that  ihey  ve- 
ry rarely,  and  he  never  at  all  has  yet  :->ppcared,  wc  do  not 
know;  only  we  expec^t;  a  very  iljarp  afliiult,  how   foon' we  \     i 

know  not,  for  a  toleration  to  we  wot  not  what.     This  wc  '      ! 

knovr,  that  v/c  had  ne\cr  more  need  of  your   prayers   for  \      \ 

wifdom  and  grace,  to  get  the  dangerous   and  evil  defigns  *      I 

of  very  crafty  and- diligent  men  ovcnlirown,  and  turned  i     \ 

on  the  head  of  the  contrivers.     For    our    own   parts,    wc  * 

have  firong  enough  muttial  aifcaions   to   be    at    our   own 
homes  in  lo  flormy  times;   yet  we  were    unworthy    of  the 
truft  put  upon  us,  if  we  did  not  declare,   that  the  nccefllty 
'of  men  here  for  our  church,  and  the  caufe   of  God,  was 
never  fo  palpable  as  at  this  hour.    Tlie  King,  fmcc  the  bat- 
tle', has  been  in  VVorcefteribire,   and  now  in  Hereford  and 
Monmouth  fhires,  on   the   borders   of  Wales,    recruit  in?- 
liis  foot;  but  comes  fmall  fpeed.     Our  forces  in  Taunton 
were  in  hazard  to  liave  been  overmaifered  by  Goring  ;  but 
Maffey  got  near  4000  horlc  together  for  their  relief.     Go- 
ring is  thought  yet  to  be  the  Itronger.     8ir  'I'homas  Fair- 
fax is  marching  with  all  the  fi)eed  he  can  to  join  with  IMaf- 
fey.     It  is  much  feared    Goring  iight  before   .Sir  Thomas 
can  come  up.     This  is  a  day  of  prayer  in  the  city  for  help 
from  God  to  Maliey.    If  Goring  were  broke,  it  is  thought 
that  party  were  undone.     The   iving   expects  forces  froni 
Ireland  to  land  in  ^\''ales.     But   that  which   now    is   moft: 
fpoken  ol',  is  the  King's   cabinet,    ient   up  hither   by  Sir 
Thomas  Fairfax  after  the  battle.    Seme  make  it  of  as  ;n-eat 
Talue  as  the  victory ;  I  pray  God  it  may  be  fo.    Ii  doth  dif- 
cover  tmder  the  King's   hand  mnny  great  fecrets,  which  I 
fear  v.-ill  3-nakc  all  peace  with  him,  and  liopcs  of  him,  more 
<Iefperate.     Our  conmiiflioners  gave  in  a  paper  before  the 
Clianccllor  went,    to  mal;c  three  ufes  of  the  victory  ;  the 
prelent  littling  of  the  church,    the   active   piofecuiion   of 
the  war,   the  lending  to  the  King  in  his  low  condition   for 
peace  on  the  lormer  propoiitions.     "We  expert   to-morrow 
an  anAver  to  thele  important  motions.     Our  army,  bleflcd 
be  God,  is  well,  and  has  refted  iti'elf  at  leifure  about  Not- 
tiiighani.     1  hop;;  they  arc  now  pu  their  jnarch  for  Wor^ 


rjjl.'" 


Let.  105^  -■  Publick  Letter.  13^ 

ccfler  and  Hereford.  Their  quarters  there  will  be  good^ 
and  their  fervice  for  the  time  not  hai-d.  It  is  exceeding; 
necefilir,  th.at  the  promiicd  recruits  fliould  coine  up  witlt 
till  diligence.  All  that  love  cither  God  or  Scotland  would 
beflir  themrclvcs  in  the  places  where  they  live  to  hafte  u',> 
thefe  men.  If  they  be  put  in  garrifon  in  Ncv/cafdc,  tlicii- 
labour  is  not  great  ^  if  they  come  up  to  Worcefter,  iho' 
the  journey  be  far,  yet  the  way  is  fafe  -,  no  enemy  by  the 
way,  and  they  are  fure  of  good  maintenance.  If  it  niitiht 
pleafe  God  to  make  you  there  fo  wife  as  to  (Irengthen  thii- 
army  to  14,000  or  15,000  foot,  that  the  whole  might  bs 
18,000  or  20,000  men,  horfe  and  foot,  then  we  vv'ould  be 
fo  looked  upon  as  to  be  reverenced  by  our  friends,  feared 
b)'  our  foes,  be  well  entertained  of  all,  and  be  able  to  keep 
all  here  in  church  and  ftate  riglil,  according  to  our  mind. 
But  v/ill  we  fit  ftill,  and  neglecl  the  army  here;  it  will  be: 
contemned,  and  our  whole  nation  with  it.  The  confe~ 
quences  V7ill  be  de|)lorable  to  both  the  kingdoms.  Now  a 
little  wifdom  and  diligence  will  help  all.  Our  hearts  liere 
are  oft  exceeding  forry  to  think,  that  it  is  God's  vdli  tO' 
continue  his  plagues  on  our  dear  country  ;  that  not  only 
thefe  bloody  mdfcrtants  are  permitted  to  rage  among  us,, 
but  that  God  immediately  Ihould  ilrike  the  chief  parts  of 
our  land  v/ith  the  pellilence,  and  that  tmder  both  thel'e 
plagues  a  flupid,  blind,  Ictliargick  ftupidity  lliould  be  up- 
on us.  For  thefe  things  we  mourn,  and  oft  our  eyes 
trickle  down  with  water  :  but  if,  with  all  thefe  evils,  tlier^i 
be  any  unmerciful  men  among  us,  who  now  will  foilov/ 
private  interefts,  and  be  for  emidations  and  factions,  for 
the  upholding  of  the  comnion  enemy,  and  cafting  of  this 
whole  illmd  back  in  the  gulph  of  deeper  mifery  than  vet 
we  have  leen,  at  this  very  time  v^'hen  God's  mexxy  has 
brought  us  very  near  to  the  Ihore  and  end  of  all  our  trou- 
bles i  I  cannot  deny  but  my  heart  does  deteH:  and  curie; 
the  v/ickednefs  of  all  Inch  men  ;  and  I  am  confident  God 
will  difcover,and  make  their  bafe  deligns  fo  virible,that  their 
names  fhrdl  rot  and  llink  to  the  generations  following.  I 
hope  many  honeft  minillers,  and  others,  will  countenance 
this  fefllon  of  parliament,  hly  L.  Chancellor  and  my  L. 
J.auderdale  will  there  fully  inli^rm  the  poilure  of  alfairs 
here.  I  hope  there  will  be  none  tliere  (o  c\il  a  country- 
jnai\  as  to  be  upon  any  dellgn  which  evideiuly  may  put 
Tilings  eitber  here  or  tliere  i;a  a  confulion.  Private  ends 
'ivc  ever  bafe;  but  at  this  nick,  of  lia^e,  .mens  fcU'-interclts 


I3<5                            PiihlicJi  tcficr.  ,                    Let.  IOJ&.  ] 

may  be  deitru(n:ive  both   to   themfclvcs  and   the    publick.  : 

Time  will  not  fail  to  i-cvcal  many  iccrtts.     If  God  may  be  \ 

pleafc^d  to  make  you  there  wile  and  unaninioiis,  and  a  lit-  1 

tie  acSlive,  we  are  likely  ere  lon^  to  have  all  ieiilod  In    the  \ 

whole  ifland  accordmg  to  our  uiind  j  oiherwilc  onr  mife-  \ 

j'ies  in  all  the  ifle  are  but  beginning.     V/hat  I  wrote  about;  • 

the  rnrprife  of  Diuikirk  was  i-eported  conlidently  here  for  \ 

four  or  live  days;   but  it  is  falfe.     Duke  de  Oilcans    is  ly-  ' 

ing  about  Mardike,  and  has  burnt   the   fuburbs   of   Dun-  ; 

kirk.     Torllcnfon  has  not   yet   got   lirin.     The  Prince  of  •; 

ien  I 

he  i 


J>tJA>.*  -iVV«>i.«-i.»«Vfl»       AJ.«i^       4.«V^k.  J*"*-         t)  -M^  *■    111*  ■141-,         *.lilH_V> 

Orange,  with  all  his  army,   is  in  Flanders,  but  yet  not  11 
down  before  any  town.     The  State's  lleet  is  joined  with  ti.v, 
J^wedilh.     The    ftr.uts   of   Denmark  are  great.     They  fay 
Harcourt  has  got  a  great  vii5lory  in  Arragon. 

,     io6.  To  my  Lord  Lauderdale.     July  i.  1645. 


My  Lord,  | 

I  forgive    your   firft   fault  in  not  anfv.'ering   mine,  that  ' 

you  may  fall  the  readier  in  the  next.     1  hope  you  got   tlic  \ 

iafl  fifty  pfalms,   and   have    lent    them    to    the   committee.  | 

There  is  longing   hei-e   alreatiy  for    your    animadveifions.  j 

Mr  Rous  has  twice  in  this  ihort  time  been   fpeaking  to  me  \ 

about  it.  "Vou  will  not  fail  to  put  the  committee  in  mind 
to  life  what  diligence  conveniently  they  miy.     Your  Lord-  ] 

iliip  may  fee  what  J  write  to  my  wife.  Clofe  all,  and  i'cnd 
all  away  with  the  ihit  occaiion.     If  you  be  a  good   Scotf-  " 

jnan,  remonflrate  wh.it  neceflity  there  is  to  mal:e  our   ar-  ; 

my  here  ftrong  in  men  and  minifters  and  a  connnittee.  For 
the  lime  it  is  like  to  have  little  ado  ;  for  the  Independents 
and  Cromwell  are  like  to  put  a  quick  end  to  all  here  with- 
out any  other  help.  What  will  be  next,  if  v/e,  by  our  e- 
tejnally  im  uifvvtrable  fottiilmels,  will  make   omfeives   in-  \ 

confiderable    but    for    a    little  time  longer,   v.dio  can  tell  ?  • 

Our  churcli-buiinefs  drives   on    wonderful  he;'.vi!y,   and  is  j 

lilte  to  go  on    more    and    more    heavily    if  ihia  world  laft.  i 

TJie  letters  of  the  cabinet  have  been  ifrangely  Ihufded.      It  | 

is  laid  now  thiy  wei-e  rilled    by  the  foldiers,  and  call  here  j 

and  there,   and  hardly  one  got   gathered  together.      How-  ; 

ever,  the  box  was  in  iome  hands  at  fartheil  on  tl'.e  Sua- 
<lay.  The  committee  of  both  kingdonis  had  leifure  to 
write  for  them  to  Sir  Thomas  Fairhix  •,  but  no  anfwer  at 
all  was  rcturucd  to  that  letter  j  only  the  letters  came  all 
2,  hi^rc 


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h6t.  to6:        •      y''?  ^-y  ^'^'^^  Lauder  dak.  1^1 

here  open,  oa  the  Friday;  to  Mr  Whhe,    who   did  with 
them  what  he  pleafed   till    Monday   monnns-,    at   wluch 
time  they  were  given  in  as  a  hu^e  g^cat  iecret  to  the  IIoui\. 
oi^  Comuions,  and  there  all  the  forenoon   and   afternoon 
andthedayfolloNving,  read  over   m  the   aiuhence   of  the 
Houfe.     They  are  this  day,  as  I  thmk,  but  to  be  read  nx 
the  Houfe  of  Lords,  and  on  Thurfday  by_a  great  com^ 
mi.tee  of  Lords  and  Commons  to  be   read  m   a  commoa 
couneil  at  London,  thereafter  we  w.l    h:we  the  fj^vour  to 
fee  them.     It  is  very  lilce  that   nc^^r  adv.fements   her.  will 
be  taken  upon  them.     What  tltey  who  love  .m  anarchy  . 
the  church,  as  it  is  feared  in  ftate  alio,  do  uuend    ;v.  uill 
llmrtly  knosv.     Only  they  who  h.ave  any  love ^to   God,  oi 
their  covenant,  or  Britain,  among  you,    let   tnem   at  this 
diet  of  parliament,  or  never,  fee   to   our  army  here,  and 
to    our   London  con.minion.     Are  there    any  pedant. cL 
fools  now  talking  of  removing  of^  tb.e  commilnon        Ihe 
necefflty  of  continuing  and  increairng  it  was  r.ever   hal      o 
,  apparent  as  now.     If  there  be  any  fitter  men  than  the  lo  - 
mer,  let  them  in  God's  name  have  then-  tr.rn  ;    but  a  la- 
mentable pity  it  is,  that  men  (hotdd  io  ^f  ;--^^}^-^^^^^ 
open  inteiefts,  as  to  hazard  the  pubhckafety,  fm    to   ^.- 
venae  the  iuft  mifearriage  of  then-  unrcaionable  deaves.    It 
the?e  was  any  trinketing  with  the   King,  it  leems  the   evi- 
dence of  it  ^4s  in  that  box-,    btu,  by  canny  convoyance, 
thefe  men  in  whofe  hands  the  open  boK  fo  lon.g  rcmniud, 
miiTht  dcflroy  whatever  concerned  iheu"  fr.ends.      i  his  is 
done  in  fueh  a  wav  as  cannot   be   gotten  quett.oned.     ba- 
vile  and  Sev  have  oft  been  before  the  comnat.ee  of  exaim-^ 
nation' -,  btu  all  is  like  to  turn  to  notl:lng.     Except  you  be 
unaninlous,  this  poor  iile  is  farther  from  pc^ce  ana  hap p  - 
nefs  than  ever.     When  we  have  put  the   king  to   Wis 
and  Cornwall,  and  printed  all  lus  ihame  ul  ^-;-f  ^  f  J     '; 
like  fnortly  we  will,  what  then  Ihall  we  do  next  ?     fnc,  like 
of    this   confuhatlon   never    yet  came   above    yom      able. 
Mike  hahe  hither  you  and  the  Chancchor,  except  >o.i  al- 
fo  love  to  drown   yourfelves    in    your    private   ajLms,    t..L 
both  vou  and  they  be  loft  with  us  all  m  the  pubhck.     An 
agent'for  the  arn^  is  mod  needlef^  ;  we  are   at  charges  e- 
nouPh  already.     That  needlels  oihce  wdl  find   u.   ad   iag- 
gots'to  heat  our  waters  more   than   we   can   fnner      hup- 
prefs  that  motion  in  time,  or  it  will  hurt  us  a  1,  -^--1  '-o  T: 
the  firft  movers.     I  am  as  buiy  as   I   may  with  oar   fe^.a- 
rie,.     If  1  had  fomc  time,  readily  I  may   give   ua   accoun. 
Vol.  II.  '*^ 


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j^t  To  my  Lord  Laudcrdal-j.  Let.  io6. 


107.  PiihUck  Letter.     July  ^.   164^. 

With  the  lafh  poft  all  I  would  fay  bcfiJe  what  was  in 
my  publick  letter,  you  and  Mr  Robert  did  fee  in  my  let- 
ter to  Mr  David.  Let  me  know  if  you  received  what  I 
<vrote  to  you  with  James  Nilbet.  I  got  Mr  Robert's  and 
Mr  Zachari.'.s's.  You  had  great  need  to  further  up  re-i 
cruits  to  our  army.  It  may  ihortly  have  much  to  do.  If 
yoti  will  lend  to  it  what  you  ought  and  may,  it  will  have 
little  or  nought  to  do.  I  fee  by  Mr  Piobert's  letter,  that 
yoti  are  milinformcd  of  oiu*  numbers.  The  King  and  Go^ 
ring  together  v/ill  have  triple  our  number  of  horfe,  and 
double  ot  foot.  The  parliament,  if  they  labour,  can  make 
Sir  ThonMS  Fairiax's  double  our  nvimber  in  foot  as  he  is 
already  double  in  horle.  Under  God  the  welfare  of  Scot- 
.land  depends  on  this  army.  The  Chancellor  can  inrorin 
how  neceilar  it  is  to  have  a  llrong  committee  and  pi-efny- 
tery  there  to  keep  better  difcipline  than  has  been.  Ravillx- 
ing,  and  plundering  of  friends,  unpuniihed,  will  make  God 
to  piufdh  all  for  a  {c\\.  Men  of  fufpc^ted  faith  arc  ve-^ 
ry  dangerous,  to  be  there.  The  parliament  is  wife  to  make, 
in  a  canny  and  late  way,  a  wholefome  purgation,  that  i: 
may  be  limeous.  You  v/ill  remember  mc  to  th?  magi- 
llratcs  oi:"  the  town,  and  have  h  care  that  my  publick  kt- 
tei's,  and  printed  papers,  be  communicated  to  theni  and 
to  my  colleagues.  It  this  be  neglected,  I  pray  you  let  thetn 
Jcnow  it  is  not  my  fault.  However  ovrr  oppofition  is  migh- 
ty, yet  daily,  blelled  be  God,  we  get  ground.  iVll  the 
rainiders  in  London  wow  without  exception  are  for  out" 
prcfliytery.     Thomas  Goodwin  and  Ikircon,  that  v.xrc  a- 

gainll 


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to  the  publick  of  my  fludics  under  your  Lordlhip's  patro- 
iiare,  if  yoti  continue  honeft,  (a  great  if  in  thcfe  days  of 
motion)  -,  b:it  my  progrefs  yet  is  but  fmall.  Mr  liender- 
{on  feared  me  m\uh  the  other  day  by  Hopping  of  his  wa-  ! 

ter  j  but  now,  blell'ed  be  God,  he  is  well.  We  expelled 
George  and  Mr  Kennedy  this  night  from  the  army  at  far- 
thoft  •,  but  we  have   heard    nothing   of  them,   or  It,  fmce  j     i 

Friday.     We  fend  to  the  army  to-morrow  L.  20,000.    Re-  ».     j 

j-nembering  my  fervice    to    your  gO(^d  kind  Lady,    and  her  |     \ 

glowniing  Ion,  whom  I  pi'ay  God  to  blel's,  and  make  fa-  ;     I 

therbeiier,  I  reft,  \     \ 

Your  Lordihip's  fervant.  .  I    j 


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Let.  107.  ''■      Pitblich  Letter.  1 39 

gainfl:  it,  arc  put  by  the  *  parliament  from  their  places. 
Some  other  few  preachers  arc  but  lecturers.  The  Indc-' 
pendents  yet  prefent  not  their  niotlel.  We  fufpect  their 
domeilick  divifions,  or  their  perplexity,  whether  to  take  in 
or  hold  out  from  aniongft  thcmfelves  the  reft  of  the  fefta- 
ries.  If  our  army  were  in  good  cafe,  by  God's  bleiling, 
fvll  would  fettle  quickly  in  peace;  el("e,  we  are  but  in  the 
beginning  of  confullons  and  troubles.  The  troubles  in 
Scotland  are  but  fceondary  evils.  Your  right  eye  would 
be  on  the  affairs  here,  if  you  have  either  wifdom,  or  an}*" 
love  to  yoin-felves.  Mr  Headerfon  is  much  tenderer  than 
he  wont.  He  and  Mr  Ptutherford  are  gone  tiiis  day  to 
Epfom  waters.  80  long  as  any  thing  is  to  do  here,  he 
cannot  be  away.  I  hope  the  reft  oF^us  ere  long  may  be 
well  fpared,  if  once  we  had  through  the  Catechilm  and 
a  part  of  the  Confclilon.  IF  I  write  not  the  next  two  pofts, 
the  caufe  will  be  my  employment  to  preach  to  the  Houfe 
of  Lords  the  next  fift-d.iy.  What  our  confultation  about 
feeding  of  articles  to  the  King  will  piodace,  we  cannot  tell 
as  yet  j  only  we  expect  great  events.  I  pray  Cod  they 
tniay  be  good,  and  for  ending  of  our  troubles.  I  think 
A'ou  and  INIr  David  both  will  be  at  8tirling.  Let  it  be  your 
care,  that  Lauderdale  be  fent  back  to  us  with  all  expedi- 
tion. No  living  man  fitter  to  do  fervice  for  Scotland  a- 
gainft  the  plotting  Independent  party,  which,  for  the 
time,  has  a  great  hand  in  the  ftate.  Alio,  if  the  aftairs  oF 
Scotland  may  any  way  permit,  it  were  necelTar  the  Chan- 
cellor j-eturncd.  He  is  very  mucli  rec^arded  and  loved 
here.  Take  heed,  as  yc  love  otir  aftairs  here  either  or 
church  or  ftate,  that  my  L.  Warifton  be  not  called  back. 
"Whoever  and  whatever  pretence  will  olTcr  it,  they,  for 
private  and  corrupt  defigns,  would  diigrace  one  ot  the 
moft  faithful,  diligent,  and  able  fervants  that  our  church 
and  kingdom  lias  Jiad  all  the  times  of  our  troubles.  There 
is  no  need  at  all  for  an  agent  for  the  army,  if  there  be  a- 
ny  commilTioners  for  our  ftate  here.  It  is  not  only  a  need- 
lefs  office,  but  it  is  fotight  merely  for  pri\ate  ends,  and 
will  be  occafion  of  evil..  In  rdl  thsfe  things  miil:ea  mc, 
aad  all  information  from  this. 


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140  To  t'lV  Lord  Laudcrdak>  Let.  loSi 


loS.  To  my  Lord  Lauderdale.     Jidy  8.  1 645.  ..    -  \ 

■    '         1 
My  Lord,       '  •  | 

So  long  as  the  plague  is  in  Edinburgh,  you  muft  be  con-  •; 

tent  to  be  our   portnrafter-general.      Mow   j^ll    goes    here,  \ 

YOU  will  get  it  from  many  hands.     If  you    pleale   to   read  { 

Avhat  I  have  fent  to  my  friends,  you  may  clofe  the   utmoft  \ 

cover,  and  fend  it  to  ibme  Glaigow  man  there.     IMr  Hen-  i 

derfon  went  this  day  to  Lpfom.     He  is  better  than  he  was,  i 

but  not  yet  well.     Many  here  ftumble  at  our  offer  of  pro-  | 

portions  to  the  King  \  but  to  me  the  offer  feems  very   ne-  | 

(;eirary.     You  know  the  temper  of  our  army,   and  1  think  ; 

of  the  pai-liament  alfo.     If  they  be  offered   and  'rcceivedj  | 

we  attain  our  end  ;  if  ixjecled,  all  will  be  the  moi  e  encou-  I 

raged  to  go  on.     But  if  they  fhould  not   be   offered,   and  \ 

yet  upon  the  letters  a  fummons,  a  certification   go   to   the  5 

King,  what  fliould  be  next  ?     The  Prince   and    York   are  1 

with  their  father.     Gloucefler  is  put  in  Northumberland's  | 

keeping.    Tlie  kingdoms  behoved  to  be  guided  by  the  par-  .     ? 

liaments,  and  fo  England  by  tliefe  who  now  prevail;  whofe  | 

governmem  how  fweet   it   would  be  either  to  church   or  | 

flate,  no  man  knov/s  better  than  you.      And   what    would  'j 

Scotland's  condition  be,  if,  befide  Montrofe,  they  had   a-  j 

iiy  other  factions   to   deal  with,  driving  for   tlie   govern-  5 

juent,  and  pofiibly  a  rupture  with  England,  befide  an  im-r  i 

mortal  vv^ar  fo  long  as  the  King  or  Trince   had   any  friends  ] 

either  at  lionie  or  abroad  ?    J  Avould  therefore  think  it  lim-  \ 

ply  neccilary  for  the  good  of  Britain  to  fend  offers  of  peace 

to  the  King,  h\u  withal  that  they  may  be  real.     Many  here 

that  can  condefctnd  to  fend  them,  n:ind  no  more  than    a 

bare  paper  to  be  accepted  or  relufed,  not  only  without  a- 

ny  treaty,  but  without   any  Avords.     If  v/e   defire  to  deal 

truly  with  the  heart  of  a  man  cbfiinate  near  to  enduration^  '\ 

we  would  ;;fe  fon^e  probable  means  of  perfuafion.     If  you 

condefcend  to  lend  propofitions,  by  all  means  let  LIr  Hen- 

^erfon  be  one  to  go  with  them,  with  an  exprefs   to   him, 

and  all  whom  yc  will  lend,    to    deal   to  the   uttermoft    of 

their  power  to  perfuade  the  King's  coni'cience  to  go  on  no 

farther  to  his  own  evident   ruin,    and    poilibly  ours   alfo. 

Ko   man   on   oin-  {-Ac  fo  meet  as  Mr  Hendcrfon,  and  you 

know  he  will  not  go  without  exprefs  coiumands  both  from 

flxurch  and  ftatc.     This  mugii  leinember  I  forwaracd  you 


hct.  io8.      .         To  »';'  ■^"''^  Laudcrdak.  M* 

of  albeit  pombly  for  little  purpofci  for  if  Goring  get  over 
d      Severn  with  his  70C0  horfc  and  three  of    out,  as  they 
c.l  him,  the  King  and  he  will  make  a  powerful  army,  and 
•n  rcafon  they   will   march    diree^ly   on   tis  at   AVorcefter. 
'Phere  we  are^our  alone.     The  Engllih  forces  which  were 
p  lilld  to  join,    I  hear  not  of  them.     S.r  Fhonyts  Fair- 
fax, appointed  to  follow  Goring,  tt  is  fe^u-ed  Iha  1  h.  itill 
o/efr^em  his  weary  foot-,    and   the    prefent   condu.on   of 
ot.r  armv  I  doubt  it  much.     By  all  means  harte  up  ou.  .   - 
emits  to  he  ftill  in  the  northern  garnions,  that  the  old  fol- 
Sxnay  come  to  our  army.     O!     if  you   could   get  one 
found  blow  of  Montrofe,  that  the  body  of  that  armv  n.gh 
come  up  to  England.     We  are  hated  and  ^^^f^^^^^ 
niany  here.     No  means  but  by  a  miracle   either   of  faiety 
or  rJputation,  but  the  ftrengthening   oi    this   ariny   much 
above  what  it  is.     If  you  take  not  a  courle   in   .^J.^- 
p.ent,  that  juftice  may  be  done  on  unclean,  ^^^ink  n   bl  i 
phemous,  plundering  officers     noblemen,    as   ^  I    as    o- 
hers,  wcwiUftink  in  the  nofc  of   this  people  dc..^dU, 
and  God  will  plague  us  •,    and   it  any   thmg   (^io^'^;} J^^^ 
this  armv.  u'hat  were  Scotland  s  condition  ^_    The  face  o 
affixirs  convinces  you.  that  there  is  a    necefiuy  you  flioul 
ay  by  your  private  ali^irs,  and  hafte   up  hither  fo  foon  a 
hi   in\ha.    commiffioners    are   difmihed;    for  betore 
think,  you  muft  not  ftir.  •  Wharton  ^the  leader  of  tn  s 
negotiation.     You  know  his  metal.     He  is  as  fully  as  ever 
•     foi-that  party,  who  grows  in  hopes  and  mfolency  againft 
all  that  are  in  their  Avay.     Their  deligns   arc   very   high, 
^et  pride  dwells  on  the  brink  of  ruin      I  thought  to  liave 
.    Written  but  hx  lines  at  moif-    yet   old   freedom   wth    jou 
has  made  my  pen   run   thus   f*r.     Pleafe  your   Loid.mp, 

farewell.     Your  fcrvant,  r,TTTir 

Robert  Laillie. 


109 


.   To  the  Earl  of  Eglinton.  IVorccJlcr-hovJc,  JulyZ.  1645. 

I  thankt^oui-  Lordllnp  for  your  kind  letter  by  Hugh 
Kennedv.  I  faw  no  other  of  your  letters  this  twelve 
months'at  lead.  AU  the  news  I  have  ever  lent  to  Scot- 
land, it  was  my  diredtion  they  Ihould  go  from  Gla.gow  to 
your  Lordlhip's  hof.fc  at  Kilwinning.     How  aU  goe.  here. 


■':'■    :.:    b<:y.     i  ,', 


i.iua    lyiiauii 


\   :' V :::'-'.  <V\jv\-;i\  .^<v'.-?\,,;:\  \i5  Vti;:i  ^{\^ 


<rr   '..,* 


142  To  the  Earl  of  Eglinion.  Let.  109."  \ 

oui'  fecretary  v/rites  to   your   committee,     Ycflcrday  wc  | 

fciu  xtj)  10  both  Hoiifes   the  whole  body   of  the   cluirch-  | 

government ;  fo  it  is   once   out   of  the    afTcmbly's   liands.  I 

Blcfll'd  be  God,  all  the  minifters   of  London   are   for   iis.  | 

Burton  and  Good\Yin,  the  only  two  that   were   L:dcpend-  1 

ents,  are  by  the    parliament  removed    from   their   places.  \ 

Seven  or  eight  preachers  that  are  againft  our  way  are  only  \         i 

lecturers  in  the  city,  bvit  not  minilters.     We    hope  fliortly  I         I 

to  get  the  Independents  put  to  it  to  declare  themfelves   ei-  1         1 

thcr  to  be  for  the  reft  of  the  feftaries,  or  againft  them.     If  ';         | 

they  declare  againft  them,   they  will   be  but  a  fmall  incon-  \         i 

fiderable  company  ;  if  for  them,  all  honcil   men   will  cry  I         | 

out   upon    them   for   feparating    from    all    the    Reformed  \         | 

churches,  to  join   with  Anabaptifts  and  Libertines.     The  ]         | 

Lords  this   day  named   Pauland   and  Wharton    for   their  |         \ 

commiftioners  for  our  parliament,  as  the  Commons  before  i        \ 

had  done  Sir  Henry  Vane  elder,    Sir  William  Armync,  \        \ 

InL'  Hatcher,    and  Goodwin.     I  hope  their  friendly  debate  \         \ 

with  our  parliament  about  Carlifie   Uiall  end    in   a  ftraiter  |        \ 

union  betwixt  the  nations,  and  fliall  be  a  mean  to   remeid  ; 

many  of  our  grievances;  but  the  only  hope   we    have   to  .   « 

prevail  in  any  thing,  either   in   church    or   ftate,  is  God's  | 

blelling  on  that  your  army.  We  fear  that  Goring  crofs 
the  Severn,  and  join  with  the  King.  You  then  will  be 
neareft  the  danger.    I  doubt  not  but  you  prefs  with  all  diti-  : 

gence  to  have  your  recruits  from  Scotland,  and  what   you  \ 

can  draw  from  your  northern  garrifons.     That  which  af-  | 

frays  us  moft  is,  your  negledt  of   difciplinc,   if   it  be   true  : 

which  very  many  have  told  us,  that  ravilhers   of  women,  \ 

and  plundcrei-s  of  people  ;  tliat  blafphemers,  and  profa- 
ners  of  the  fabbath,  and  fuch  like  enormities,  are  unpu- 
nilJicd  among  you ;  that  fundry  new  covenanters  have 
place  am.ong  you  alio.  Thefe  things  will  make  God  to 
withdraw  his  afliftancc   from   you.     Your  Lordfliip  was  1 

wont   to   have  the  beft  ordered  and  moft  pious  foldicrs  in  j 

the  army  ;  if  this  be  not  ftill  your  Lordihip's  care,  yoa 
will  lofe  much  of  that  honour  which  before  you  did  enjoy 
upon  juft  defert.     1  mtift  here   abruptly   break  otF.     Our  ). 

prayers  here  are  for  all  your  profperlties.     We   trtift   God  ^     ; 

will  honour  you  all  by  notable  fervices  to  God  and  both 
the  kingdoms.  When  you  have  feen  the  copy  of  the 
King's  writs,  you  will  believe  your  own  eyes,  that  our 
hopes  of  peace  by  any  treaty  can   be    but  fmall  fo  long  a? 


■'  ,•    '.  f  '-ry  ■    t:  i:<) 


Let.  109.  To  the  Earl  of  I:gUnton,  i4'>, 

the  King  has  any  army  on  ths  fields.     But  I  mnil:  fay,  A- 
dieu. 

Your  Lordfliip'sj  to  be  commanded  after  the  old 
fafliion, 

Robert  B.mllii:. 

My  fervice  to  the  Colonel,  of  v/hom  I  hear  much  good. 


no.  Publick  Letter.     July  1^.  164^. 

Since  my  laft,  with  the  former  pofl,  July  id,  we  have,, 
thanks  be  to  God,  at  hxii  (irdflied  the  whole  body  of  go- 
vernment, and  after  all  our  reviews,  ,fent  it  up  to  both 
Houfes  on  Monday;  fo  it  is  once  out  of  our  handr,.  Wc 
exj)ccl  the  parliament,  when  it  lies  on  them  alone,  v/ill^ 
with  expedition,  fee  much  of  oiu*  advice  put  in  praftice. 
Since,  we  have  entered  on  the  ConfelTion  of  Faith  ;  a> 
yet  I  cannot  pronounce  of  the  length  or  fliortncfs  of  our 
proceedings  therein.  If  God  be  pleal'ed  to  al.Uft  us,  as 
fometimes  he  docs,  we  may,  ere  long,  be  at  an  cn^i  of 
our  whole  work. 

So  foon  as  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax  had  overtaken  rtlauey» 
the  clubmen  that  made  fo  great  noife,  did  ihrink  av/ay. 
Goring  drew  ohf  from- Taunton  ;  and,  as  it  is  thought,  is 
gone  towards  Briftol.  The  King  is  beyond  the  Severn, 
gathering  in  Wales  what  recruits  he  is  able.  It  feems  he 
and  Goring  will  join,  and  fo  make  up  a  great  army  be- 
twixt them.  If  Goring  go  over  the  Severn  to  the  King^ 
it  feems  they  will  fall  upon  our  army,  v/ho  nov/,  as  v.e 
think,  are  about  Worcefter ;  but  if  the  King  come  over 
the  Severn,  it  feems  they  will  fall  on  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax , 
who  is  following  Goring  fo  faft  as  his  wearied  foot  are 
able.  There  is  great  need,  that  with  all  the  fpeed  may  be, 
thefe  6000  foot  we  hear  of  be  fent  up  from  Scotland,  aiid 
with  them  fome  giMcious  minifLers.  If  our  army  were  \i> 
nuich  firengthened  with  men  and  miniiters,  and  a  com- 
mittee, as  eafily  by  a  little  care  it  might  be,  it  would 
be  a  pregnant  mean  to  end  the  troubles  of  Scotland,  to 
fettle  all  thefe  dominions  according  to  our  mind  ;  but  if 
diligence  for  this  end  be  not  ufed,  and  that  ciuickly,  we 
hurt  the  common  caufe,  Ave  much  endanger  both  the  ho- 
nour and  fifety  of  oin*  own  nation.  INToiurofe  v/iil  be  cheaper 
and  niore  ealily  defeat  here  than  he   can   be   there.     Tlic 

placini^ 


«»<;■.  (•'■i'>;;i'/i;',!   ;/i; 


144"  Publick  Letter.  Let. 


no. 


i   I 


!  1 


placing  of  a   Scots  p;,irriron   in   Carllflc   is   taken   111   here 
by  the  moft  part.     The   parliament  has  named  two  Lords  ] 

and  four  Commons  to  go  to  Stirling  to   require  reafon  in  f 

this  point.     They  who  are  feeking  divillon  betwixt  the  na-  I 

tions,  blow  much  at  this  coal.     I   am  hopeful  our    parlia-  I 

inent  will  be  able  to  fuisfy  the   ]!!nglif]i   commifrioncrs   in  \ 

any  thing  they  w^ill  deniand,  and  that  Carlifle,  which  ma-  \ 

ny  fear,    and   fomc   cxpccV,    ihall    be  the  apple  of  flrife,  1 

Avill  be  the  band  of  a  ftraiter  union  betwixt  us,  and  a  little  * 

reckoning  'M\d.  friendly   debate   betwixt   the    [)arliamentG.  \ 

Union  has  been,  and  is  our  fubfiltencc  ;   it   mull  be  enter-  I 

tained  at  whatever  rate  ;  all  divifive  motions  are  deftruclivc,  \ 

nnd  never  more  than  nov/.     The    King's   writs  I  faw    the  I 

other  day,  for   the  parliament  fent  them   to   us   to   be   all  | 

fecn,  and  (o  many  of  thena  copied   as   we   thaught  meet.  ,; 

In  divers  letters   under   his   hand,  he   preifes   Ormotid   to  \ 

make  a  firm  peace  with  the  Irilh,  gives  him  full  power   to  ' 

recal    all    lav»"s    agair.il    Papifts,     alfo    Poyning's    flutiitcs,  '-. 

which  they  lay  are  for  the  dependence  of  Ireland   on   the  i 

parliament   of  England  ;  lilcewife   to  join   with   the   Iriili  : 

for  cafting  the  Scots  out  of  Ireland.     All    this   he   jirclTes  '      * 

may  be  done  quickly,  that  lo    pc>v/erfnl  fupjilics   may   be 
fent  over  to  him  againft  the  rebels  oi:  JZngland,   and  an  ar-  '       I 

my  to  Scotland  to  land  in  Cumberland  before    the   end  of  | 

l\Iarch  laft  pail.  There  be  many  letcers  to  the  CVuecn,  that 
fhe  may  procure,  from  Pophh  princes,  help  to  him  on 
very  favour.ible  conditions  to  Papiils.  In  one  of  her  let- 
ters, all  in  cyphers,  but  decyphered  by  tbe  King's  hand, 
fhe  alTures  him  of  the  DuIcj:  of  Lorrain's  fcrvice  with 
10,000  men.  Thanks  be  lo  God,  all  thefe  de/igns  have 
been  crulhed  by  God's  hand  Before  the  Chancellor 
went,  v.'c  had  given  in  a  j>apcr,  as  tor  other  things,  fo  for 
fendmg  to  the  King,  after  his  overthrow  at  Nafeby,  ihs 
former  three  prop.jlitions  of  peace.  The  parliament  re- 
turned a  civil  anfwcr,  that  after  the  conluleration  of  the 
King's  writs,  ih  :y  and  we  behoved  to  advife  how  to  pro- 
ceed. Wc  are  to  prei's  again  the  fending  of  the  proj^oli- 
tions  fo  much  the  more  of  the  v/riis,  for  we  think  they 
will  contribute  to  tlie  I'lUmbling  of  tiie  King's  mind,  and 
dlfpohng  him  to  do  realV>n  both  to  us  and  to  himielt. 
Some  fear  the  King's  obltinacy  ;  others  wilh  it  to  in- 
crcafe  \  but  the  beft  and  the  mofl  here  thmk  it  exceeding 
iiecelfary  to  eflay  if  we  can  have  peace  on  the  lor.ner  pro- 
politions.  If  the  Lord  harden  his  heart,  that  our  oilers 
2  be 


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Let.  no.  Publich  Letter.  145 

be  rcfufcd,  one  other  flrokc  iniy  break  liis  party  wkliout 
recovery.  But  v.-iiei)  that  is  done,  .xnA  wc  irced  fs-oiii  all 
fears  of  them,  we  i'ee  a  new  f^ a  o?  trjublej,  wherein  avl* 
niuft  enter.  Though  in  it  we  feel  no  bottom,  and  ca.i 
fee  no  fhore,  liowever,  v/e  ninri;  do  oiu'  duty,  aiid 
trufl  in  the  .Lord.  Our  hearts  are  e:;cee'.!in<>ly  grieved 
that  yet  tlie  wicked  ene.ny  rliere  doth  fabfut,  and  tiiat  the 
Loi'd  is  pleal'ed  to  iirike  I's  fo  fore  v/it!i  t!ie  pjftilence.  Oh 
that  his  hand  were  not  heavy  on  our  liearts  !  that  nnny 
.  were  not  ftupiiied  anu  liardoned  !    V.'e  cannot  but   expect  '    . 

a  glorious  ilu'.e  out  of  all  thei'e  troubles,  v.'hatever  be  the 
pei'fonal  fms  of  thoulan  1>,  and  {xy  our  jnll:  d-:ier\in;]s  ol: 
worfe  tliaii  ycz  has  befaHcri  us  •,  yjt  truly  we  muft  take 
God  to  witntrs,  in  the  midft  of  ibe  U  imeri  of  his  wratli, 
that  the  publick  intentions  of  tlie  p>od!y  in  the  land  have 
been  and  are  for  ilic  gloi-y  of  his  nanie,  j\)r  tlie  advance- 
ment of  piety,  truth,  and  rigliteoufn^fs,  wiiliout  the  hurt 
ol:  any  ile'.h,  except  fo  far  as  our  neccilary  deirence  docii 
compel;  io  we  cannot  but  con.'idjntly  liopc  of  the  l^ord's 
glorious  falvatior.  in  the  ciul,  arid  Vvc  hope  it  is  near.  Tne. 
Jjords  this  day  have  nominated  tlvjir  commiilioners,  llut- 
iand  and  Whartoii.     The  Common:.,   \\vz   other   day,  na-  .  | 

med  theirs,  oir  Mary  Vane  elder,   Sir   William    Armyne,  '  1 

Mr  Hatcher,  and    Mr   Goodwin.     Ivly   Lord   Chancellor  | 

and  Lauderdale  knows    all   the   meii   well.     I   h.ope   their  I 

mellage  may   ftrengthen   the  ui:ion  of  the  kinr^doms,  and.  | 

Jielp  to  redrefs  many  of  our  grievances,  if   God   gi\e  you 
grace  to  manage  v/ell.  ' 


III.   Fcr  my   L-.rJ  I.audcrduie.     London y  July  15.  )645> 

.-    My  Lord, 

We  think  the  dolorous  condition  of  Scotland  has  liin- 
deredvou  and  others  t(>  write  r.nto  us  wiih  ihe  laft  poll. 
Our  hearts  are  deeply  wounded  vvitb  jj  lilliu-'s  dcleat.  As 
yet  our  armv  liere  has  ilonc  nothing.  Ir  iis  credit  be  noc 
relieved  with  fome  fuccefsful  a^^tion  quickly,  tlie  clamovn-s 
of  this  people  will  arife  againft  it.  Cromwell's  extraordi- 
nary fuccefs  makes  that  party  here  triumph.  I  wrote  to 
you  of  L.  Dipbv's  intercepted  letter,  imlnraiinc!,  the  fend- 
ing  of  jM'opoiitions  iVo:n  lonie  p.eer  ro  the  Idling,  and  mv- 
difcourle  with  Mr  Cranfcnd  thereupon.  It  waj  the  L)de- 
pendents  ftudy  lo  call   all    the    oditnn  of   trir.ketiiig   wiih 

Vol.  IL  T  O.^for.l 


MV;    ,,    ':,!, 


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? 
J4(j  '     For  my  Lord  Lauderdale.  Let.  iii,  \ 

Oxford  on  PIoMts,  while    Savile   rcfufcs   to    tlccypli^r   tlie 
letter  wherein  he  faid,   it  was  written  to  hini  from  Oxford,  \ 

that  JIolHs  kcjit    weekly  correfpondence    with    I)ij>by  :   he  \ 

is  fcnt  prifoner  to  the  lov/rr.      .So  loon  as  he  conus  there,  \ 

he    fends   his    dauphtLr-in-hiw,   tiie    l^ady  Tcniple,  with  a  | 

letter  to  Mr  Gordon,    (but    fn-li    to    be    comninnirated    to  \ 

jTiy  Lord    rJev),  \  Jtniiii'.ig  him  to  tlcciarc    to    the  Moiifc  oi:  \ 

Connuonf,  that  whn  yon  wi.ie  l.dl  at  O.xioiil,   IJollis  had  \ 

given  a  pap.n-  oP   prop^ifitions  to  Lindlay   and    him,    to   be  \ 

coim::^.unie;'icd  to  ih.c  Kin;.';,   accordin;^    tf)    which. the  Ivinr^  : 

had  livmed  an  aniVcr  t:)  yonr  demand"^  :   ihis  made  diii  c-  ; 

3T0nph.     SopmC  wo'dd  Ii.oc  hid  llolli-.  i  enio\  ed  tiie  Jionfc.  \ 

pretcnily.      \lc  d.;-id:n-ed  ini>cnuou!iy  what  the  maiier  was,  |, 

That  al!  of  vou    liavin^j,   concivcd    the   e.^pLdiency  of   re-  « 

ceiving  and   ictnniy.K;,  vidts,   he,   wiili   i\Ir  VV'h.itlocl:,   had  \ 

Yiiitcd  Lindlny,   with  whom  l>avi!r  wa.s  ;   tii.it    nidiicoiufe  J 

he  had  faid,  it  was  in  vain  to  fi)c,'.l:  or  a  treaty,  lud.efs 
the  three  propofitions  wei-e  ny/antid  by  the  iving ;  that 
Lindfay  defircil  jiim   to    fut  down  in  v.-h.u  terms    lie    could  i 

\viih  the  King  to  pais  theie  p)-opotitionG  :  he  did  fo  in  pre-  \ 

fence  of  the  whcle  company  ;  and  vduai  Idndfay  liatl  ta-  '.  i 
ken  a  copy  of  it,  he  took  back  iiis  jiaper,  and  ar([naint- 
ecl  Wenman  and  Denbigh  tlxereaftcr  wiili  all.  The  Moufe 
appointed  a  con-mnitiee  to  inquire  int(^  this  action,  how 
innocent  foever  it  v/a's.  J  loilis's  friends  Iiave  been  in  great 
■  fear  for  his  undoing  by  it.  His  oniy  relief  was  appre- 
hended to  ftand  in  bringing  forth  the  Independents  real 
trinkcting  with  Oxford  by  Savile.  Tiiey  who  were  able 
to  demonrirate  this,  were  the  ilill  committee,  your  r,of;d 
friends.  Tb.e  one,  wliofe  hatred  is  perieet,  was  lor  iome 
days  very  willing  to  witnefs  the  BnUfean  \voidd  not  cosr.e 
on  the  iiage-,  yet  at  lall  was  pcrfuaded  :  but  then  ib.e  o- 
ther  refufed.  While  Mr  Hollis  is  relolute  to  inin,  be- 
fore he  Avill  bring  any  of  thcna  fcunh  againft  tlieir  minds, 
behohl  a  ii;ange  pi'ividenre  jnit  in  our  b,  inds  tlo'ce  writs 
•  of  iSa\iie's  h.md,  v.  hth  e\idenccs  his  tiai'icking  witii  Ox- 
ford, by  my  J.ordi  .Sev  nul  rhe  Ind  penden:  paity's  atl- 
vive  Tlieie  we  lent  to  the  Ifoufeof  Co;nmoriS,  ofl'ering 
10  d  clare  Avhat  wc  k;u  w  further  to  that  purpofe.  Tiie 
Jhniie  prefent'y  aj^poin.'ed  a  committee  to  exandne  Savile 
.  rnd  thv-fe  writs.  J]c  has  acknowlet:g,ed  his  hand;  but  by 
ftr.'.nge  ji'ggling  e\al!ons.  Our  faidt  of  you,  at  fuch  ;i 
ti.r.e,  is  gre.u.  Tiic  matter  is  fo  cK  ar,  that  il-  it  had  buca 
j-ij,!n'y  limed,  a    little  cither  Iboner   or  latcj-,  by   all  ape 

•     pcaianec 


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For  my  Lord  Laiiderdiile. 


147 


pcariincc  it  lia<.l  removed  .tliat  pariy,  wliich  long  h?,s  ob- 
ftruc^ted  ihc  rcrbrm.uioii  both  of  chiircii  and  kingdom  : 
but  their  pni^nt  lavoiir  v/itii  the  citv,  ;ind  ail  on  their 
double  vicloj-y,  an.d  our  ncafcance  io  To  great,  tlru.  all 
can  be  brought  ngair.il  tliLin  a\'1!1  not  prejudice  tlicni. 
And  indeed,  it  feenis  tliey  have  altered  a  principle,  that; 
as,  before  Leicefter,  tlieir  tralliclcing  v/as  to  brii^g  back  the 
King  on  very  dange)-ous  terms,  fo  now,  a.ter  their  great 
fuccefs,  it  is  to  caft  him  clean  away.  Vv^hatever  miferies 
may  follow,  yet  tliis  conclufion  v/ould  for  once  put  all 
power  in  their  Iricnds  hands;  but  the  God  oi"  juftice  and 
truth  v.'ill  not  permit  them  to  turn  fcates  at  tbeir  pleahire. 
Since  Marlhal  is  appointed^  -dwA  willing,  to  go  with  the 
commiillonej-s  to  Scotland,  I  am  apprehending  th„v  liave 
fome  other  bufinefs  with  you  than  Cariilie,  You  have 
nov/  enough  of  my  evil  hand,  'i'he  great  God  give  you 
courage,  wiillom,  and  i'uccefs,  in  this  your  great  llrait. 
So  I  reft,   S:cr 

Robert  Baillie. 


ill.   Publick  Letter,      /higuji  10.  1645. 

When  the  fmgular  favom-s  of  God  do  lift  up  our 
hearts  in  prailes  herq,  and  in  confidence  ol"  a  happy  if- 
fue  of  this  troublcibnie  work,  ourlpirits  are  deeply  woimd- 
ed  within  u'^,  and  broken  by  v/hat  we  hear  from  time  to  time 
from  dear-Scotland.  V/e  are  amazed  that  it  ihould  bci 
the  pleafure  of  our  God  to  make  us  fall  tlius  the  fifth  time, 
before  a  company  of  the  worll  men  in  tiie  earth  ;  and  be- 
lidc  all  the  Ccdamity  which  the  fv.'ord  of  thefe  barbarous 
men  does  bring,  that  our  angry  God  ihould  fend  upon 
us  a  more  furious  peftilence  than  ever  1  heard  of  in  our 
land  :  for  thci'e  thmgs  v.-e  weep;  our  eyes  run  down  with 
water  :  we  cannot  but  thinic  tiiere  is  love  at  the  boriom  of 
all  tliis  bitterncfi  :  tlie  cauie  here  and  tljere  is  one.  It' 
there  be  any  odds,  furely  the  enemy  in  Scotland,  for  all 
kind  of  wickednefs,  has  it.  That  the  Loi-d  /hould  cafi: 
ihem  dov/n  here,  and  let  them  up  there,  it  is  one  of  the 
cleptiis  of  divine  v^'iKlom,  which  we  will  adore.  The  coa- 
ftani  pr  icilce  liere,  on  the  leafc  appe.UMi'.ce  of  any  ])abiick 
dangjr,  is  to  ilee  boih  to  publick  and  private  fafiinp. 
Truly  the  godly  jiere  ;ire  a  praying  people,  and  the  par- 
liament is   very  ready  to  fm-iher   this  tlifpofitJoa.     Jf  riie. 

T  %  godi/ 


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J4S                               PiibUck  Lctlcr.                      Let.  112*  | 

■godly  tlicrc  have   ilie   like  care,  and  if  the   magiflrate   be  I 

alike    induftrioiis,     to    crave    the     alllilance    ol:     gracious  \ 

peoplc^s  fa^Hii!]  and  prayin;^;,   I  know   not;  only   it   is  my  \ 

v.illi  tliat  God  would  make  clear,    what   the   caufe  maybe  \ 

that  To  long  he  dcicris  us.     V»''^hatc\cr  the  matter  may  b",  | 

were  I  this  n\A\\.  to  die,   my  heart  does  not   i'mite   me   for  \ 

i                           .       ,  •  .  f            ' 

any  wronp-  I  knov/  our  nation  has  done,   in  littinr  arms  a-  1            ■ 

■gainft   the    mali^naiu    party,  either    the   hril,   iecond,   or  |           1 

third  time  ;  for  daily   more  and  more   it   appears   to   tlie  •           \ 

world,  that  the  dtfliMi  of  the  milled  court  was,  and  is,   by  \           \ 

all  means  out  of   hell,   to  faftcn   the   yoke  of  tyranny   on  |           1 

the  ncrks  both  of  our  bodies  and  fouls,  for  our  times,  and  \           \ 

iho'  days  of   our  pollerity  ;  ami  therefore,   Vv'hat   wc  have  I           ] 

done  we  were  ablolutely  neccfiltated   to   it  ;  and  whatever  \          1 

troidVics  God  has  call  upon    us    for   our  prelent    trial,  wc  i           \ 

cxpciTt,    ere    lonj;,    a    comfort. ible    conclullon  •,     albeit    no  \           \ 

thanks  to  th.em,   be    wb.o    rhey  will,  who    either   by    their  \           | 

treachery,     or     cowardice,     or     iintlmeous    diviH'.ins,     or  \           I 

I'ronndlcfs  jcaloufier.,   or  neglect  of   the    publick,  are    the  '•           | 

inftruments  oh  oco'rland's  v>'oe.     If  yet   they  will  not  ww-  ■           | 

ken,    tliey  v.'ill  periih,   not   only  wifhout   aiiy    Vv'ife   man's  \           \ 

companion,   but  with  a  mark  oi:  iniamy   on   their  perlbns  •            | 

and  families  for  ever.     This   my   great   heavineis   for  the  \           \ 

report  of  my  unhappy  cculin's  defeat  has  drawn  Irom  me  :  ■;           ] 

yet  let  our  friends  there'  know  for  tlieir  comtort,  the   ene-  j           1 

mv  here  is  ^oinr,  down  the  wind  anacc.  1           1 

Goring's  army,  in  the  v/cfi,  the  King's  grcatcit  hope,  is  i 

totally  routed  by  Sir  TlKMiias  Fairfax.     The  remainder  ot  ! 

that  army,  we    hope,  v.'ill    not  be   able  to  keei')  the   fields  ,           j 

in  tiie  weil-   h)ng.      ^v'aks    then    only  will    reiiiain    to    the  ^^ 

3'Ling.     Our  arr.iy,  blvrijctl  be  Goil,   is  in  good  cafe.    They  \]          \ 

are  now  niak-ing  c)vcr   the   Severn;   for   tiiey  think   it   not  \.          \ 

lit    to   lie  doM'u  bci'ore  W^orcefler,  or  any  other  town,  tor  I;          \ 

a  long  fsege,  ib  long   as  the   eneniy  iiave  any   arniy.      We           "     •"  i 

Kope  the  lew  fo-ncs  which  are  with  the  Kin;'  in  Idercford-  r 

fnire,  iiiall  not  fray  kn-  them.      If  thcfe,   and  liopeton    in  | 

the  v/eil,  were  diifir'ati  J,   the  next  c.re  will  be  of  the  gar-  f          i 

rifons,  if  cifers  oi-  uny  equitable  peace  trom  the  Jving  pre-  \ 

vent  it  not.     Jt   feen-s   IMontrote   iliail  prove   fatal    to   the  i 

Kii^g.      liis   vianries  liitlurlo  have   been    powerful  fnares  j 

to   his  hard   le.iit.      A  little  more  continuance  in  this  dif-  | 

pofuion  is  like  to  u.ndo  him.     AVe  proceed  in  our  church-  j 

bul.nels   alfo ;  only   tlie    all'airs    ot   .Scotland    tormenc   us.      -  \ 

\\c  hope  the  Lord  will  not  forgci  to  be  merciful  for  ever,  I 

and  ] 


!.i!l.;.>   ■;.  U.U 


I    1. 1   '■.}  . 


■c.<   ft   !.       i(">;'(      ■// 


Let.  112.  ■Piihlich  Letter.  149 

and  will  do  It  for  ]\is  name's  fake,  whatever  be  our  de- 
fcrvinr^s.  We  arc  looking  when  he  will  he  pleal'ed  to 
draw  us  out  of  that  fiery  fnrnace,  as  gold  tried  in  the 
fire,  and  filver  purged  niore  than  kvcn  time?.  We  will 
lie  ftill  at  his  feet ;  ovu- pctiiions  arc  nailed  to  the  throne 
of  his  mercy  -,  we  will  wait  patiently  for  our  anfwer. 
'  We  have  fent  down  to  this  meeting  of  the  commiflion, 
the  whole  body  of  the  government,  as  it  is  fent  up  to  the 
parliament  from  the  allembly.  You  will  find  few  confi- 
dcrable  diifei-ences  from  the  pratStice  of  our  church.  The 
other  day  an  order  palt  the  llonfe  of  Commons,  for  the 
ereftion  of  twelve  prelhyieries  within  the  lines  of  (com- 
munication. 


J 1 3 .   //  Pul'Uck  Letter. 

In  tlic  aflembly  we  have  gone  through  a  part  of  the  Ca- 
techifm,  and  a  part  of  tiie  Confeilion  of  Faith;  but  as 
many  hinde ranees,  v,'hen  leail  we  expert  them,  comes  in 
Our  v/ay,  fo  the  otltcr  week  we  were  diverted  by  an  occa- 
ilon  which  may  do  us  great  harm,  if  God  provide  not  for  . 
it.  Since  April  we  have  not  much  been  troubled  with  the 
Independents  ;  for  iince  that  time  tliey  have  been  about 
the  model  of  their-  way,  and'have  not  iince  nuich  minded 
the  alTembly  •,  and  what  they  have  done  yetj  all  is  a  fecret. 
Many  think  they  cannot  agree  among  ihendelves  :  but  if 
wc  flioukl  be  quit  ol  them,  v.-^e  have  no  fcant  of  feciraries 
to  the  common  caafe.  Paid  Bcft,  the  Antitrinitarian, 
took  up  fome  of  our  days.  Mr  Archer's  blafpliemous 
book,  called  The  Author  of  the  very  f.iifulnefs  of  Sin ^  took 
up  more  of  our  time  before  we  got  it  jiurnt  by  the  hand 
of  the  hangm.an.  Mr  Colman's  fermon  to  the  lloufe  of 
•Commons,  the  firll  fall  day,  exhorting  them  to  keep  aii. 
the  church-government  in  their  ov/n  hand,  and  to  give 
churchmen  none  of  it,  took  up  fome  d.iys  alio.  The 
Lords  preffu^g  to  have  their  chaplains  and  families  exeem- 
€d,  as  before,  from  eccleilaftick  jurifdiction  ;  inch  things 
are  a  little  faihious  to  us  ;  but  tliat  wduch  is  like  to  vex 
•us,  js  another  matter  wherein  we  h.we  need  of  your 
carneft  prayers  to  God  ;  for  a  far  lef;  matter  n\ay  be  oeea- 
fion  of  great  evil.  The  moll  part  of  the  Iloule  of  Com- 
luons,  efpecially  the  lawyers,  wdiereof  there  are  many,  and 
-'livers  of  them  vejy  able  men,  are  either  half  or  whole  E- 

raftians, 


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150       ^  APuhlich  Letter.  tet.  113. 

raftians,  believing  no  cjixirch-government  to  be  of  divine 
right,  but  all  to  be  ;i  human  conditution,  depending  on 
the  will  ot   the  niagiitratc.      About   tills    in.utcr   \vc    have  j 

had,   at   divers  times,   mueh  bickering  v/ith  them  :   now   it  \ 

is  come  to  a  Ihock.      Ever   iince    the   directory  came    out,  \ 

v/e  have  been  prelllng  ior   a    power   to   hold   all   ignoranc  ^ 

and  fcandalous   perlons   from  the   table  :   with   much  ado  I 

this  was  granted  •   but   lb   as  we  behoved   to   fet  down  the  \ 

points :  tliis  we  agreed.     But   for   the    fcandalous,   when  ? 

we  had  long  eflaycd,  wc  could  not  make  fuch  an  enume- 
ration, but  always  we  found  more  of  llic  like  nature, 
xvhi.;h   could  not  be  exprellctl  ;   thcrclore   we    i-e(]^uired   to    '  ; 

h.-ive  power  to   exclude   all   fcandalous,  as   v/cU   as   fome.  I 

The  general  ihey  would  not  grant,   as   including    an    arbi-  \ 

trary  and  unlimived    power.     Our   advice   was,   that    they  I 

wotdd  go  on  to  fet    up    their  piclbylcrics  and  lynqdi    wilii  • 

fo   mucii  power   as    they   could  gc;t  ;   and    aker   they  were  I 

once  fettled,  then  tiiey  might  Itrive  to  obtain  their  full  due 
power,  iiui  the  fynod  was  in  another  mind  j  and  afier 
divcrs    f.iir   papeis,  at   laft    they  framed   a  moft   zealous,  \ 

cli-ar,   and  pei-cmi/tor  one,   wb.erein  they  held    out    plainly  ; 

tlie  chvuTu's  divine  right  to  keep  oil'  Irom  tlic  iacramenCj 
all  who  were  fcandalous  ;  and  ir  tiiey  cannot  obtain  tlie 
free  exercife  of  that  power  which  Chrift  hath  given  them, 
they  will  lay  dov/n  the.ir  charges,  and  ratlier  chufe  all  af- 
llieucms  than  to  llii  by  protaning  the  holy  table.  The  lloiilc 
is  highly  inilamed  witli  this  petition,  and  ilems  relbhae  to 
rerufe  it.  Tiie  aiil-.i.bly  is  as  peremptor  to  have  it  grant* 
cd  ;  for  upon  tills  poiiu,  liiey  fay,  depends  their  ftaneling, 
all  the  godly  being  leloived  to  feparate  from  them,  if  thei  e 
be  not  a  pov/er,  and  care,  to  keej)  the  prof.me  from  the  fa- 
cramenls.  It  the  Lord  .liilft  us  not  in  this  dilliculty,  it 
may  be  the  carafe  of  great  confullon  among  us.  The 
lloufe  has  appointed  a  conierenee  with  us  to-UiOno^v  af- 
ternoon, and  we  purpol'e  to  require  a  grand  conimittee 
thcreaiter,  that  we  rnay  preis  our  intereii  of  uniformity. 
Vvc  are  hopeful,  by  (Jod's  help,  to  obtain  our  point,  if 
this  jar  delay  it  not.  ^Ve  expeil  this  v.'eek,  that  o\er  all 
London,  cUlei  3  a.nvl  deiicons  liudl  be  choien  for  every  con- 
gregation, and  tiien  in  a  week  or  tv^o,  that  the  thirteen 
prelbyteries,  and  the  provincial  lynods,  within  the  lines, 
iha.ll  be  Jet  up  •,  and  io  v.ithout  delay  in  the  other  ihircs  j 
for  orders  are  drawn  already  io:  tiiis  ciie(?t.  All  here  arc 
full  of  hope^  that  v/ith  th:;  Ict'.ling  of  ihefe  orders  the  he- 

rcfies. 


Lei.  113.  .A  Puhllck  tctlcr.  .    •         151 

rcfics,  the  fchifiTis,  the  ignorance,  and  proTinU}',  which 
do  t'xcecdip-g'y  every  where  here  abound,  iliall  quickly,  if 
not  cvanill),  yet  he  diiriininicd. 

Sir  Thomas  F;iivhix,  after  the  takiiig  of  Bridgewater, 
and  of  Path,  and  "Wells,  lies  about  Sherbnrn,  waiting  for 
Ins  recruits.  It  is  tlitmgb.t  MaOey  and  lie  will  make  a 
great  arnn'.  T!\c  l^rincc,  Hopcton,  and  Goring,  arc 
raifing  what  power  tiiey  can,  beyond  them,  in  the  Weil; 
but  it  is  not  likely  they  can  keep  the  field,  except  it  be  in 
a  piece  of  Cornwal.  Our  army  is  lying  at  Heielord  ;  aiid 
]iopes,  by  God's  help,  in  a  few  days  to  carry  it.  T;ic 
King  hath,  in  Wales,  forne  thoufand  horfe,  but  few  loot. 
They  fay  he  lias  gor-c  to  Chefler,  and  from  thence  in- 
tends, as  fome  fiy,  to  Irelap.d,  and  others  to  Scotland. 
]f  lie  coiTiC  to  Sco:l;md,  I  trull:  we  llrill  be  lb  wife  and 
Cliriftian  as  to  i-emember  our  covenant,  and  remove  theie 
■wicked  inflrumcp.ts  from  him,  that  liave  brought  f6  much 
evil  both  on  him  and  all  the  three  kingdoms.  If  God 
would  dlipofj  his  heai't  to  accept  of  theie  neccHary  pro- 
pofitions  v.hercupon  both  parliaments  did  agi-ee,  we  might 
yet  have  pence  ^  but  if  th.fe  wicked  men  will  put  him  up- 
on new  dcJigns,  cur  troidiles  will  vet  for  a  time  continue. 
If  it  might  p'eafe  Goc'rto  look  upon  Scotland,  all  here  go 
very  v.-ell,  blefled  be  God. 

V/e  hear  that  the  GivMtTurk  is  fallen  with  his  naval  ar- 
my upon  Creta,  and  v.'irh  his  land -army  upoti  the  other 
territories  of  the  .Venetians.  They  fpeak  of  a  peace  at 
laft  betwixt  the  Swedes  and  tlie  Dams,  to  the  Danes 
great  prejudice.  The  Prince  of  Orange  lies  Hill  in  the 
iields,  and  yet  luith  cntcrprifed  noiliing.  After  Linken, 
the  French  have  taken  in  Boi  borougki  \  fo  there  remains 
)U)v.'  nothiiig  betwixt  tiicm  and  Dunl-:irk.  Did:e  d'An- 
gulea  and  the  ILivarians  are  near  oiye  another-,  but  yet 
have  not  fought.  It  yet  holds  that  Forfrenfon  and  Ra- 
gotiki  are  joined  ;  but  have  done  noihing  more  of  impor- 
tance againft  the  Fnjperor.  All  they  in  Italy  join  witli 
the  Venetians  againfl  tlic  Turk.  Allairs  in  Europe,  thcIc 
m.my  ages,  were  not  in  a  greater  and  more  dangerous  fi- 
tuation  than  at  this  lionr,  Oin-  thoughts  are,  that  the 
Lord  is  'baking  the  foundations  of  kincdoms  and  ftatcs, 
to  make  way  lor  tlie  great  propagation  of  the  gofpel, 
which  the  goilly  here  and  elieudierc  are  cxpccling  fliortly, 
according  to  the  Lord's  promifc. 

■      '  -  .  _  114.  y^ 


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tSZ  J  Puolich  letter.  ^      ,   l^ct.  114. 


114.  A  rnhJick  Letter.  ' /•  •     .V  .  ., 

Since  my  Inft  on  Monday  by  Tea,  I  can  ^M  notliin-y 
for  the  matters  of  our  chin-c]i.  All  this  wcelt,  both  pu- 
bhckly  in  the  ailcmbly,  and  more  privately  in  oin-  com-. 
mittecs,  we  liavc  been  j-JrcpariTij;  our  papers  for  the  fatis- 
fatStion  of  the  3  loufe  of  o\u-  divine  right  to  keep  fcanda- 
lous  pcrfons  from  the  holy  table,  and  of  our  neccfilty  to 
iland  to  a  general  ndc  for  icandals,  a  particular  cnr.mc- 
ralion  beiui'^  in  itfuli  im-ponibie,  and  never  required  in  anv 
churcli  in  any  lime.  bleiTed  be  Cod,  v/e  p^ain  qi-ound  q\\ 
the  niimls  of  iLu;ury  of  the  parliament  ;  yet  how  lou'^-  wc 
may  ilick  Jiere,    wc  know  not. 

iSir   Thomas    Fairfax    is    )ct    before    .Sherburne.       AVe 
heard   little   or   nothing    of    the   Jving    for    two    or    three 
weeks;  but  behold,  for   one    twenty-four  hours,   and   no 
longer,   he    ]nit   us    ail    aghaff.      By  very  Avift  long   mar- 
ches he  came  from  Wales  to  Nev.-ark,  v/ith  2000  or  •:;ooo 
horfe.      AVc  were    mueh  ati^id  he  would  go  to  Yoiklhire 
from  Nev.-ark,   with  .4000  too,  good  horfe,     Wc    fa  v.'  no  . 
O[)porillon    to    Iiim  till  he  had  gOPiC  cln'ough  all  the  north. 
Our  army  being  {o  engaged  at  Hereford   that  it  could   jiot 
rife.      Sir  Thomas  Faiii'ax  being  far   in    the  Vv'eR,  and  h.i- 
ving  a  Arong  eiicmy  on  ITis    h.and,   might  not  ^o\^  ilie  time 
look  north.      Ail' our  intelligcnee  aiTurcd   tlie    King's   in- 
tention was  for  Scothuul,   wj:ere  v/e  feared   his   oppofition 
:!hould  be  fmall,  having  Montrofe,  and  the  peft,  and  ma- 
ny falfe-hearted  nien  there  to  join  with  hini.     While  ye- 
llerday  all  day  v.'e    were  to/menttd   with    thefe   thoughts, 
and  faw  no  help   but  in  God  ;  behold,  at   nine  o'clock  a 
pofl-  from    our  ar;i-iy  did   fully  confeiu,   for  ihey  knowing 
of  the  Jving's  motion,  had  prefently  fent   after  him   the 
mod  ol-  their   horfe.     David   Lefly  and.  Middleton,  with 
near    4000    horfe    and   dragoons,   were,    on   Wednefday, 
within  tv.'enty  miles  of  him.     The   EngliQi   have   ordered 
to  join  as  m any  to  tliem,  all  to   be   under   Da\id   Lelly's 
convmand  ;  fo  our  fears  are  fecured  on   tliat   fide,  blelTcd 
be  the  gracious  name  of  the  Lord.     AVe  hope   a   few  days 
ih.all  put  Hereford   in    our  hands.      Already  four  of  tlie 
bei"t  iliires  in  Wales  have  fent  to  our  general  to  offer  tlicir 
fubmiiilon   to    the  parliament.      We    are    preiling   to   fend 
the  propoiltions  of  peace   to   ihc  King,  hoping,  when  all 
1  things; 


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:   •„-rr 


Let. 'i  14.  .  Piiblick  Lcttcn      '  155 

things  conjolil  to  crofs  his  defigns,  it  may  be  tlic  will  of 
Cod  to  foftcn  his  heart,  to  pity  himfclF  iind  his  fuilering 
people.  I  hope  the  Lord  will  give  you  coiirnge  aiid  pa- 
tience for  a  little  time  ;  for  wc  trail:  it  fl» all  be  the  plea- 
fure  of  God  to  anfwer  our  prayers,  and  to  remove  Iroui 
us  his  fore  rods  of  war  and  peflilencc.  O  !  if  it  may  be  his 
pleafure  to  bring  us  as  gold  out  of  tlie  firi^,  and  to  make 
all  our  fad  afilictions  be  means  of  fanetifying  the  land  :  we 
cannot  think  that  the  Lord  will  dellroy  Scotland.  I  Iiopc; 
there  is  more  of  the  fpirit  of  grace  and  fuppliciition  upon 
vs  than  before  did  appear.  We  got  fuudry  advertifements; 
from  France,  ot  Col.  Cochran's  lending  of  a  Ihip  of  arms 
to  Montrofe,  from  the  Queen,  from  Nantz  in  Bretaigne^ 
to  Murray  frith,  and  that  nov/  himfeif  h.is  follov/ed„ 
"Wliither  may  not  apoftafy  Ciirry  men  of  the  falrcf;; 
hopes  !  — — 


115.  To  Mr  JVllliam  Spang.     LonchHf  JiignJI  15.  1645. 

Ptcvcrend  and  Dear  Brother,  .    ' 

I  have  not  written  for  foiue  weeks.  INIy  fermon  to  the 
Lords  the  laft  fall-day,  the  preparing  and  printing  ol-  it 
%vas  a  fafliry  to  mc,  being  added  to  our  ordin.n-y  taflc. 
But  the  chief  caufe  of  not  writing  was  lear  ot  intercept- 
ing. Savile's  bulincfs  for  a  time  made  a  fell  flir  among 
US.  Cranford  had  overhiihed,  I  fidpcfl,  fomething  in 
the  matter,  but  much  in  forni  ;  b.ov/ever,  the  Avitucfs  de- 
poned agninll  him,  words  that  indeed  were  falfe  and  Ican- 
dalous,  but  which  he  peremptorily  denies  that  ever  he 
fpoke.  Your  friend's  part  was  well  taken  by  ail;  the  mofl 
n^alicious  had  nothing  to  reprove  in  it.  lie  got  his  de- 
fire,  that  the  matter  was  put  to  a  more  accurate  trial  thaa 
ever  it  would  elfe  have  been.  .Savile  and  iScy  brought 
Hollis  on  the  ll>ig'-'  ;  but  he  did  acquit  him'clf  with  a  great 
deal  of  credit,  both  to  liiinfeii'  and  his  hiends,  and  ot 
mifcontent  to  his  oppoiltes.  By  tliat  occafion  our  coni" 
luiiiioners  gave  in  to  the  Jloufe  fundry  papers,  v/i\icli  to 
our  miiul  evitlences  .Savile's  trinketing  wii!\  Or.ford,  by 
the  advice  and  knowledge,  as  he  writes  wit'n  his  hands,  ot: 
the  LidepLndent  party  •,  and  names  my  L-.  Sey  ;  but  witU 
ftrange  juggling  would  elude  it.  The  n^ oil  of  tlie  Houf;; 
being  gone  to  ti\e  coimrry  for  tlicir  lieali'i,  it  was  thou5;ht 
lit  to  adjourn  that  conuuittce  of  cxuinin.itiijnj  for  live 
Vol.  11.  U  v.'v:cks. 


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jp^  *ro  Mr  Jyillinm  SpAKg.  Let.  115. 

weeks.  We  rcfolvc  to  do  our  bcfl  to  find  out  the  trutli. 
Ml-  Crauford's  fentcnce  did  llccp  Avitliout  io  much  as  any 
intia-iation  of  it  to  hini  till  Friday  laft,  when  on  a  fudden 
lie  was  commanded  to  the  tower.  We  think  it  was  for 
his  ncglccl'  to  })eti'iion,  and  are  liopcful  within  a  day  or 
two  to  get  liim  free.  'The  Rife  and  Reign  of  the  Antino-^ 
viians  cf  New  England^  you  Oudl  have  v.ith  the  firfl  occa* 
fion.  I  pray  you  write  for  fo  much  as  may  once  put  mc 
out  of  yo'jr  debt.  I  think,  Mr  llutheriord  and  I  may  go 
home  within  a  month  ;  for  our  v/ork  here  is  drawing  near 
a  period.  I  got  my  Scots  letters  :  commend  me  to  Har-* 
ric.  Jo.  I  lender  fon  writes  to  me,  that  you  had  written 
to  me  of  his  deiign  •,  but  furely  I  know  nothing  of  it. 
His  brotlier  has  written  t^v!ce  to  me  to  underlland  it  ;  but 
I  cai^not  anfwer  but  by  conje^lures.  Send  this  letter  to 
liim.  Eraftus  is  the  book  vexes  us  moft.  None  of  the 
afiembly,  for  their  life,  can  do  any  thing  of  moment. 
Were  we  free,  there  is  .ibove  a  dozen  would  beat  him  to 
duft-  If  \ou  would  move  Apollonius  of  Cabcllariuo  to 
give  him  a  fucciiict  and  nervous  anfvver,  it  would  be  a 
i'eafonahle  fer\ice  both  to  us  and  to  Holland.  They  are 
both  engaged,  and  wtll  vcrfed  in  that  caufc.  See  what, 
you  can  do  with  both,  and  with  Vofilus,  if  he  have  anjf 
leifure-  I  wiih  he  had  never  meddled  with  ilic  Indepen- 
dents. If  Spanheim's  book  were  come  out,  I  wiili  he  were 
intreated  to  go  on  with  his  Anabaptills.  Volhus  laid  to 
uie  he  had  a  large  treatifc  againft  them,  and  would  put  it 
out.  It  is  the  prevailing  fedlhere.  I  have  written  to  D. 
Stewart,  to  put  Spanheim  and  Voffius  on  the  Anabaptifts, 
and  L'Emperor  on  ia-afius.  My  hearty  fer\ice  to  youv 
wife.     1  relV. 

Robert  B.iillii:. 


116.   to  Mr  Cranfordy  frifoncr  in  ihc  Toreer  of  London.  . 

l\evcrend  and  Dear  Brother, 
Your  afiliction  has  been  one  of  the  heaviefl  burden? 
that  ever  came  upon  my  mind,  and  will  be  fo  ftill  till  you 
be  lully  delivered.  The  reafon  of  my  not  viliting  you  wa"> 
from  no  uukindnefs,  for  that  is  very  far  from  me  ;  but 
from  an  information  of  a  wife  and  good  friend  to  us  both, 
who  told  me,  that  my  viiu.ing  you  was  againft   your   law';. 


.  jiJJIaI!   rAiiiiQjl 


■...'uu^.V  V.   '.1 -rijT  ^^  i  .\;  ■\^',v:\\-\'^^  <\i-\<>\u^Y.i  -uK  iX    .i 


Let.  11^.  To  Mr  Cranford.  .  ij^ 

and  would  be  evil  taken.  However,  To  foon  as  I  heard  of 
your  imprifoomcnt,  I  refolved  to  venture,  come  of  it 
what  might.  But  ycftcrnight,  after  1  had  loUl  fo  much 
to  fome  of  your  friends,  and  had  refolved  to  have  beea 
with  you  this  day,   I  went  to  Mr  to  en- 

quire the  caufe  of  your  imprifonment,  and  the  bell  way 
of  petting  you  h'isc.  He  told  me,  that  after  he  had 
thought  your  bulinefs  would  have  llept  and  died  without 
any  more  hearing,  it  had  conie  in  abruptly,  by  whom,  ov 
which  way,  he  could  not  tell ;  that  the  fentence  was  for 
no  words  you  Iiad  confeffed,  but  for  the  words  that  three 
or  four  witnelfes  had  poluively  deponed,  which  I  believe 
you  never  thought,  much  lefs  Ipoicc,  viz.  That  the  i'ub- 
committee  had  allumed  a  power  to  themfelvcs  to  treat  for 
their  own  fafety,  and  to  deliver  over  to  the  King  the  par- 
liament forces  and  gai-riibns.  He  told  me,  that  the  fra- 
ming of  the  words  which  the  Houfe  would  require  of 
you  lor  faiisfacTlion,  was  given  to  a  committee,  wherein 
he  and  INIr  Selden  had  a  chief  hand,  and  that  they  were 
agreed  to  require  no  more  of  you,  but  a  general  acknow- 
ledgement of  your  forrow,  tliat  from  any  thing  you  had 
fpoken,  any  had  been  offended  ;  fomething  to  this  pur- 
pofe,  without  putting  you  to  confefs  any  words  which 
might  be  againft  your  mind.  He  \/iihed  yoi.i  to  petition 
for  your  freedom  ib  foon  as  you  can;  that  he  himfvjlT 
would  fecond  it,  aiid  hopes  your  defire  will  be  granted. 
I  told  him,  that  as  yet  I  had  not  i^ccn  you,  for  fear  of  of- 
fence ;  but  was  relblved  to  fee  you,  and  carry  you  his  in- 
formation. He  dehred  me  to  write  it;  but,  as  I  would  not 
do  you  harm,  that  I  Ihould  not  vifit  you  ;  for  again  and 
again  he  aifured  me,  that  my  appearing  at  this  time  in  your 
caufe  would  make  it  much  the  woife.  This  is  the  only 
reafon,  wliy,  fore  againft  my  heart,  I  do  not  this  day 
come  to  you,  left  I  ihould  be  fo  unliappy  as  to  be  occa- 
sion to  you  of  farther  evil.  Tliere  is  nothing  that  eicher 
myfelf  or  any  of  my  friends  are  able  to  do  for  you,  but 
we  will  be  moft  v/illing  to  do  it,  when  we  know  wiien  to 
apply  ourfelves  fo  as  v,'c  may  truly  help  you,  and  not  pro- 
cure you  more  trouble.  What  was  given  in  to  the  Houfe 
about  my  Lord  Savile,  cannot  be  co.mmiuiicate  by  any  of 
us  without  great  orlencc.  I  truff  the  Lord  God,  wlio  is 
witnefs  to  the  honefty  of  your  heart,  will  furniih  you 
with  cpnifort  and  flrcnyih,  and  ere  long  will  deliver  you> 

U  2  IQ. 


'•-.'Y  v-rur, 


V--    •^^;.?    ten    ,,},    I 
■J  >.      , 


5 6  To  Mr  Cranford.  Let.  ii6. 


to  all  our  io}'.     So  do  I  pray,  and  reft  your  loving  bro- 
ther and  fellou'  fuilcrer, 

Robert  Baillie.  \ 

'        .. .  \\ 

117.  To  Mr  II  lUiam  Spang.     September  ^,  i645«  f 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother,  'I 

.    I  got  youri  with  i^  pollonius,  and  I  ho-pc  \    j 

both  will  tellify  our  great  refpedls  to   them  fo  far  as  you  •    j 

could  wilh.     Send  me  the  red  of  Forbes.     I  like  the  book  J    i 

very  well,    and   the   man   much  the  better  for  the  book's  \    i 

fake.     I  marvel  1  can  find  nothing  in  its  index  againll:  the  ;    | 

Jviillcnarics.     I   cannot   think   the  author  a  Millenary.     I  \ 

cannot  dream  ^vhy  he  fliould  have  omitted  an  enor  fo  fa-  j 

pious  in  antiquity,  and  i'o  troublcfome  among  u^  ;  for  the  | 

mod  of  the  chich  divines  Jiere,  not  only  hidependents,  but 
others,  fuch  as  Twiffe,  Pdarlhill,  Palmer,  and  many  more, 
are  exprefs  Chiliails.     It  is  needtul,    if  his  judgenient    be  ; 

right,  that  he  iliould  amend  that  omilTion,  by  an  exprefs 
and  large  appendix.  1  like  Croitis's  learning  pafiing  well. 
But  1  pray  put  the  price  to  thefe  eight.  Let  me  know 
once  my  debt  \  lu)w  oft  ihail  I  call  for  it  ?  If  Harry  be 
there,  tell  him  it  is  not  my  advice  he  fiiould  go  home  till 
he  hear  farther  from  Glalgow.  The  cafe  of  that  land  is 
wonderful  evil.  This  d  ly  we  had  a  publlck  fafl  in  all  tlie 
churches  within  tlvj  lines  lor  the  miieries  of  Scotland.  I 
confefs  I  am  amazed,  and  cannot  fee  to  my  mind's  fatif- 
faction,  the  realons  of  the  Lord's  dealing  with  that  land. 
The  lins  of  all  r;inks  there  I  know  to  be  great,  and 
the  late  mercies  of  God,  fpiritual  and  temporal,  towards 
them  to  have  been  many  j  but  what  means  the  Lord, 
fo  far  againd  the  expedlation  of  the  mod  clear-fightedj 
to  humble  us  fo  low,  and  by  his  own  immediate  hand, 
I  confefs  1  knov/  not.  1  never  expected  the  clear  and  folic! 
frtiit  of  o\ir  reformation,  till  we  had  fome  time  to  v/ork  in 
our  churches  without  didractions  and  fear,  v/hich  thefe 
feven  years  vv-e  never  Ivad.     Of  the  caufes  which  fome  cad.  y 

in  our  teeth,  our  confciences  abfolve  us.   We  have  not  op-  f 

pofed  the  Kin:^  nor  bilhops,  nor  fects,  farther  than  v/as 
our  duty.     ^Ye  were   ncceditated,   in  piety,  charity,  and  | 

prudence,    to   ailjd  England.     I   have    not    yet   feen    the  | 

grounds   of  that  wliich  fome  exaggerate  fo  nmcli,  of  the  -? 

^iiviiions,  much  lefs  of  ihc   treachery  of  our  nobles.     I  ', 

hear 


I,ct.  117.  To  Mr  Will'tam  Spang.  i^j 

Iiear  of  a  great  deal  of  impejiitcncy  and  hardnefs  of  heart 
in  the  beft,  and  a  world  of  backwardncfs,  terror,  and 
cowardice,  in  the  nioft.  I  hope  the  l^ord  will  not  deltroy 
that  nation  in  the  very  acl  of  maintenance  of  fo  good  a 
caufe.  However,  I  believe,  fmce  William  Wall.ict's  days, 
or  rather  fince  Fergus  the  Second,  our  land  was  never  in 
the  prefent  contiition 

The  pefL  hath  laid  Lcith  and  Edinburgh  defolate,  and 
rages  in  many  more  places  Nevtr  fuch  a  pell  iecn  in 
Scotland.  That  this  Ihould  liavc  tryded  the  enemy  at 
that  time  and  place,  when  we  h.ul  molf  to  do  with  Leith, 
and  Edinburgh,   is  evidently  God's  hand. 

The  particulars  of  this  fixth  vicTtory  I  yet  have  not  fully 
heard.  The  fliuglucr,  captivity,  and  hieht,  was  molt 
fliamefuL  Glafgow  came  out,  and  componed,  as  fome. 
fay,  for  18,000  llb.j  as  oiliers,  for  io,oco  merks.  .  .Some 
fay,  that  after  he  got  the  money,  he  plundei'ed  the  town> 
fortified  the  caftle,  took  with  hint  500  of  their  men,  and 
left  500  of  his  own.  For  my  books,  and  all  1  have,  I  care 
not  much;  but  I  long  much  to  know  what  is  become  of 
my  wite  and  children,  and  my  dear  colleagues  aiui  friends. 
After  Glafgow,  the  moll  of  Clydefdale  and  Linllthgov/- 
fliire  componed.  Edinburgli  fent  him  out  Crawiord  and 
Ogilbie,  and  all  the  prii'oners,  and,  they  fay,  :;o,ooolib. 
The  Marcjuis  of  Dout'las,  Queenfl:)erry,  Harttield,  An- 
nandalc,  took  commiihons  to  raife  men  ;  the  iheriil- 
dom  of  Ayr  keeps  together  in  a  body  of  4000  or  5000 
men  ;  they  exptct  alhiiance  from  Galloway  ;  ]3uccleugh 
has  2000  or  3000  togecher  in  the  ibuth  ;  and  Seaforth 
fome  in  the  nonh. 

But  our  Jirll  hopes  are  from  David  Lefly's  horfe.  On 
Tuefday  was  eight  days,  when  we  had  fpoik'd  the  King's 
northern  exceeding  dangerous  deHgn,  and  cliafei  him  back 
to  Newark  and  Oxford,  where  in  his  way  the  King  jpoil- 
ed  much  the  aflbciations  ;  upon  letters  from  Scotland,  he 
rofe  prcfently  from  Nottingham,  with  his  acoo  horll%  and 
went  in  haUe  tov/ards  Carhflc  and  Scotland.  If  the  Lord 
be  with  him,  he  may  put  T>lIontrofe  again  to  the  hills  :  yet 
his  ralhnefs  has  been  very  great  •,  for  lie  has  left  our  foot- 
arnty  naked  about  Hereford,  and  now  the  King  is  gone 
thither ;  albeit  it  feems  it  had  been  much  more  needful  for 
him  to  liave  gone  and  joined  with  Goring  for  the  railinf; 
of  the  fiege  of  Briftol,  wliich  is  in  hazard  of  being  taken* 
and  llupert  in  it.     Our  army  having  refoived  their  march 

tOt 


!  ■  '  ,  :.  ii 


j^$  To  Mr  JVilUam  Spang.  Let.  117. 

to  Scotland,  did  cxcufc  yeftcrday  their  not  ftorming  of 
Hereford.  That  is  but  a  fmall  difgrace,  iji  refpcdt  of  the 
veil  that  the  Lord  has  heaped  upon  us.  We  pray,  God 
oive  wifdom  and  courage,  and  continue  fidelity  in  our  of- 
ficers, if  the  King  fliould  purfue  them  with  ]iis  hirgc 
cooo  horfe.  If  the  King  milken  them,  and  join  with  Go- 
rin'T,  he  will  be  large  as  ftrong  as  iSir  Thomas  Fairfax  j 
and  if  he  lliould  beat  him,  which  the  Lord  God  avert,  he 
{liould  in  a  trice  overthrow  our  affairs;  and  if  he  be  beat 
again,  Montrole  will  not  be  able  to  fupport  him. 

Yet  all  here  is  in  the  balance.  In  the  nflcmbly  we  are 
poinp'  on  languidly  with  the  Confeflion  of  Faith  and  Cate- 
chifm.  Tlie  minds  of  the  divines  are  much  enfeebled  by 
the  Iloufe  their  delay  to  grant  the  petition,  a  power  to  fc- 
clude  from  the  table  all  fcandaloui  perfons  as  well  as  fomc. 
Mr  Prin  and  the  Eraftian  lawyers  are  now  our  rcmora. 
The  Independents  and  fefts  are  quiet,  enjoying  peaceably 
all  their  defires,  and  increafmg  daily  their  party.  They 
fpeak  no  more  of  bringing  their  model  in  the  affembly. 
We  are  afraid  that  this  /Ir.uncful  and  monftrous  delay  ot 
building  the  Lord's  houfe,  and  their  ingratitude  and  un- 
kindnels  to  us  in  our  deep  fullerings  for  them,  will  pro- 
voke God  againft  them,  which  we  oft  earncilly  deprecate; 
for  their  mifery  will  be  ours,  and  their  welfare  will  profit 
all  the  Reformed  churches.  I  believe  in  time  they  will  do 
all  we  dehre.  Yoa  (hall  get  fome  of  my  iermons  with  A- 
pollonius.  I  thought  to  have  been  going  home  about  this 
time;  but  now  whether  to  go  I  knou'  not.  The  greatcil 
mifchicf  is,  that  Montrofe  puts  people  to  a  new  oath.  This 
>vill  be  a  feed  of  great  trouble  when  he  is  away.  I  am  a-i 
fraid  for  our  friends  mifcarriage.  Farewell.  The  com- 
mittee at  the  army  has  fent  us  orders  to  anfwer  Thomas 
Cunningham  5000  lib.  Sterling,  v/hereof  I  am  glad.  JNlv 
fervice  to  your  wife. 

Mr  Cranford,  on  his  firft  motion  to  the  Houfe,  was  let 
free  without  any  v/ord  of  acknowledgement.  If  our  Scots 
affairs  had  not  put  fuch  things  out  of  our  heads,  we  might 
have  put  Savile  and  others  hard  to.  it.  The  recruiting  of 
the  Houfe,  procured  by  the  cunning  and  diligence  of  that 
partv,  what  It  will  produce,  we  are  yet  in  doubt.  Sonic 
think  it  v/ill  bring  many  favourers  of  fc6caries  and  malig- 
nants  into  the  iloufe  ;  fome  j,hink  oiiierwifc. 


118.  A 


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Let.  11^.  "    J  Ptwlich  tdier.  J59 


118.  yff  Puhllck  Letter.     Londoiiy  Cooler  lA^.  1645. 

For  the  great  and  feafonable  mercies  of  God  to  dcfolaic 
Scotland,  our  afiiitlcd  fpirits  do  rejoice  in  God.  Since  he 
has  begun  to  ftretcb-  out  his  arm  for  our  delivei-ance,  \\i", 
hope  he  will  not  draw  it  back  till  he  give  us  more  mattev 
of  praife.  We  trufi:  lie  will  call  back  the  dellroying  an- 
gel, and  perfecutc  the  cruel  enemy  till  he  be  no  more.  We 
hope  the  Lord  will  give  repentance  to  that  land,  that  af- 
ter all  tl-icfc  troubles  we  may  be  a  holy  and  fanctified  peo- 
ple;  alfo,  that  thofe  who  ever  have  been  but  falfe-hearted, 
6nd  now  are  difcovered,  and  taken  in  the  fnarc,  will  be  fo 
difpofed  upon,  that  they  be  no  more  able  to  fcrve  the  ene- 
my, llov/  nuattcrs  go  here,  the  laft  three  diurnah  will 
flieu'.  The  war  here  feems  to  be  near  an  end.  The  ta- 
king of  Brifcol  broiight  in  to  us  feveral  other  places  about 
it,  and  has  loft  Prince  Rupert  to  the  King.  WJiethcr  thi 
flacrrant  revrorts  of  his  deliverance  of  Briftol  to  us  be  true 

O  i, 

or  not,  yet  it  is  like  he  is  fo  far  in  difgrace  at  court,  that 
lie  will  fcrve  no  more.  The  King's  total  rout  at  Chefcer, 
at  Prins,  wherein  the  Duke  of  I^ennox's  brother,  Ber- 
nard, the  captain  of  the  guard,  was  killed,  and  Sir  Tho- 
mas Gleinham  taken,  has  put  the  King  in  that  condition, 
that  he  neither  has,  nor  is  like  to  have,  any  more  the  face 
of  a)i  arn-jy  in  Englatid.  Goring's  forces  in  a  corner  ot 
the  weft  are  decreafcd.  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax,  with  ths 
moft  of  his  army,  are  going  tov/ards  hini.  Cromwell, 
with  the  reft,  are  taking  the  places  about  Winchefter.  It 
feems,  the  field  being  cleared,  they  intend  Maftey  to  block 
\ip  Kxcter,  and  Fairfax  to  lie  about  Oxford,  and  our  ar- 
my about  Newark.  It  is  hoped,  by  God's  hicfting,  thcf:; 
places  will  be  gotten,  all  hope  of  relief  being  dcfperate.  Ic 
is  thought  Chefter  before  this  time  is  gotten.  Prins  pur- 
pofes  to  attend  the  King.  The  Prince's  letter  to  the  par- 
liament is  not  yet  taken  into  confidei-aiion  ;  yet  we  think, 
that  it  and  our  earneft  deftres  will  bring  on  a  treaty  of 
peace. 

Great  v/reftling  have  we  for  the  ercclin?;  of  our  preftn- 
tcry.  It  muft  be  a  divine  thing  to  which  lo  nmcn  rehit- 
ance  is  made  by  men  of  all  forts  •,  yet,  by  God's  help,  v,e  will 
very  fpecdily  fee  it  fet  up,  in  fpite  of  the  devil.  \\^e  have 
{;reat  difticui: ics  on  all  hands ;  vet  if  the  Lord  continue  to 

blink 


i6o  A  Puhlick  Letter.  Let.  iiS, 

blink  in  mercy  upon  ScotLind,  they  will  dlminifli.  I  lonp- 
extremely  to  hear  the  condition  ot"  Clafgow,  what  the  e- 
iiemy  has  done  in  it,  and  how  now  it  f'aies-,  what  is  be- 
come of  my  dear  brethren  and  colleagues,  and  their  fa- 
milies; and  what  of  my  own.  AVe  hear  particularly  from 
almoft  all  the  parts  of  Scotland  weekly,  but  fmce  that 
black  day  at  Kiliyth,  we  have  got  nothing  -pariicularly 
from  Glafgow.  1  hope  fonie  good  friend  will  hitisFy  my 
defnc,  in  letting  me  know  the  condition  of  that  town; 
which,  whatever  the  world  fpeaks  of  Ibme  pcrfons  in  it,  I 
liiuft  love  while  I  li\e,  and  pray  for  its  welfare.  You  have 
here  a  copy  of  the  "papers  which  we  gave  this  day  in  to  tlie 
Houfc. 

Allairs  here  go,  by  God's  bleflhig.  To  profpcrouflv,  that 
there  is  no  more  tear  of  the  malignant  party.  Many  now 
leave  Oxford  daily.  I'he  Marcpiis  of  Hereford,  Lord 
Lovelace,  and  othcis,  came  hither  laft  v/eek  ;  alfo  the  Lord 
Abcrcorn,  Sir  James  Hmiilton  of  Prieitlield,  Sir  JaniC3 
Galloway,  l^egge,  the  Governor  of  Oxrord,  is  laid  fa  ft, 
and  Glcnham  put  in  his  place.  The  commiliion  of  Ge- 
neraliflimo  is  taken  from  Prince  lU.pert.  Cromwell  has 
taken  WiiKheffer  calile,  and  Baling  alfo  Sir  Thomas 
IFairfax  i?  not  yet  come  up  to  Goiing.  V\  e  cxpet^t  Che- 
fter  daily.  Prins  waits  <ibout  Newark  on  the  King's  mo- 
tions. There  are  here  vt  i )  great  exi  epiion?  taken,  at  otu"  ar- 
my's doing  nothing  all  th.s  year  but  p;imdering  the  country 
as  they  went  through  it.  Some  exaggn-ate  this  very  much. 
If  we  come  not  up  ere  long  to  t|u..rtcr  about  Newark,  and 
•when  v.'e  come,  it  our  army  be  not  iviore  coniivderable,  and 
better  difciplined,  it  will  not  be  pofilble  to  keep  matters  ' 
long  here  fair.  It  is  like  they  will  not  enter  iei  iouOv  on 
any  treaty  for  peace  till  the  time  of  action  be  pair,  and 
the  armies  go  to  their  winter-(juarte)-s  ;  then,  I  believe, 
they  will  try  the  King  if  he  will  accept  of  the  propolkious. 
We  fear  much  his  obftinicy. 

We  v.'ere  in  a  long  expectation  of  a  niodcl  from  the  In- 
dependents; biu  yeltcrday,  atter  feveii  months  waiting, 
they  have  itoined  tis.  The  ;;il^ir.bly  having  put  theui  to 
it,  to  iriake  a  report  ol  tlieir  diligence,  they  g<ive  us  in  a 
flieet  or  luu  ol  injurious  reaion^  v.  by  iliey  would  not  give 
us  any  realons  of  their  tenets.  We  Jiave  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  aniwer  that  libel.  We  think  tliey  agi-ee  not  a- 
mong  ti.emfelves,  and  that  thei-e  are  many  thin;.;s  aii.ong 
them  which  they  are  loth  to  proiei's,  whicii,  by  God's 
2  '     Itelp, 


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Let.  ri8.  A  Piibllck  Letter.  l6l 

help,  crc  long  I  mind  to  do  for  them  in  their  own  words, 
Buc  our  grc;itcil'  trouble  for  the  time  is  from  the  Eraftians 
in  the  Iloufe  of  Commons.  They  are  at  laft  content  to 
creel  p)-e{byteries  and  fynods  in  all  the  land,  and  have  gi- 
ven out  their  orders  for  that  end  ;  yet  they  give  to  the  ec- 
clellaftick  courts  fo  little  power,  that  the  alfembly  finding 
tlicir  petitions  not  granted,  are  in  great  doubt  wiiether  to 
fet  up  any  thing,  till,  by  iome  poweriul  petition  ot  many 
thoufand  hands,  they  obtain  Ibme  more  of  their  jull:  de- 
fires.  The  only  mean  to  obi. iin  this,  and  all  clfe  we  de- 
fire,  is  our  recruited  army  a^out  Newark.  The  i/ilacks  of 
that  army  is  tlie  eartlily  lountain  of  all  our  difliculties 
here  If  our  dillrcilcd  land  oe  able  to  remeid  it,  it  would. 
be  done  quickly  ;  clfe  evils  will  grow  both  here  and  with 
you  at  home. 


119.  For  Mr  George  Toiing.     OHohcr      1645. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 

li"  I  fliould  be  fdent,  I  might  be  excufed  by  your  exam- 
ple. Wo  hear  weekly  from  all  the  parts  of  Scotland  ;  on- 
ly I  in  all  the  company  have  no  friends,  I  pray  you  a- 
m-.  ad  this  fault.  1  write  at  Icaft  with  every  other  poft. 
Think  yott  not  that  I  have  reafon  to  defire  to  know,  and 
yott  to  latisfy  me,  in  the  eftate  of  my  friends,  after  fo 
fearfid  a  llorm  .''  Let  me  know  wl;o  are  your  magillratcs, 
and  how  ;  what  is  become  of  the  Conmiiilar,  the  Princi- 
pal, Sir  llobcrt  Douglas,  the  old  magiilraies,  the  mini- 
Ifers  of  the  town  and  prefoytery,  regents,  and  other  my 
friends  •,  what  have  been  their  actions  and  fuiierings  in  the 
time  of  great  trial.  Tiie  packet  iiuis  weekly.  Strange  I 
not  fo  much  wit  among  you  as  to  get  a  letter  convoyed  to 
the  packet.  IF  ye  would  lend  to  Berwick  to  my  I.ady  Ar- 
gyle,  or  Lady  Loudon,  I  would  not  mifs  them  ;  but  you 
are  forgetful  or  your  friends,  who  have  too  mtich  mind  ot 
you. 

Our  henrts  here  are  oft  much  vveighted  and  woimdcd  by* 
many  hands.  Our  wrehlings  with  devils  and  men  art^ 
great.  However  the  body  of  this  people  be  as  good  as  a- 
ny  people,  yet  they  tha'  rule  all  are  much  oppoiite  to  our 
defires.  Some  verv  '"ew  guide  all  now  at  their  pleafure, 
only  through  the  d '.aiiu  or  otu-  army.  For  this  long  tiniw 
tliey  have  not  tvulted  us  j  but  have  had   their  fccret   fear 

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l6l  Fcr  Mr  George  Young.  Let.  119^ 

of  our  colluding"  with  the  King.  Our  doing  notliing  fmcc 
the  taking  of  Newcallle ;  our  lying  ftill  in  tlic  north  too 
lonf^  ;  and  Avhen  \ve  nioxcd,  our  running  back  to  Carliilc  ; 
when  wc  were  drawn  up  to  Hereford,  our  lying  there  for 
no  purpof^- -,  and  when  we  returned,  our  pluntlerings  all 
the  way,  arc  r.iuch  exaggerated.  We  anfwer  for  all  the 
befl  we  can  :  but  truly  the  letter  fent  by  Uigby  to  the  Ge- 
neral, and  by  him  to  us  this  night,  importing  the  King's 
defire  of  an  anfwer  of  a  former  letter  ;  in  confidence  of 
the  good  cHect  v/hcreof,  he  was  come  with  a  body  of  horfc 
to  Newark  tlirough  many  dilllculties  ;  which  former  letter 
the  General  proh:fl'-d  he  jiever  faw,  make  us  fear  there 
has  been  lome  dtlign  wiih  iome  iii  our  army  which  is  not 
honefb.  However,  the  army's  want  of  IuccjIs,  by  the  mi- 
leries  of  our  country  hindering  their  recruits,  by  the  inju- 
flice  of  this  people  to  furnifli  them  with  pay,  have  put  all 
our  aff.iirs  out  of  frame  The  fac^tion  that  here  prevails, 
mmding  libeity  of  confclence,  and  linding  it  impoflible  to 
gain  lis  to  overfee  that  fo  great  a  fault,  have  made  that 
their  work  to  be  quit  of  us.  They  have  occafioned  many 
provocation?,  to  vex  us,  and  make  us  vex  others.  I  can- 
not write  the  half  of  tlicir  unjuft,  proud,  and  unjufl  deal- 
ings. 

The  mlfcarriage  of  our  army  they  exaggerate.  AVe  fay, 
l>y  their  withdrawing  all  the  promlfed  pay  the  feven  lal^ 
months,  not  giving  one  month's  pay,  Jiave  forced  us  to 
take  by  violence  for  our  fubfiftence,  and  diiabled  us  to  do 
any  lervlee,  of  p.u.rpofe  to  make  us  odious  ;  that  their  owii 
army,  which  they  Jiave  juit  in  "the  hand  o;dy  of  leiStaries, 
or  their  confideut  friends,  they  have  lurnillied  with  men 
and  money  every  iortnight,  and  were  iure  in  all  enterpri- 
fes  to  have  it  ever  tiie  Itroiigcr ;  fo  tiuit  it  wjs  an  ealy  mat- 
ter for  tliem  to  do  all  tiieir  fervices,  and  be  cried  up.  The 
alTembiy  is  much  difcouragcd  ;  tliey  find  tlieii-  ad\iee  alto- 
gether llighied  \  a  kir.d  of  preibytery  iot  up  ;  feels 
daily  fpreading  over  all  the  land,  without  any  care  at  all  tO 
reftraln  them  \  a  cle.ir  aim  in  tiie  j'revaiiing  party  to  have 
a  liberty  univerfal ;  an  utter  diUike  of  our  nation  for  op- 
ppjing  th.'ir  defigns,  and  driving  it  {o  high,  that  v/ays  are 
lludicd,  if  no  belter  in;iy  be,  to  break  the  union  of  the 
natio:v  ,  and  have  us,  for  the  carriage  of  our  army,  de- 
clared the  hril  breakers  to  them,  and  dealt  with  us  as  iticli. 
NVe  do  what  we  are  able  to  \)revent  mifeJiief.  We  cry  to 
God,  who  knows  the  lionclVy  of  our  hearts,  and  the  dif- 

honcft/ 


Let.  119.  For  Mr  George  Tointg.  \6^, 

honefty  of  theirs;  the  caufe  of  our  engagement,  nnd  our 
huge  lufterjng  ;  their  great  ingratitude  to  us,  and  our 
fvcAi  patience  to  them,  it  is  gone  aheady  very  high.  V/c 
iear  that  they  make' Digby  fcrem  to  deal  with  us,  while 
.they  in  trutli  know  how  to  get  tlic  ICing  from  \is  to  thcm- 
felvcs  on  their  own  terms  ;  and  if  we  be  not  willing  to 
compojic  in  what  terms,  both  for  religion  and  ftate,  tb.ey 
pleafe,  to  call  us  oH";  and  for  the  reeompence  of  all  our 
labours,  to  turn  on  oin-  \)Oor,  broken,  difrrefled  country 
the  armies  of  botii.  'J"he  bed  way  we  know  to  prevent 
this,  is  to  hafie  up  »)ur  army,  well  recruited  and  diicipii- 
iied,  to  Newai-k,  iMving  caihiered  all  v/ho  are  the  known 
initruments  of  dei- mcl.Lry,  or  can  be  proven  to  have  kepi 
correfjiondeace  \\'iUi  tb.u  eiu'iuy.  This,  in  fpitc  of  the  In- 
dependent ])lots,  v^'ould  help  all:  for  the  body  of  the  par- 
liament, city,  and  couiury,  are  for  ihe  preibytery,  and 
love  us,  and  hue  the  ilelaries  ;  but  are  all  ovcrv/itted  and 
overpowered  by  a  few,  v.hom  the  fervice  and  acliveneis  of 
our  army  v/ould  iukIo,  Inrice  unhappy  are  thele  men 
who  have  difa.bled  that  army  ironi  fervice  :  they  Iiavc  la- 
criliced  the  honour  of  their  country,  and  profpering  of 
religion  in  thefe  dominions,  to  their  own  bafe  dcligns  ; 
they  have  put  us  on  the  brink  of  lofing  all  our  intentions, 
and  brin:'ini::  a  Avorf'e  war  on  our  kinpdom  than  ever  v/e 
feared  :  yet  God  will  help  all,  if  we  can  clear  the  honcfiy 
of  otu-  army,  by  finding  out  forne  few  ill  pcrfons,  and 
laying  them  iifide  ;  if  we  will,  by  after  diligence,  Jielp  for- 
mer negligence ;  if  we  will  govern  well  ilie  garrifor.s  we 
find  neceiiary  to  l:eep,  as  it  will  be  iieceilar  for  a  time  to 
keep  three,  liut  of  thefe  things  niuch  more  than  I  pur- 
pofed  ;  only  1  thought  g,ood  to  let  you  know  the  infide  of 
our  affairs.  If  we  be  able  to  fend  tip  to  Newaik  a  reafon- 
able  army,  we  AviU  be  \ery  welcoiue  to  this  people  ;  we 
will  wirhotit  diliicudiy,  in  my  jnind_,  get  that  Itrong  place; 
ior  all  relief  heini'  dcl'peratc,  tluv  ^vill  not  Ion"  hand  out. 
Whatever  be  to  do,  either  ior  tlic  Preloyterians  here,  wao 
arc  incomparably  the  ilrong^eif,  or  at  home,  wc  v.'ill  al- 
ways have  that  army  ready  ;  btu  if  we  for  any  reafon  be 
unable  or  unv.'iiliug  to  lend  up  that  army,  thi3  people's 
jealoufies  anil  angers  againlf  us  v.ill  increafe  ;  thjy  v.'iil 
give  us  nothing-,  the  I'ltlbyteriair.  here  will  fuccunib  and 
taint  ;  our  aiiny  will  diibaiRl  and  eva.iiiii,  and  a  long,  wnd 
will  follow,  'i'hir  things  to  yon  only  and  JNlr  J  Ja- 
vid,  and  to  whom  you  think  expedient,  llemeriiber  what  f 
wrote  about  the  piahus ;  haflc  tip  the  committee's  aniai.id- 

X   2  veriions. 


y,  •..n-.'A  O]  «;ij   Wa  A  \'' 


A 


164  For  Mr  George  Toittig.  Let.  119. 

verfions.  Mr  Samuel  and  Mr  George  are  bufy  witli  the 
prcfs,  and  1  will  be  Jo  for  one  live  or  iix  weeks  thereafter. 
I  could  wifli  to  be  at  home,  not  belore,  except  1  would 
lofe  my  former  labours. 


120.  For  Mr  IViU'uvn  Spang.     OCJoher  17.  1645. 

Reverend  and  Dear  r3rother, 
Noj"  only  incidvUt  alF.iirs  foraetimcG  by  expeiElation  on 
the  pofl-tlay,  but  e)])ecially  grief  of  mind  for  tiie  Jlate  of 
affairs,  makes  mc  more  fp.iring  to  write  than  otherwife 
I  could  wilh.  You  have  here  a  double  of  my  lalf  three 
to  Scotland.  1  can  add  little.  ]  lov.-cver,  the  J^ord  has 
fliown  us  a  great  mercy  theie;  yet  tlie  miferies  of  that 
Jand  is  great,  and  tlie  dangers  greater.  TJie  Laid  made 
thefe  m.en  fo  mad  as  to  flay  for  our  army's  coming  to  them 
in  a  plain  field.  yVbove  1000  were  buried  in  the  place; 
whereof  fcarce  15  were  our?.  Mr  Macdonald,  with  fome 
400  or  i;co  fome  d;'.\s  before,  were  gone  to  Argyle  ;  ior 
his  friends  in  the  illes  v.ere  wracked  i)y  a  party  of  the 
Marquis  of  Argyle.  INIontrofe,  with  200  or  3C0  Jiorfe, 
got  to  Aihol.  Cordon  was  before  in  the  noi'th.  David 
Lefly  went  flraight  to  Glafgow,  where  lie  borrowed  fj-om 
that  people  20,000  lib.  as  tl-te  annualrent  of  50,000  they 
gave  to  Montrofe.  Neither  the  one  nor  other  aimy  did 
any  violence  in  t]:;at  towii,  to  my  gieat  joy.  Mr  David  and 
Mr  Piobert  Hamday  fled  to  lloulton,  and  there  remained 
fafe  ',  all  the  rell  fiaid.  The  Con. miliar  was  too  bufy  for 
Montrofe-,  for  which,  they  fay,  he  is  now  fafl,  and  it  is 
thought  will  not  conie  oil  while  he  leave  his  place,  and  a 
great  fme  bellde.  1  fear  the  Prmcipal's  cafe  Jhall  be  little 
better.  It  is  good  to  be  honefl  at  the  heart.  Jt  is  mar- 
vellous imw  few  handfnls  of  the  enemy  went,  alter  the 
fight  of  Kiilyih,  through  Fife,  Lothian,  ihire  of  Ayr, 
without  iu)y  oppoiliion  but  a  general  inbniiillon  ol  all  who 
did  not  ilee.  'I'his  ihame  for  an  age  will  not  be  put  ott 
us  'J'he  EngliJh  contemn  us  mueli  tin;  n'lore.  i  hey  have 
fent  con:im:i]ioners  to  crave  Kewcafile  aiid  Carliile  fj  om 
lis,  and  all  cur  places  of  garrilbns  but  Lerwick,  'iluy 
are  angry,  tl  at  yet  we  have  not  given  them  a  meeting.  At 
this  vtry  time  v.e  :;ie  treating  with  thtui  at  St  Andrew's. 
'\\  Jiat  10  do  with  tliLin  we  know  not.  If  we  now  give  up 
tlicfe  places,  it  v>ili  make  them  the   more   inlolent  j   il  wc 

jxluil; 


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Let.  1 20.  I'or  Mr  William  Spang.  16$ 

refufe  them  on  nevei-  fo  fair  terms,  it  will  incrcafc  the  oc- 
cafion  of  thcni  who  j\re  feeking  a  quai"rcl.  Yet  1  hope 
God  will  direct.  To  clear  our  reputation,  we  have  print- 
ed fomc  of  our  late  papers  to  fatisiy  the  ignorance  of  the 
people.  In  anfwer  to  our  laft  pajKn-,  the  Houfe  of  Com- 
mons have  palTed  fnndry  very  ilrange  and  unkind  votes, 
wherewith  the  Lords  have  yet  refufed  to  concur.  The 
King's  party  here  is  taken  for  irreco\erable.  They  fpealc 
of  Pirno  and  Montbalbn  levying  of  10,000  French  under- 
I  hand,  to  be  lent  over   to   Falmouth   by   a   convoy  of  the" 

Prince  of  Orange's  fliips.  We  take  this  for  a  fable.  Fair- 
fax is  expelled  daily  to  be  at  Goring,  and  fo  to  get  back 
all  the  well  but  Exeter  at  one  llrokc. 

Give  one  of  my  fei'mons  to  Apollonius,  one  to  Tho- 
mas Cunningham,  and  one  to  l\Ir  Strickland,  with  my 
fervicc.  At  .St  Andrew's  now  they  will  advife  hov/  to  re- 
cruit and  reform  our  Englilh  army.  It  is  thought  Sin- 
clair, Montgomery,  Livingilone,  and  others,  liave  liad 
fome  dealing  with  V/illi  im  Fleming  lor  the  King.  Very 
great  profanity  has  been  in  that  army.  God  will  never 
blefs  it  as  it  is  •,  it  has  never  been  attended  wit:h  minifters. 
Many  would  have  attended  that  fervice  -,  but  they  could 
get  no  maintenance.  It  is  thought  johnfton,  Ogilbic, 
Sir  John  Hay,  Spotfwood,  ai:id  divers  others  of  the  pri- 
foners,  will,  at  that  meeting,  lofe  their  heads,  that  once 
fome  jufticc  may  be  done  on  foiue  for  example  ;  albeit  to 
this  day  no  man  in  England  has  been  executed  for  bear- 
ing arms  againlt  the  parliament.  David  Lellie  mull  go 
quickly  back  with  the  moll  of  the  army  to  England-,  for 
Scotland  is  overburdened  with  them  long  ago,  and  can- 
not maintain  them  j  fo  vre  fear  that  JNiontrofe,  Goi'don, 
and  Macdonald,  run  yet  again  over  an  extremely  weaken- 
ed and  divided  country.  The  pell:  coiuinues  yet  to  vage. 
The  divifions  of  our  people  are  not  yet  cured  :  the  hearts 
of  our  people  are  not  foltened  with  all  our  plagues.  Uhe 
Lord  be  merciful  to  us.  I  mull  end. 
Your  Coulin, 

\  Jamesone. 


121.  For  ]\Ir  JViUlam  Spang.     OUober  24.  16x^5. 

PiCverend  and  Dear  P^rothcr, 
WiTH  ihc  kill  noil  I  wioie  to  you  at  length.     I  can 

tell 


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'^^  For  Mr  UWuim  Spang.  Let.  12 1.' 

tpll  you  little  more  flncc.  I  think  we  cannot  prcfcnilv 
give  over  all  our  garrilans  la  England  :  and  upon  our  re- 
fufal,  or  but  delay  to  tlie  of  our  parliament  in 

JJccember,    what    evil   courfe   this  people   will   take   with 
us,   1   know  not  ;  for  fundry  of  the  Icadin.o  men   are   not 
well  dilpofed  towards  us.     It  is  true,   our  army's  fVuiilefl^- 
nets  this  whole  year,  and  their  too  great   plunder  in  their 
marches,  irntares   tliem  ;    and,  what   is   worfe,   the   oreit 
,  appearances  that  the  Kmo  luis  been  tan.pcring   with  them 
gives  them  great  jealoufles  of  us  ;  and  their  extraordinary 
iuccehes,   wuh   our   extraordinary  prcfent    weakenino-    by 
the  peft,  fvvord,  aiui  want  of  trade,   blows  them  up  n)   a 
great  contempt  of  us,  fo   I  hat  our  unioa.witji  tlieni  is  not 
io   mfnngible    as   need   were  :  yet   the    moll   and    belt   of 
them  will  be  loth  to  for!,et  our  kindnefs  to   them  in  their 
diltre.s,   and    our  recovering  them  irom  their  mil'eries    by 
cafung  ourlelves  in  the  pit  of  all  our  prefent  woes.     That 
we  may  remeid  and  remove  the  prefent  matter  of  th-ir  ir- 
ritation, we  have  fern  my  Lord  Warillon  :uk1  Mr  Barclay 
nway  poft  this  day   to    the  army,   and    thereafter  to   .Scot'- 
iand,  to  caule  our  army   come  to  block   up  Newark,  Pnd 
take  then-  wmter-qnartcrs  about  it.    My  Lord  Chancellor, 
the   next  week,  will   go   home   for   that  fame   end.     I\lr 
Henderlon  and  I  are  appointed   to   follow  within   a  foi't- 
night    to  fee  if  we  can  further  a  better   union   and   con-- 
ipondence  among  ourfdvcs   at   home  than   Jvas   been    tliis 
twelve  months.     It  fcems  Digby  and  Langdale  Intended  to 
have   kept   Montrofe's    i)arliamcnt  at    Glafgow,  but   God 
laid   a   ftraw  m  their  way.     Li  their  route,  Dlgbv's  coach 
was   taken     and   fundry  of  liis   writs;    which   fhews   the 
King  s  refouuion  to  liave  no  peace  but   on  his  own  terms  ; 
nibeit  this  people,  for   all   wc  can  fay,  aro   yet   backward 
and  unready  to  make  any  fuch  motii)u  to  him. 

Unhappily  Amirant's  queftions  are  brouPht  in  our  .-^f- 
lembly.  IMany  more  love  thefe  fancies  here'than  I  expect- 
ed. It  falls  out  ill  tliat  Spanheiin's  book  is  fo  Ion-  a- 
coming  out,  whileas  Amirant's  treatife  goes  in  the  aflem- 
Wy  from  hand  to  hand  ;  yet  I  hope  this  ihall  go  rioht. 
ihe  city  and  afilmbly  are  on  a  better  way  than  before^  to 
make  the  parhau'.ent  for  more  liberty  to  fufpend  from 
tlie  table  Icandalous  pcrfons,  than  thev  would  willii)t>Iv 
grant.  Wc  cxpee^t  daily  to  hear  of  Coring's  defeat,  and 
io  the  kmg  has  not  any  face  of  an  annv  in  Enghmd,  nor 
appearance   of  any  pollibility  to  keep  die  field  more  for 

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het.  12 1 »  For  Mr  IVllUam  Spangi  iC'f 

the  time.  He,  Rupert,  and  Maurice,  are  almoft  bcficgcd 
in  Newark  :  they  dare  hardly  venture  to  come  out ;  and  if 
ihey  ftay  a  little 'longer,  they  may  be  befieged  dole.  Shew 
me  if  you  defu-c  the  Engliili  Annotations.  I  pray  you, 
without  farther  delay,  in' your  next  letter,  let  me  know 
what  Englilh  money  I  am  in  your  debt.  I  think  I  can  re- 
ceive no  more  of  your  letters,  after  this  coming  to  your 
hands,  than  one.  Only  Mr  llenderfon,  again!!  my  mind. 
Is  refolvcd  to  go  by  fca.  I  hope  the  wind  will  not  the  le- 
cond  time  mifcarry  us.  My  hearty  fervice  to  ApoUoaius, 
and  to  your  kind  wife.  So  I  rell  your  coufui. 
My  piece  againfL'ihe  Independents  is  on  the  pi-efs. 

-    122.  J  Puhlu'k  Letter.     Aovcmkr  2^.  1645;. 

Things  here  go  on  profperoufly,  blefVcd   be   Pod,  as 
vou   may  fee   by  the   inclofed   diurnal.     The   King,  with 
much  ado,  is  come  from  Newark  to  Oxford.     He  has  uo 
part  of  an  army  for  the  fields,  but   fome  with    Goring   in. 
the  weft,  of  Avhom  Fairfax  hopes  Ihortly  to  make  a  good, 
accotmt.      I\Iy   Lord    Chancellor,   Mr    Hendcrfon,    and    I 
with   them,  thought,  before   this,  to   have   been    on   our 
journey   for   Scotland  ;    but   with   great    importunity   the 
Chancellor  yet  has  been  kept,  the  greateft   aflairs  coming 
prefcntly   in   hand  that  yet  we   have  treated  of,  and  my 
Lord  Balmerino's  health  not  permitting  him  to  attend   the 
committee.     The    other    two,    Sir    Charles    Erlkine,    and 
Major  Kennedy,  being   fmiply  unwilling  to  take   the   bur- 
den of  fo    weighty  affairs   on   them,  as  the  matter  of  the 
garrifons,  which    the    Englilh   are   very    inflant   to   have ; 
the  marching  of  our  army   to    Newark  \  the  propofitions 
of  peace,  which   the  Engliih  are  like    to   alter  more  than 
■vve  defire  -,  efpecially  the  renewing  of  the  committee  of  ac- 
commodation,   wherein   the   toleration   of    the    Indepen- 
dents will   come   in   agitation  i    no   m:in   of    our    nation, 
either  for  abilities,   or  credit  with  this    people,    is  fo  fit  for 
thefe  great  things   as   the   Chancellor.     However,  the   af- 
fairs of  our  kingtlom,  and  his  own  private  afHiirs  and  ve- 
hement defu-es,   do   prels  him  to  go  home  ;  yet  all  of  \is, 
and  all  tluit  love  us,  arc   earneft  for  his  ifay  for   farther 
time.     The  fanie  caule   I   fear    may  keep  Mr   Henderfoii 
here  alfo  longer  than  I  coidd  wilh  •,  for  we   have  refolved 
all  of  us,   that  he  ihoidd  go  down  when  my  L.  ■\Variitou 

went. 


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I  ■  i '>.■.>"'  i 


•'•■•J    !. 


J     V 


iCS'  \^  Publich  Lcllct'.  Let.  122? 

went.  But  ilnce  otlicr  emcrgents  have  Intcrvccned  for 
the  time,  we  arc  ii-rc(olute.  We  expect  an  exprefs  from 
Scotland  \  for  with  this  poll;  we  have  no  dircclions. 

In  the  aflcmbly,  we  arc  going  on  with  the  Confcilion  of 
Faith.  We  had  long  and  tough  debates  about  the  decrees 
ofele6\ion;  yet  thanks  to  Cod  all  is  gone  right  accord- 
ing to  oin-  mind.  That  which  has  taken  up  much  of  the 
aflembly's  time  and  mint!,  thefe  fix  or  fevcn  weeks,  is 
their  manifold  petitions  to  the  parlianient,  for  a  full  li- 
berty to  keep  from  the  holy  tabic  all  feandalous  perfons. 
The  parliament  calls  this  an  arbitrary  power,  ami  requires 
the  afi'c:nibly  to  make  an  exprefs  enumeration  of  all  the  fins 
for  which  they  intend  to  cenfnre.  After  m;my  retiu-ns, 
we  gave  tiiem  in  an  ennmcruion  of  niany  particular^3,  but 
withal  craves  a  general  claufe  to  be  added.  V/c  have 
feme  more  hojie  to  attain  it  by  God's  help  than  before. 
'JIhs  has  been  the  only  inipedinient  why  the  prefbyteries 
and  fynods  have  not  been  erLct>.d  ;  for  the  miniltcrs  re- 
fnfe  to  accept  of  prefl:>Ylerlcs  wilhout  this  power.  Had  it 
been  God's  \.'ill  ;h,;t  our  army  this  fummer  had  done  any 
fervice,  we  Irad  long  belore  tliis  obtained  all  our  d(  iires  ; 
or  yet,  if  we  could  lend  any  confiderable  ilrength  to  New- 
ark, wc  would  have  great  influence  in  their  coiuifels.  All 
good  men  here  defire  the  continuance  ot  ihe  union  of  the 
jiations,  and  know,  as  well  as  we,  that  in  that  union  the 
happinefs  of  both  doth  confilt,  and  in  the  breach  of  it  the 
lafting  niiieries  of  both  are  certain  rtiin. 

This  much  I  did  write  to  be  ^c\\^.  with  tliat  jmft  which 
was  taken  ;  but  by  good  luck  it  fell  by,  and  did  not  then 
go.  Since,  our  aliairs  here  for  tlie  Itate  arc  in  fome  bet- 
ter poflure.  The  Chancellor's  labours  have  been  fo  blels- 
cd,  that  the  deHres  of  thefe  u'ho  feemed  to  be  feeking  a 
breach  v/ith  us,  are  for  the  time  either  broken  or  laid  a- 
iide  •,  fo,  upon  :he  prefiing  necellkies  of  our  land,  he  is  dif- 
milTtd,  and  this  day  takes  journey.  No  living  man  is  fit- 
er  to  deal  with  this  people  \  none  of  our  natioa  is  fo  mucli 
beloved,  or  of  fo  nuich  credit  vv'ith  thcrn.  Wc  are  now 
liot  on  ilic  committee  for  aceom.modation.  I  tell  my  mind 
freely  of  it  in  mv  prei'aee  to  aiy  DilTuafive  from  the  errors 
of  tiie  time,  which  nov,'  is  abroad,  and  v.'hereof  1  lliall 
fend  foine  copies  with  the  lirlt  occafion.  We  never  ex- 
peiSted  any  gooil  of  it,  a.nd  lefs  now  than  ever.  The  nii- 
nillers  of  Lund.on  fen:  from  liieir  meeting  fume  twenty  of 
their  luimbcr  to  iuiicat,  that  t!;e  Ciiancelior  and  IMr  Vi.n- 
l  derlon 


Hcif    ji.i'',    .:•■//    "5';*  :,'•  <;t  :).!)•■'//  ip'fv  I 


•     !  ^1  ;    -iyi    .--.yo-:'!  'v::'ui  -.uv.lt 


n'/-(  .L. 


Let.  12  2.  A  Pitblick  Letter.  i6p 

deiTon  miglif  fi.ay  for  f'omc  time.  Afrcr  advlfcrnent,  we 
thought  iill  I  hat  Mr  ilcndciToa's  {i\y  was  fimply  necclTarv, 
i'o  much  the  more  as  the  ChancL'Hor  behoved  to  go.  V/e 
had  never  fo  much  need  of  your  prayers.  The  ciiy,  both 
magiftrates  and  minifters,  are  now  engageJ,  blelled  be 
God,  in  veiy  home  ai~id  earncft  p-etitions  lor  the  ci-eelioa 
of  general  and  provincial  aiiem  ■/lieG,  of  prefijyteries  and. 
feflions,  and  all  v.dth  their  full  pov/er.  The  Independents 
in  their  lall  meeting  of  our  grand  comniittee  of  accom- 
modation have  expriiTed  tlicii-  deiires  Kir  tolci-ation,  not 
only  to  themfelves  but  to  other  fccts.  The  parliament  has 
no  great  inclin  ition  to  fatisfy  cither.  V/hat  may  come 
of  thi.Sj  we  know  not  ;  oai)  if  were  our  heart's  dchre  that 
our  anriy  at  Newark  were  recruited.  Nothing  is  better 
for  the  good  of  Scotland,  for  the  welfire  of  the  wliole 
ifte,  and  the  Protellant  religion.  If  God  make  us  either 
imable  or  tuiwilling  to  this,  the  lofs  v,dll  be  grea't  to  us 
and  all. 

We  go  on  daily  in  fome  propofition  of  the  Confeffioa 
of  Faith  :  till  this  be  ended  we  will  not  take  in  any  more 
of  the  catcchilm  The  pfalms  are  perrected  :  the  beft  that 
without  all  doubt  ever  yet  were  extant.  Tliey  are  on  the 
prefs  J  but  not  to  be  perufed  till  they  be  feat  to  you,  and 
your  animadverfions  returned  hither,  v.'hicli  we  wilh  v/ere 
fo  foon  as  might  be.  The  Lord  give  our  poor  land  the 
fruit  of  their  grievous  troubles,  and  halfe  their  deliver- 
ance. 


123.  To  Mr  Ifilluun  Spang.     Ncvmihcr  29.  1645. 

Dear  Coufm, 

i  think  you  were  never  fo  far  behind  v/lth  me  as  now  I 
am  with  you.  I  think  thefe  fix  or  (cwcn  polls  I  liave 
heard  nothing  from  you.  I  lee  the  Englilii  Annotations 
and  my  Sera^ons,  which,  foin-  or  five  weeks  ago,  I  gave 
to  JMr  Tii-ence,  are  not  yet  gone,  i  have  fent  you  fevea 
of  my  Diiiuafives  ;  only  one  for  youi-felf  j  the  rell,  with  my 
fervice,  to  Thomas  Cunningham,  Mr  .Strickland,  ApoHo- 
nius,  Spanhcim,  l^r  Stu  ii-f,  and  Voetius.  As,  you  have 
occafion  to  fend  them,  lend  a;wa)s  a  Sermon  with  a  Dif- 
ftiafive.  I  expect  a  Jliower  or  inucpendents  about  my 
ears;  but  I  am  not  feared  :  f  have  a  reierve  of  more  fto- 
ries,  and  I  think  ihey  v»'iU  have    more   to  do  UiOitlv,  rov 

Vol.  IL  Y  '  rhcii- 


1      ■    ri     s   'j'l' 


'.'      j^?    .f-Vi 


J 7®  T'o  Mr  JViUlam  Spang.  Let.  ii-^i 

tlicir  elnrory  Llcni;il  to  the  aiTcnibly,  of  tliclr  model  they 
tauil'd  print  iiiulcr  the  naiiic  ot  a  rcmonllrancc,  to  which. 
thi^  aiTen:ibiy  has  nvade  a  hn-gc  and  iharp  anlV/cr,  which 
]:ivs  them  more  t\c\\  ;  alio  their  rejc^tin^;  oL"  all  accommo- 
dation, and  pleading  for  a  toleration,  not  only  of  their 
Separate  clnirclus,  luit  h>r  i])e  other  l^Ltr.,  gives  great  ot- 
i'ence,  and  will  draw  out  hjiier  v.riis  <|uickly  agiirdt  them, 
'.rhe  city  continues  zealous  for  to  prelb  their  petition  ;  more 
liopes  wc  have  from  them  tlian  e\er.  The  parliament  is 
hying  the  all'cnibly  and  city's  petition  more  to  heart.  Our 
condition  in  8cotl:ind  is  not  good  ;  but  you  know  all  there 
as  well  as  I.  Upon  the  city's  earnett  (leiires,  and  fome  o- 
ther  conlideration?,  P.'lr  llenderibn's  voyage  and  mine  to 
■iScotl,in>l  is  il.iyed.  1  pray  you  kt  me  be  once  out  or  your 
debt,  and  write  to  me  what  Engliih.  money  I  am  reiHr.g. 
Ciomarus  and  Rivet  goes  to  the  coilege-coinu.  You  would 
vo  v<cH  to  lit  Dr  Forb.s  on  a  fupplement,  wherein  he  may 
handle  Anabaptifm,  Antinom.ianifiv,,  the  Erallian,  and 
the  reft  ot   tlie    modern  iects.      AVill   you    inrre.it    iiim    m 


liac 


prefs  his  friend  Vofilus  to  print  that  Jie  told  me  he 
3-eady  againit  tlie  .^Vnabantihs,  the  greateft  and  moll  pre- 
valent feet  here.  In  tumultuous  ways  t'jey  provoke  our 
chief  minilters  to  publick  dil'putirions  for  peedobaptifin. 
I  than!:  you  for  Clopenl^urg.  I  wif]\  Spanheim  made  thi:; 
his  prilicipal  work.  The  Lord  be  with  )ou. 
Your  Coulin, 

iloiiliRT    BaILI-IE. 


124.  To  P.Ir  irdruvn  Spang. 

Coufia, 
YouKS  with  '.he  lapL  poll:  I  received,  aljo  your  large  Orje 
■vvlth  the  fornicr.  I  athnitted  your  reafons  for  my  Jong 
Avant.  All  that  I  f-mt  you  is  frozen  i)i  the  Thames  ;  when 
you  rnav  lAave  them,  I  1.nov/  not.  I  doubt  much  if  my 
dctit  be  To  bule  a.s  9  .s.  lb  you  miuf.nirit,  to  yourfelf  be 
it  faid.  Joiephus  you  (hall  have  Avith.  the  iiill:  f.iir  v.xathcr  ; 
for  nov/  tiicre  is  here  a  vehement  froll  The  lirli:  imprelhou 
of  my  Diiliulixe  is  away  already.  It  is  g(jing  again  to  the 
prefs.  1  got  tlianks  lor  it  irommany.  I  V;  illi  vou  might  put 
i'orbes  to  go  Oii  v»'ith  liis  b.iltory,  elpccially  of  tlie  Anabap- 
tifts,  Libei-dne-,  a:id  llich  as  prclenLly  vex  us.     I  wrote 

to 


-i  :m  i.'A    '!'  >■  .k:*.:*-' I 


^^v'V'    sv-,.tWrV'v  'k\\  v"V  .i.il 


Let.  124.  To  Mr  JVilUam  Spang.  17 1 

to  you  to  cmk  fomc  prefs  Vofllus  10  print  what  he  tohl  mc 
l-c  had  befidc  him  a-.infr  the  Anabaptiib.  When  Span- 
hcim  is  free  of  Amirant,  I  mHIi  he  went  on  v;iin  us 
i:o'h(^iwn  Jn.i'.:MiJlcu^u  ■Hief:  ar^  the  f^ctanc^  ^wlio 
moft  increafe  aniongfi  us.  Thombcs,  a  nunuicr  or  i.on- 
don,  has  printed  a  large  book  i'ov  th.^m,  wherein  h.  uares 
us  all  Drlllvct  required,  by  Mr  Durie,  our  aHemblys 
t/^aification,  that  he  had  not  lent  to  them  any  writ  againil 
Amirant,  nor  had  ilirred  tluan  up  a-ainft  his  tenct>,  di- 
reaiy  nor  indirectly  :  this  was  granted  to  hum.  hut  I 
thin'c  Imce  Amlrent  has  be.n  fo  rath,  as  without  ad 
occafion  to  cxpoftulate  with  Dr  Rivet,  he  ihould  tiie  more 
h:'  v?l:-ied  to  do  that  dntv  wjiit.h  h.e  is  obligqd  to  ao  for 
his  love  to  the  truth  of  Cod,  and  caie  of  th.e  churclies  of 
France,  which  Amiiant  onlv  by  his  amuy  and  pnuc  has 
troubled,  and  will  do  nuu-e  A  God  b  •  not  raerciful.  V\  e 
?.ll  commend  Snanheim  for  his  dili;>ence  raid  >:.-al,  though 
vet  his  writs  be  not  come  to  us.  V/c  hope  Dr  Rivet  and 
others  there  will  I'eeoiul  him  in  the  defence  ot  tlie  truth 
ppainfl:  vain  iiuK)v:itors. 

'Cur  affairs  Aand  thus  :   It  was  vefolved  tliat   IMr    Iven- 
derfon  fliould  have  gone  home   for   doing   his  ^endeavour 
for  knitting  to-^ether  the  minds   of  fome   whofe   diviiions 
did  much  u-ou"jle   our   Ifatc.     lie   was   the   fitteh   inhrti- 
ment  for  it  on  earth  ;  but  the  weather  lell   io    ill,   and    he 
fo  unhcalthful,  and  the  bufinefs  here   is  fo  great,  that    he 
behoved  to   ftay  ;  and   fo  my  voyage,   who  was  rcppointed 
to  be  his  convoy,  was  froped.     S^me  f:x  or  ieven  weeks  a- 
po,  the  humour  of  the  faaion  who  guides  here,  towards 
us   feemed  not  to  be  friendly.     The   crulhing  or  our   na- 
tion by  the  peftilencc,   and   Montrofe's   vi>5tories,   made  us 
contemptible  to  tl^ein;  their  unexpeacd  fucceiles  made  us 
needlefs  to  them  ;    the  Kiiig  and  his  r.irry  were  nomore 
confiderable  -,  with  their  hearts  they  wiihed   to   be  tree  or 
our  burden,  and  rather  tliau   to   have    us   he   tip^u    tneiu 
nuu-c,  it  hems  fo'MC  of  them  were  ben.t  to  have  a  quarrel. 
ILnce  their  unkind  votes   for  the   difgrace  ol"   our   army, 
and  the   rehitution  of  their    garrifons.      ]>at   the    y/ildo.n 
and  diligence  of  the  Chancellor  brought  them,  berorc  his 
going,  to   a   much  better  teiuper  ;  yet  what   la  ill   be    the 
hfue^  I  canuot  fay.     We  were  content  to   have   tlie  com- 
mittee for  accommodation  renewed  for   our  oppohtioa   to 
iheir  defigns:  in  this  was  the  main   fountain  ot   their  evd 
talent  apainlt;  usj  albeit   wc   do   not  fee  v.'Uat  alio   their 
^  Y  2  uuiiu 


.  i 


^72  7cJ  Mr  JFiJIiam  Sj^aiig.  Let.  12-. 

mind  is  for  matters   of  the  ftate.     We   have   liad    fundiy 
inceting.s  witli  thcni  for  acronmiod.uion  both  in  the  p^rand 
coniniirtce   and    inbcommiffces       A'/e    wouUl,    for    pc.icj's 
cauic,   difpenfe  with  lliem    in  very  in;iny  things  •,   but  ihcy 
are  percmjnor   they 'v.  ill    not   he  ir    nor   fpc;il:  of   my   ac- 
cominodmion,  biu   they  will  by  al!  n^.eans  have  their  fepa- 
rate  churches.     'I'iiey  plead  for  a  toleration    to    other  feits 
as  well  as  to  theiiilelves  ;  and  with    n,iich  ado  could  we  pet 
them  to  propone  wjiat  they  dcfn-cd  to  theinfelves.     At  hft 
the  gave   us    a    p:ip..r,   JV'.piiriir',  expn'f.Iy  a  lull  toleration 
of  co-i;yre!vitions  in  tlieir  way  every  where,   leparate  from 
ours.      In  our  anfwer  \ve  daily  denied  luch    a    \all  liberty, 
and  bacl-cd  it  witii  r.akusj  and  v/ithal  are   bepun  to  lliew 
ivhat  hidulgenre  wc  couid,   for    i)eace    iahe,   pr.uit.      ]h.TC 
li'jr  Marllial  cnn-  ehairaian  has  been  tliLir    moJt  dilipcnt  a- 
g:nt,   to   drav.'  too  hiany  of   us  to  :u-ar,t  them  niucl)  more 
than  my  heart  can  viL-ld  to,   and  which  to  my  power  I  op- 
pofe.      As  yet  v.-e  are  not  come  to  e:.prefs    our  i-afh  boun- 
ty, and   fome   things  have  interveeneti  from    God,    that   I 
liope  will  Aay  the  j>reclpitancy  of  fome  whom    I    expected 
fliould  Iiave  been  more  oppofiie    to    all  toleration  ot    f.  pa- 
3-atc  conorepttions,  tiian  when  it  con-.es  to  a  chock  I  l^)und 
them.      I.  Thomas  Goodwin,   the    lalt    meetinj;,   declared 
publicHy,   that  ]ie  cannot  refufe  to  be  members,  no  cen- 
fure  v.dien  members  any  for  Anabaptiim,   I.utheranilm,   or 
any  errors  which  are  not  fundamental,   and  maintained  a- 
gah-iil  knowledge,   according  fo  the    principle  in  ilie  y\po- 
]ogeiick.    This  ingenuous,  and  mofr  tinieous,   albeic  mere- 
ly accidental  proFcfiion,   has  much  allayed   the   favour   of 
fome  to   their  toleration.      2.  Some  good   friend    has   in- 
formed the  city-miniders,    that   they  "iii    their   meeting   at 
Sion  college,   have   refolved   unaninjouily    to    petition    the 
aiTembly  againil    all    fuch    lolerations.      \.   'Vhc  other    day 
oey  and  Vvhartoji  mov/d    in    the  iloufe'of  Lords   to   ad- 
journ,  that  is  re;i!Iy  to  diifolve,  the  aliembly.      4.  The  In- 
dependents are  fiickling    too  openly   to   have  the  common 
council  ot  London  modelled  to  then-  mind.      q.   Inilead  of 
their   long  cxpech'd    mode!,   they   preiented   a   libel  of  in- 
ve^ives  as  realons    w.hy  liiey  v/oidd   prclenr    no   model   to 
the  af -einbly.     Thi:;,   underhand,   t;..y    caufed  print  ;    and 
vhcn  the  aliembly  h.id  drawn  up  a  loucr  and  true  aniv.'er, 
and  got   ;m   oi-der  from  the  iloule  or   J.oids   to    print   it, 
tney  make  their  friends  in   the  iiouie  of  Common?  as  yet 
to  keep  it  in.     Ail  thcie  arc  alarms   to  make  us,  if  we 'be 

]10t 


.(I     i:;J 


Let.  124.  7b  71 /r  WiUlam  Spang.  lyj 

not  elemented,  as  many  the  heft  men  here   are,  to  be  the 
more  wary  of  their  toicrdtlon. 

V/c  c;o  on  in  the  aiTembly  now  with  pi-crty  good  fpeed 
in  our  Confcifion  of  F.iith.  We  have  palled  the  heads  of 
fci-ipture,  God,  Trinity,  decrees,  providence,  redemption, 
covenant,  jiillification,  f-inftiiication,  free-will,  facraments 
in  general,  a  part  of  perfeverance,  and  of  the  Lord's  flip- 
per. It  feems  tliS  King's  party  would  now  be  glad  of  a 
peace;  but  as  yet  I  fee  no  poilibility  (jf  it.  The  I'l-incc  of 
VVales's  letter  for  a  permlfllon  to  lend  two  of  his  council 
to  his  fathci-  for  th;it  end,  got  no  a;ilv;er.  The  King, 
therefoie,  v\-ithoui  farther  circunilocntion,  fent  the  other 
week  a  trumpet,  with  a  letter,  requiring  a  fafe-condudl  for 
commiirjoners  with,  propofuions.  Vv'hiie  they  and  we  are 
debating  on  the  anlwer  to  tiiis  letter,  behold  a  fecond 
trumpet,  bringing  a  very  ]-)atb.eiitk  aiid  coniin-ing  letter 
from  the  King  for  peace.  I  he  tiuth  is,  his  Icgret  letters 
written  about  the  lafl  treaty  nrikes  tli^m  triul  him  no 
more,  and  refolve  to  tixat  no  more  at  all  v^ith  him  •,  only 
they  v/iil  fend  him  propoiitions,  and  rec]iiire  his  j)olitive 
anfwcr.  We  are  comeiit  that  all  tiie  former  propoiuions 
be  fent,  and  that  a  politive  anuver  be  requii'cd  10  them  ail, 
without  any  treaty  j  but  they  are  altering  many  of  them, 
and  adding  more  and  more  hard.  Theie  we  cannot  con- 
fent  to  be  fent,  till  the  puliament  of  .'■icotland  fee  and  afient 
to  them,  and  declare  tiicir  mind,  whether  they  v/ill  deny 
or  refufe  the  King  all  treaty  upon  every  one  of  thefe.  Al- 
io it  feen;s  to  us,  that  llie  faction  heri;  iiuends  no  peace  in 
liafte,  and  we  much  doubt  the  iincerity  of  them  v/ho  to 
this  day  rule  about  the  King-,  but  our  condition  is  Inch, 
that  we  woidd  v/ith  all  our  heart  have  a  good  peace.  Al- 
ways, in  profecution  of  it,  we  refolve  to  cleave  to  our  co- 
venanted union  with  ihi?  people,  hov/  ingrate  loever  the 
body  of  all  eiiatcs  heie  are  in  our  mind,  liut  what  the 
fmall  handful  who  guides  adl  will  do,  we  yet  know  not. 
The  city  is  kind  to  us,  and  readily  have  provided  L.  31,000 
in  money,  and  L.  6000  in  cloaths,  lor  our  army.  Wc 
oft  are  in  great  perplexities  j  but  our  eyes  are  towards 
God,  and  we  refolve,  in  all  temptations,  by  his  help,  to  do 
our  dmy.  The  condition  of  ^cotiantl  is  very  hard.  Wa- 
riilon,  with  the  help  of  Argyle  and  the  miniicers,  liave 
Vet  kept  the  pai-liament  right  againft  a  powerful  party.  Sir 
Join)  Siriith's  fecond  fault,  far  woiic  than  the  liril,  albeit 
V  lindane  to  defend   all  he   had   done,  a.nd   to   draw  the 

mod 


:iU'Ji: 


,v 


2  74  7'^  ^^f  ^i'ill'ujm  Sj^aug.  Let.  124, 

moH;  of  the  b.irons  to  i'ldc.  with  him,  was  a  very  clangorous 
dcilgn  I  hope  it  is  near  bjoken.  If  Glafgow  be  made 
the  only  example  of  tlie  ftatc's  Icverity,  1  fear  it  will  do  no 
good;  but  if  the  like  courfe  be  taken  wiih  j'ldinbiir'Jh, 
and  the  reft,  wliofc.f.iuU  was  greater,  all  will  be  digclicd. 
\Vhen  Montrolc  the  other  v/cLk  came  down  to  Aii^us, 
Middleton  was  a})i5oinied  to  go  towards  him.  He  cjiiicklv 
letreated  ;  hut  Midiileton  in  St  Andrew's  fell  in  an  inftant 
in  a  deadly  lit  of  thj  iliack  paflion,  that  troubled  all  ix^ 
ceedingly,  and  was  t.ikcn  loc  a  terrible  Aroke  of  God  ; 
yet  our  lall  letters  iay  there  was  hopes  of  his  recovery.  Cal- 
lendar  has  accepted  his  charge  of  I^ieutenant-Generai  of 
all  tlic  forces,  which  puts  us  in  good  hopes  of  reconci-^ 
liation  of  dililrences,  and  active  managing  of  the  v.'ar. 


J 25.   J  Publick  Letter.     Lcndon. 

lIowr.VKR  we  wait  dally  on  the  fifTembly,  yet  our  pro-« 
grefs  in  the  Confefiion  of  Faith  is  but  flow.  We  have  ma- 
ny diverftons,  many  days  of  t.tfts  and  thankfgivings,  witli 
the  days  preceding  them  lor  preparation.  The  providing 
minillei-s  to  all  vaca.nt  churches,  even  to  remote  jliireb, 
their  trial  and  million,  lies  on  the  aflembiy,  and  takey  iip 
almoft  every  day  too  much  of  our  time.  TJie  printing  of 
the  Bibles  lathed  us  much  before  wc  could  fall  on  the  way 
;  to  get  them  ])rinted  well  for  e:glit   groats   in   oclavo,   with 

;  the  marginal  ouotations,  and   for   lix   or   \c\tr[.   proats   at 

>  moft  in  i2mo  unbound.     This   v/e    hope    w^ill   encourage 

j  poor  people  to  bi.^-  IMbles.      Alfo  we  are  oft  diverted  with 

I  'many  by-queftions    from   the   lloufe ;    vet   wc    hope,    by 

1  God's  grace,  cvc  long   to   cnd^   the   Confcflion.     V»"c  ftick 

!  long  fometimes  on  Icabrous  queftions ;  but  that   whereup- 

f  on  the  e)-es  and  hearts   of  all   are   fixed,  is  the  fet  ling  of 

\  the  government,   atid  with  it  the  toleration  of   feces.     The 

;  greateit   part   of   the   parliament   have  been  hitherto   veiy 

i  to  do  lefs  in  the  one,  and  more  in  the   otiier, 

5  than  v.'c  cotild  willi.      Great  IfruL'^lins;  have  v.'c  had,   and 

;    (       yet  we  have  much  to  do.     God  has  helped   us   to   get  the 
'j  body  of   the    mini^lry   of   all    the    I.'.nd  to  he  cordially  for 

I  us,  iind  the  city  is  now  kriking  in  ;   which  wc   liope    /liall 

I  carry  it,  and  get  up  a  ftraighter  government,  and  alfo  ex- 

t  hide  toleration  of  iects  moie  than  many  men  here  do  de- 
lire.     ^^"c  have  had  many  bickerings   Y/ich   the  Independ-. 

cuts 


.,-v\ 


JL-ct.  125.  J  PuhUck  Letter,,  •  tj.^ 

ents  in  the  grand  committee  about  an  incli\lgence  for  their- 
feparate  congregations.  We  have  Ipent  many  llicets  ot" 
paper  on  both  iides.  They  have  given  in  writs  thrice,  and 
we  have  as  off  anlwered  in  writ.  They  are  on  their  fourth 
writ.  To  thefc  we  mud  give  a  fourth  rejoinder,  and  then 
come  to  debate  verbally.  For  this  point,  both  tiiey  and  ' 
we  contend  tnnquam  pfj  aris  ct  focis.  Had  it  been  God's 
will  to  have  made  om-  army  here  this  laft  year  ruccefsful, 
we  fliould  have  had  fev/  debates  for  any  of  our  defires  ;■ 
but  the  calamities  of  our  covunry,  and  weaknefs  of  our 
army,  make  the  iects  and  their  friends  bold,  and  very  in- 
folent.  The  King's  party  here  is  brought  almoft  to  no- 
thing. The  taking  of  Chefter  keeps  out  the  Iriih.  The 
Queen's  letters  in  Fi-ance  are  not  much  feared  ;  they  arc 
but  by  connivance  •,  tliey  cannot  be  many.  All  her  beg- 
ged money  \n\\  not  keep  long  a  little  army.  The  King's 
laft  letter  for  peace  takes  off  our  grcatcft  objeclion,  the 
fliameful  capitulation  with  the  Iriih  by  Glamor^-^an.  Thl'.j 
lie  difclaimG,  and  oilers  fo  mucii  to  the  parlian":ent,  liiat 
v.'e  arc  in  forne  little  hope  of  peace.  If  he  come  but  a 
httle  farther,  it  is  hoped  fo  much  may  be  gra.nted  as  wc 
may  be  contented.  We  ex[)ca:  cvltv  otlier  day  from  the 
parliament  their  feven  propofitions,  that  v/e  may  fend  to 
Scotland,  that  upon  their  conlent  tlicy  may  go  to  the 
King  5  v/ho,  if  he  will  grant  them,  iliall  prelently  there- 
after come  to  London,  and  trctat  on  all  the  lelt  at  leifure, 
;^nd  in  place.  Yv"e  dare  not  promife  to  ourlclves  that  j^eace 
yet  is  near,  it  hath  fo  many  both  vilible  and  inviiible  impe- 
diments j  cfpecialiy  the  crying  and  evident  fins,  not  only 
of  the  people,  but  of  all,  or  the  moll:,  in  cmir^ent  place,  ou 
both  fides,  in  all  the  three  kingdoms.  Wc  fear  our  fur- 
nace muft  yet  be  hotter  before  the  lump  be  purified.  Ap- 
pearances one  day  are  good,  and  another  bad.  AVhat  the 
Lord  will  do,  he  knows.  France  Vvoidd  be  glad  that  we 
broke  with  England,  and,  on  that  condition,  it  feems 
Would  give  us  gi-eat  aliiftance  ;  but  of  all  mifchiefs  that, 
would  be  the  greatcft.  Thei-e  is  no  unkindncis  yet  fo 
great,  but,  if  God  pleafe  to  keep  ilie  managing  of  it  in 
happy  hands,  it  may  turn  as  the  jarring  of  fi-icnds  to  a 
greater  familiarity.  The  Turk  is  like  to  be  terrible  to  Ita- 
ly. France  is  like  in  earned;  to  yoke  with  the  Fope  ;  v/ho 
is  fo  perverfe  and  fooliih,  that  lie  will  force  France  to  re- 
store the  barbarians  to  their  places,  wlience  they  are  c- 
jcijtcd  v.'ith  the  force  of  arms.     The   Venetians   will  join 

with 


Jt,>,r  :,(!: 


t7^  A  ViihVuk  Letter.  Let.  12', 

with  Fi'ance.  '  Tlie  Florentine  and  the  other  petty  princes 
are  foxing  iih-eady  for  fear.  The  Enipcror  and  Spain  have 
fo  much  ado,  that  they  can  make  the  Pope  fmall  help. 
France  has  nrany  irons  in  the  /ire  ;  great  deligns  and  iuc- 
celies  botli  in  Spain,  Handcrs,  Germany,  and  Italy.  This 
forces  thein  to  lay  '^o  great  taxes  on  the  people,  that  it  is 
expecb.'d  every  year  tl\ey  will  make  great  infurrct\ion.  A 
very  little  thing  would  let  all  that  ftate  in  a  lire.  The  Hol- 
landcjs  arc  fectmg  otit  a  great  lleet  to  Brazilia  againft:  the 
Po!  tui^ucfe,  who  have  almoll  tmdone  their  Weft-Indian 
plantation.  It  v.cre  great  wildom  in  us  at  lafl,  without 
more  delay,  to  ilnd  iij)  to  our  army  before  Newark  a  com- 
mittee, and  a  nu.nber  of  minilters,  v.-ith  all  the  forces  we 
could  rpaie  :  who  knows  but  the  Lord  m;iy  deliver  our 
poor  land  Iboner  than  we  expert  f 


12(5.   To  Mr  WilUmn  Spang, 

Dear  Coufia, 
I  have  not  written  to  you  thef.^  three  or  four  pofls,  of 
pnrpole,  Vsaitingtill  \  hiul  you  have  received  the  laft. 
There  is  {o  great  intercepting  of  letters,  that  I  am  loth 
that  niore  than  on.-  of  mine  Ihould  milcarry.  Thouph  I 
have  got  three  of  yours  fince  I  wrote  any,  yet  I  Ijnil  not 
that  you  have  gott.^n  my  iafc.  I  got  Grotius's  laft  piece. 
The  Annot.uions  ]  aliov,'  you  foi-  Foibes ;  you  fiaall  have 
the  price  of  Tofephus  on  it.  1  cannot  think  but  I  am 
mvich  more  in  debt  than  you  fpeak  or  How  thin';s  are 
here,  you  nia)  fee  by  the  former  leaf,  whicli  went  lately 
to  Glafgow.  ■  Matters  are  near  ibme  crlils.  I  prav  God  it 
may  be  happy.  1  count  tiie  King'.;  party  utterly  undone. 
Yeflcrnight,  at  our  thankigiving  fur  Lh(. ftcr,  the  news 
came  of  the  routing  of  Hop'.ton,  the  only  .irmy  the  King 
had  remaining  in  Fngland.  Oxford,  Fx^ter,  and  iVcwark, 
having  no  hope  of  relief,  cannot  long  hold  out.  As  yet 
there  is  no  :>i>pearan(C  ot  the  p.tiii  uncnt's  ani\ver  to  the 
King's  laPc  iour  lettei's.  Howl  ver,  twenty  days  ago  tiiey 
refolved  to  lend  the  three  propoiltions  of  U,\'">rid::fe,  and 
Other  four  addliionals  j  upon  the  grant  v/hereof,  the  ICing 
fhould  be  [)ermitied  to  come  to  London.  Ail  the  llay 
that  was  imagined  war.  upion  our  pr.rt,  wbo  behoved  to 
fend  lliefe  additions  to  SeoiLnid  i^K'  their  approiration. 
Xct  that  might  have  b:en  goiten  in  o.ve  Uirce  v.eel.i  j  ba: 
I  as 


■;,'"\''    ' 


^f;oO 


//      .!:;J    ■!  s,;.     - 


•  WI/O'J    I 


,1(0   !;'<" 
;,..;!  ill     '•*;'■'. 


'1,      ,  ;      Hi'l  A\  J 


tet.  126.  ro  Mr  Wliruvn  Spang.  '77 

ns  YCt  they  are  not  come   to   our  hands,  nekher  know  Nve 
when    hey  n^all   con.c.     Pc.ce  is  dihulvantageous   to     uu- 
d  ^.erc     fb  it  i^ems  it  .Ul  be  their   .-rk   to   iuu^     ,  ^ 
thrv  be  "ble.     Tlicir    prelent    pretext  is,    th.it  laur  tnna 
n  o^o^uo^    of  Uxbridle,  concerning  the  miht.a    >s  yet  m 
^cX V  r  y  a..nong  .hemfelves:   they  have  ahogether  aher- 
ed      All  the  interna  that  Scotland  and  London  had  therc- 
t\.  a;nihilated,  and  all  thatpowcr  '^P-;-^-^-^;^, 
the  Houies  iolely.     London  is   not  willing   to   quit   ^^l..t 
b"h^^rlianient/o.u,ud   to   thcni  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^ 
did  o^T  petition  upon  petition   to   have  then  own  rndm  , 
r^  L^the  ^roponiiolis  agreed  to  by  b.nh  ^-gdo^s^was  fe. 
tied       The  Lords  were  willing  to  let  it   go  lo.      1  h.   L cni 
mons,  forcfeeing  that  iueh  a  power  in  the  hands  of  Lon- 
don,  thou.h  under  the  parliament,    yet   makes  them  u  .- 
fter    o     the  parliament,  alio  gives   them    power    over    th. 
ci  ;  of  Wernniniter.   and  all  the  fuburbs,   which  they  had 
■  not  b  fore,  do  dennir  upon  the  matter,  and  are  not   con- 
"nt  to  hear  the  contrare  petitions  of  WclUv.nller  amUhe 
fXubs,  which  may  drai  the  bufinefs  of  the  P-po-on 
o  fo  great  a  length/as  they  pkafe.     In  the  mean  time,  u  . 
Kin^'rextremit/makes  him  very  in-patient  of  ^-^^;  ;>- 
Th^city  is  mudr  grieved,  that  what  bdore  ^vas  w.tnom  a 
nueftion    granted  io   them,    ihould  now    be    taken   av,  i) . 
^  ^s  ^ntfoveriy  makes  tlxem  the  more  willmg  to    00k  u  - 
t^  the  ways  of  the  ieciaries.    Howbeit  truly  -^^^  body  o^  tn. 
-  ^y  is  a  ze.lous  and  underftandmg  people,  tuW  appi^u  •  - 
ftve  Of  the  mifchief  of  the  llxtanes  among  ^»---      ^lave 
nilniftry  are  faithful  watchmen  ;  and  io.r.e  late  books     axe 
S^ne  tlLu  good  ;  elpecially  Mr  Edwards's  Gai^^ena  ,  .diKh 
nnift   cithe?  waken   tlie  parhament,  ^^-^  ^^^  ^•^^'  ;^  ^  ^  ?, 
to  heart  the  ipreading   of  the   evil    errors,  «'•  I  ^J^^^      ; 
Avhat  can  do  it.     The  ciiv  is  in  io  good  a  tempei  tnc.  tvu) 
:;^mhra::e  could    whh.     The  other  week  our   commu. 
iloners  went  to  their  common   council,    wuh    a  Itu     o^ 
tl^^mks  from  our  parliament,  ior  their  care  to  furm  n^g-- 
Turns  of  money  for  our  army  whenever  ^^^J^^^J^^'^ 
cd.     To    this    Ihort,    fair,    and^  very  '"""""^^J"     '^  ''^^^ 

Lord  Luiderdale  fpake  Tome  ^^^  ,-";-^'^> /"^'"  ^tt  to 
vcfolutlonof  the  kingdom  of  Scotland  to  ne  coniLm  to 
^cir  covenant,  notwuhllanding  all  the  "humues  . uk^v 
n.alignants  have  invented  --"It  them  and  otheu.,^^^ot 
thei^own  bafe  ends,  do  ipread.  Great  ^'S";;  <  |«^;  ^  j'; 
expreiTed  by  the  mayor,  aldermen,  .and   common  coui^e.l. 

Vol.  1L  ^ 


v\ 


126. 


^7^         .  To  nil-  irdlhvn  Spang.  Let. 

One  Allen,  n  goUfmith,  a  profcnid  rrcnwlcrLm  -nd -it 
in-W  a  great  idcnd  to  us,  hnr  iincc  fomc  fcirolTus,'  a  buiv 
nnd  dil.o.nt  a^m  l,n-  the  Independent  party,  bccomin..  a 
htc  member  ol  the  Monlc  of  Commons,  made  pre(e,nly'ia 
that  Houle  iueh  a  mifreprcfomation  of  tJiat  aeaion  in  the 
common  roi.nci!,  as  r/.ucli  did  convnove  m,,ny  of  ovr 
ojsui  .Denas.  An  order  p,,;i;  s,  to  ,equiic  tlie  production 
o.  our  letter,  and  reporlin;v  of  our  ip  ,.ehes.  For  this  my 
Lo.d,smi!contenrvn,h  Allen  as  a  falfe  informer,  and 
this  d.iy  app 'avs  a^;  ,inil  ld,n  in  the  I  loule  of  Commons  in 
a  luoh  enough  l^r.iin.  AH;.  ilds  Cinie  .1  ,v,  tlie  iet'er  of 
ourparhament  isread;  ^hich,  in  hi.,h^nd  neremptor 
teniv.  but  vet  >v;K-  and  unehan;v.ahle  terms  requires 
the  leahng  ot  reho;on  at  h^d,  aceordin:^  to  the  advice  of 
thcallembiy,  urJiout  all  toleraiioii  of  anv  Ichifm  ;  alfo 
the  payment  of  th.ir  debts  to  our  army  arainit  the  'd  of 
-May,  and  the  m:d-.in;v  i,p  of  ou.r  lolles  iullained^v/ien, 
through  tue  ^vant  oi  their  iidps  appointed  to  attend  our 
coafls,  and  by  land,  by  our  IriTu  inv:iilon  a'  ainfc  h  -d-rh 
they  were  obhged  to  kcure  us,  kn-  their  demand  'of  tlie 
garnlons  ^>  e  pollels  againit  the  ill  of  PJaieh.  Tliev  re- 
ferred tnen-  lausf.,etory  aniVer  to  their  coum.idioners  ; 
^vh:ehwdM.e  thought,  fo  loon  as  peaee  ca,)  be  obtained, 
nnd  the  cnurch  fl^ttied,  a.id  our  debts  paid  or  {^cured,  they 
fltall  have  all  gjully;  but  lo  long  as  our  artny  remains,  it 
crmnot  uant  places  for  retreat,  and  for  n^.i'.razines  Wh- t 
tms  clear  and  punc^lua!  deabng,  both  of  Scotland  and  the 
city  m  one  oay,  uall  pr:)duce,  ^ve  cannot  yet  iay.  The 
icvtanan  party  would  gbuUy  be  at  a  breaeii  v  iih  us  ;  but 
the  alrecbcn  which  France  and  the  city  declares  towards 
US,  does  a  tittle  bridle  them. 


127.  Pubjick  Letter.     Lc,:d:u,  Dccanhr  2.  16.^5. 

Since  my  laft  there  is  m 

■wai-lc. 


-.  -  '"  more  ncv.-s  Iierc   to    count  of. 

tJu"  ai-mv  IS  come  to  Newai-k.      I  hr.nc  b. 


.,,  1  ore    the    fprin;'^ 

you^  wid  recruit  it.  CJencral  Goring  is  to  Fratice.  Th'.7 
3pca,x  oi  the  1  vnxci:  s  miemioii  to  follov/.  This  will  do  n') 
good  to  the  King's  auaiis.  It  may  lulp  much  to  deiiro.' 
^nc  hopetliat  v  ,s  remaining.  There  Wcie  fl,me  ipeaxln'- 
o.  Admiral  i)orpV  hiring  iomc  thirty-iix  war-lbips  in 
-odand  lor  the  Ki„g  of  France's  (ervice  ;  but  the  laic  week's 
accKients  \wA  blow  u^  that  ddign.  h^s  j-c- 

. ,      '■  r.ained 


i:.<^t  .1  -V.  i/.i'iijCV   ,■.^t:^^•-^'. 


Let.  127;  A  Pullhk  Lci'tcr,  lyt) 

"aincd  Marilylre,  tlic  greateft  conqucil  ilie  Frcncli  made, 
tiiis  rummer  in  FLindcrs  ;  and  the  Hollanders  arc  fo  cir- 
cunivcncd  by  the  Portugucfc,  tliat  they  are  on  the  point  to> 
loie  many  years  great  labunrs,  to  be  c.ill;  out  of  all  Brazil. 
All  their  rliouglur.  now  are  turned  hiihei-.  IF  God  v.ould 
take  order  v\'ich  IMonrrole,  the  ti-oubles  of  this  i(!e  niiglic 
quickly  be  at  an  entl.  \Vc  rnalce  good  progrels  in  our 
Confeilion  of  I'alch.  It  woidd  be  very  fatisfaetory  wheit 
the  Lord  inves  it  a  conclnfion.  Our  two  great  higli  buii- 
ncfles  for  the  time,  arc  the  obtaining  from  the  Ilouie  a 
power  to  exclude  all  Icandalous  [Krfons  from  the  commu- 
nion. We  have  lluck  iome  n-ionths  on  that  work.  The 
city,  bo'di  niinifters  and  niagiflrates,  have  come  down  to 
put  oli'  o'ar  We 

cxp'-dt,  by  God's  help,  fatisfaclion  in  tliis.  The  other  is 
our  connuittee  of  accommotl.uion,  wl-.ieh  will  be  a  nugh- 
ty  bullneis.  The  livdependenis  here  plead  for  a  toleration 
both  for  thcndelves  and  other  feels.  My  Dirfualive  is 
come  in  time  to  do  fervice  here.  We  hope  God  will  afiiin 
us  to  remonllrate  the  wickedneis  of  fuch  a  toleration.  \  ct 
the  ailembly  and  city  do  cordially  join  \vi:h  us  in  oppoli- 
tion  to  all  fuch  motion  ;  and  we  hope  the  Plouie  ihall  ne- 
ver approve  it.  An  accommodation  in  juft  tei-ms  we  were 
well  content  with  ;  but  the  Independents  always  fcornecl 
it.  Yet  ere  long  1  tinr.k  they  will  beg  it  when  it  will  not 
be  granted.     J3ut  of  tiiis  more  afterward  This 

will  be  otn-  great  Wc   had   gvcat  nicd  here  o£ 

the  help  of  your  pi-ayers.  AVe  liope  ere  long-  to  get  Clie- 
fter.  Exeter,  Nev/ark,  Oxlord,  are  blocked  up.  The 
King  has  no  more  conflderablc  in  England.  The  propo- 
rtions of  peace,  and  a  declaration,  in  ani'wer  to  nvany  of 
our  late  papers,  we  cxpecSirthis  week,  which,  with  an  c:i- 
prefs,  we  v.ill  lend  down  to  the  parliament. 


■     ■■■'  .  \i%.   For  Mr  Roberts ^     ■ 

Reverend  and  Beloved  l^rothcr, 
You  have  iiere  inclofed  fome  of  our  grounds  v. here- 
upon we  build  cou'i^regational  and  clalTiral  elderflups,  and 
in  the  otb.er  p.ipjr  our  groiuuls  for  ()  nods.  M.ike  wli:'.r. 
vde  of  t'lem  yon  think  i-\pedknt.  Yellerd.iy  the  alTcm- 
bly's  petition  was  frowned  upon  in  both  1  Joules;  notwitJi- 
il.inding  we  purpofe,  God  wiliiu'Tj  on  Thurl'Jay  to  givj  in 

Z  2  ^  a 


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Fnr  Mr  Rohcrts,  Let.  nS, 


back  this  IcttLT  with  ihe  bearer ;  for  \vc  had  need  to  be- 
\vare  wh.at  papers  he  in  any  of  your  fliudies,  iiuce  the  o- 
iher  day  it  was  c.irnelily  prefled  in  the  Moufe,  that  Mr 
Jenkins,  Tur  CranrorcPs,  and,  as  I  think,  iNlr  Fiflier's  ftu- 
dies,  fliould  be  prefently  fealcd  up,  and  fearched.  Tiici'e 
|)e  but  the  begiiniini^s  of  evils.  The  other  papers  1  Ihall. 
call  for  liereattcr.     Thus  I  reil, 

Your  Brother  to  ferve  you, 
.  .         .  UofJERT  Baillie. 


129.  Fcr  ihc  Right  JVo'-jVipful  7ny  Nohli:  Friend  Mr  Rous^ 
my  l.'i'.ynbl'J  advice  (:'j}}ccrning  ihc  erection  of  thi 
congregational  cldcrjhips  and  cLfJjicnl  prcjlytcrics 
in  the  city  of  Lrjidon,  and  ivithin  the  lines  of  com- 
municatiyn. 

t.  That  wiili  Tj  nnuh  fjieed  as  may  be,  the  Iloufe  be 
moved  to  appoint  a  committee  of  fome  few  of  the  moft 
orthodox  and  confeientious  of  their  members^  to  prepare 
an  ordinance  for  the  forcfiid  end,  or  to  refer  that  matter 
to  the  committee  lor  the  Directory,  whereof  J\Ir  Tate  was 
ch'.irnian. 

2.  That  this  committee  may  he  pleafed  to  confider  the 
votes  of  the  allembly  ancnt  chillica!  preil^yteries  and  con- 
gregational clderlhips,  the  chief  wlicret^f  are  contained  ia 
this  inilollxi  piper. 

3.  Becaule  the  nomination  of  pciTons  fitteft  to  govern 
every  congregratioii  will  be  diliieuit,  the  ccmmittt.e  may 
rake  the  fecrct  advice  of  fome  orthodox,  pious,  and  wile 
miniflers,  ac.juaintcd  with  tlic  condirion  of  t.he  city-con- 
gregations, ilpeciaily  tiie  miJilfter  of  the  congregation  to 
be  provided  f(u-,  if  he  may  be  truRed,  ilv.it  they  may  lirft 
jnfonn  tlier.iielves,  and  then  the  conunitiee,  wiiat  names 
arc  fjiieit  10  be  pijt  in  ijv;  ordinance. 


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Let.  129*  for  Mr  Rous.  i^i 

4.  It  fccmsj  thai  the  fmallcfl  congret^ations  would  have 
at  Icail  fo\u-  clJcis  aiul  deacons,  and  that  the  grcatell 
would  not  have  above  tv.'cnty  oF  both. 

5.  It  is  to  be  provided,  tJiat  no  man  be  named  for  an 
elder  or  de.icon,  againit  v.'hom  any  ot  the  congregation 
can  jurtly  ol)jcct  any  I'caudalous  lln,  or  difatrection  to  any 
part  ot  the  reformation  in  hand.  For  this  end  fome  no- 
tice mufi:  be  given  to  the  congregation  of  the  names,  be- 
fore they  be  put  in  the  oi'tlinance. 

6.  The  ordinance  niay  appoint  the  meeting  of  the  elder- 
fliip  to  be  once  a-week ;  and  al^ter,  upon  occanon,  to 
conl'ult  and  determine,  by  moft  votes  of  the  minifter  and 
ruling  eldcrsj  the  cccleliaftick  affaij-s  belonging  to  that 
congregation,  which  the  ordinance  commits  to  them.  The; 
deacons  ought  to  be  preTent  to  give  their  advice  anent  the 
poor,  and  the  ccclefialtick  goods. 

7.  The  ordinance  mud  exprcis  fo  many  ?.£\.^  of  power 
as  the  Iloufe  will  ihink  expedient  to  be  put  in  the  hands 
of  that  elderihip,  witli  a  clear  provifo,  that  it  Audi  be  v/ith- 
out  prejudice  of  vvhat  power  tlie  parliament,  alter  farther 
confuhation  with  the  allembly  oi  divines,  lliall  had  meet 
to  be  added  thereto. 

8.  That  befides  the  pov/er  of  holding  from  the  Lord's 
table  of  any  fcandalous  pcrfon  within  the  bounds  of  the', 
parltli,  it  mull  be  enjoined  to  the  elderihip,  to  take  care 
that  all  wiihin  tlieir  bounds  may  live  as  it  becomes  Chri- 
ftians.  Tliat  for  this  end  they  may  be  appoiiued  to  viht 
the  families,  and  to  call  be  lore  them  any  who  are  fcanda- 
lous either  in  life  or  judgement,  to  inllrucl,  aimonifii, 
and  rebuke  them,  and  to  convent  them  whom  they  find 
dlfobedient,  betore  the  preibytery  anil  Aiiod,  that  fo, 
where  neei.1  is,  in  meeknefs  all  may  be  reclaimed  from 
their  enormities.  But  if  the  church  counfcls  and  cenfures 
do  not  prevail,  then  recourfe  mufc  be  had  to  the  magi- 
ih'ate,  to  have  the  oblfinate  oifender,  by  his  civil  power, 
brought  fo  far  as  may  be,  to  do  duty. 

9.  I'he  comntittee  would  auvile  with  the  forenamcd 
brethren,  how  many  clalllcarpreibyterics  it  is  meet  to  be 
let  up  witliin  the  lines  of  conununication  ;  whether  all 
the  miniders  in  ofhce  may  be  admitted  as  members  j  anci 
if  any  ol  the  congregational  elders  may  be  put  in  the  or- 
dinance to  attend  the  preil^yters  for  the  tirlt  year  whom 
the  elderihip  Ihall  chufe.  Jt  feems  that  thirty  is  a  great  e- 
aough  number  for  one  preibytery;  ih  if  tlxerc  be  120  pa- 

i-ilhes 


J  ■■■■    i..,,!; 


l8a  I'or  Mr  Rous.  Let, 


129; 


riflies  witliin  tlic  lines,  and  fi-oni  every  pirlfli  there  come 
at  leaft  one  ni'mider  and  one  eKIcr  to  the  prefl)ytcry,  there 
miiil  be  eijdu  prefbyterKs  ;  which  niipht  meet  ordinarlv 
once  a  fortnight  -,  and  all  in  a  Jynod  once  in  a  quarter,  or 
at  leaft  once  i'.i  the  halt-year, 

10.  The  ordinance  may  cxprefs  all  the  acts  of  power 
voted  by  the  alTcnibly  to  belong  to  tlallical  jiielljytcri.s 
W'hicli  tJie  lloulc  does  not  mucli  controvei't,   v/iih  a  pi'ovi- 

.  fo,  that  it  fhall  be  without  prejudice  of  what  Tariher  power 
the  Houfes  after  conluUation  with  tlie  allenibly  of  divines 
lliall  find  uK'ct  to  be  aduei-l. 

J  I.  It  feems  neediul  that  the  Ploufe  woidd  call  upon  tr,e 
aiTcmbly  to  haden  what  remaiiis  of  government  ;  and  re- 
quire them,  out  of  all  t'lcir  votes,  to  draw  iii)  a  diicclory 
for  governmciu,  wh.rein  the  tniilonnity  promiild  in  the 
covenant  may  be  io  irar  advanced   as  may    be   for  the  pre-^ 

-  fciit. 


130.   A  PuhUck   Letter.      January  20.  1646."        -     ■ 

Ilevereiid  and  Dear  Fa-other, 
Ai-Tt: R  much  longing  (or  your  letters,  alfo  fomc  anger 
and  much  both  grief  and  fear  exprcilld  iit  iundry  of  my 
letters,  tjiat  ^cr:  a  whole  quarter  of  a  year  I  could  karii 
from  nor.e  of  you  any  thing  of  my  jioor  v/iFe,  her  cOate, 
at  lafr,  yederclay  the  lodioi  January  I  received  yours  ot 
the  •::;thoi  Deceniber,  and  IMr  Cj'eor?\;'3,  and  my  wile 
Jver  (iw;:,  which  Ims  ,  rein(.)ved  fidiy  ail  my  angei',  grich 
and  iear.  I  thanl:  God  lieartily  for  his  gracious  care  of 
you  all,  and  Ids  goodnefs  to  all  mine,  and  gives  you  thanl-is 
for  your  large  kind  Later.  1  ihai'.k  God  my  Dilluafive  h:!S 
done  no  e\il  Iiere.  I  hear  no  word  of  any  arilv^er  tor  i:  ; 
albeit  it  b'j  on  the  i"ubJ.\St  molt  hci-e  in  agitation.  The 
whole  fn-fr  Impredion  is  iold  :  the  fecond  i  expect  to-mor- 
row. \\dicn  Thoiiias  Young  comes  home,  he  has  a  dozen 
for  frienus  ;  and  as  many  of  my  late  Jermons,  and  iorty 
of  h's  own,  to  be  fold,  lie  will  give  you  and  Mr  George 
the  Annoi;nloP.s,  which  I  pray  you  accept  without  ariy 
rcruinilofitv.  l.^l\:  .\!e.\a::der  ])ici:fon  Ihad  have  v.'hat  he 
wrote  iv,':^  \v\\\\  tb.e  lirft  conveaiency.  i\Iy  obligation  to 
you  ad  is  great  for  your  conifortal-ileaef;  to  my  poor  v/iic 
in  thi ;  lier  d,.ft)Lile  ti;v;e.  I  aui  rejoiced  v/ith  t'le  Iclndnefs 
Ihe  write.;   to  :;ae  Ged  bus   poured,  ua   her  fpirlt   all  tins 

time. 


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j^et.  nc.  j4  Publick  Letter.  183 

time.  It  is  oft  my  refoliuion,  for  all  this  ;>,ooclnen^  of 
God  towards  unworthy  me,  to  be  v/ll!ingly,  while  I  live, 
ferYice.role  to  the  mcaneft  of  t];e  faints,  with  gifts,  means, 
perfon,  and  whatever  God  has  given  me,  and  ihall  give 
me  :  bleffed  be  his  nam.e.  AVhen  I  compare  all  our  infor- 
mations from  Scotland,  Ireland,  France,  with  our  know- 
led'^e  of  thin35  here,  I  afilue  you  our  aflairs  are  in  a 
hopefid,  yet  very  dan^jerou;;  iK)fture,  v/hich  1  will  relate 
to  you,  Mr  David,  and  jMr  George,  and  to  you  only  fo 
far  as  I  concei\c  of  tr.em. 

The  hearts  of  the  divines  here  who  arc  wife,  of  the  af- 
fembly,   city,   and  clfev/here,   are  fet  only   on    the  point  of 
r,overnmcnt.     We  are  gojnj    on    in    the  aHlrnbly  with  the 
Confcihon,   and  roukl,"  if  need  were,   lliorily  C'a<}.  it.     We 
jire  preparing  for  t'le  Catechifm  ;   but    we  rhinl:  .di   is   for 
little  piu-pofe  lill  the  government   l-e   ict  w]-).     The   alicm- 
bly  has  delivered  their  fall  fcnfc  of  all  its  parts  to  the  par- 
liament h.ilF  a    year  ago.     The  IndcpendenL    party,    albeit 
their  number   in    I'ne  par!i;ni;ent    be    very  fm.dl,   yet  being 
prime  men,   active  and    diligent,   and  mal:ing  it  liieir  great 
work  to  i-etard  all  till  ihey  be  llrft  ieeiired  ot    a   toleration^ 
of  their  fepu-ate  congregations  •,   and  tb.e  body  of  the  law- 
yers, v\'ho  are  another   firong   party   in   the  Jionle,  belie- 
ving all  church-govci-nment  to  be  a  part  of   the    civil    and 
parliamentary    pov/cr,    which    natiiie    and    fcripture    has 
placed  in  them,  ai\d  10  be  derived  from  them  to  the  mini- 
ilers  only    fo   far   as    tiny  third:  expedient  •>    a   tb.ird  party 
of  worltlly  profme  men,  wiio  are   extremely  aflVightcd   to 
come    uiuler   the   yoke    of    ccclciiailick    dileipline  ;    thefe 
three  kinds  luaicing   up   two  parts    at   leaft  of  the    jx-irlia- 
ment,   tb.ere  is  no  hopes  that    ever  they    will   iettle  the  go- 
vermuent    :iccording   to    our  n^ind,   if    they    were    left   to 
tliemlcdves. 

The  affenibly  has  plieil  them  with  petition  upon  petition, 
the  city  alfo,  both  nnnifters  and  mij'.ifirates  •,  but  all  in 
\ain.  They  know  that  fchii'ms  arul  herefies  tl  lily  increale 
in  all  the  corners  of  the  land  for  wan.t  of  difciplinc  ;  yet 
the  nu)ft  of  them  care  for  none  of  thefe  things.  Had  our 
army  been  but  one  i  c;,ooo  men  in  England,  our  advice 
would  hi.vc  been  followed  cp\ickly  in  all  things  •  but  our 
laiueniable  poifure  at  home,  aiul  our  weaknefs  here, 
make  our  defn-es  contemptible.  J  lad  the  King  been  of 
any  conrideral)ic  fcrength,  fear  woidd  have  made  them 
careful  to  do  cluty  j  but  their  great  fuccefs,  the  King's  ex- 
treme 


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1S4  ^  Piihlick  Letter.  .      Let.  130. 

treme  wealzncfs,  and  our  mirericSj  m?Ace  tlicr.i  follow 
their  own  natural  liuniours,  to  tiic  grict  of  iundry  gra- 
cious men  of  their  own  number.  In  this  cdjc  our  l.ifl:  re- 
fuge is  to  God,  and  tnidjr  liim  to  the  city.  Wc  have 
potten  it,  thanks  to  God,  to  this  point,  tliat  the  mayor, 
aldermen,  conunon  council,  and  n'loll  of  the  conilJcr- 
nble  men,  are  grieved  ior  the  increafe  of  l"e<^ts  and  luie- 
fics,  and  want  of  f'.ovci'nir.ciit.  Tb.cy  have,  yefterdiy, 
had  a  publick  faO  for  it,  and  renewed  folemnly  tlieir  co- 
venant by  oath  and  fubferiinion  ;  and  tliir.  day  have  given 
jn  a  ftrong  petition  for  iettling  of  churc]i-govcrr,mcnt, 
r.nd  iV.pprelling  of  all  f_cl;-,  v/iihout  any  toleration.  No 
cloid/i,  if  they  be  coniiant,  they  will  obt.un  all  their  dc- 
!fircs  ;  for  all  knov^'  here  that  the  parliament  cannot  fub- 
fift  without  London  :  fo  whatfocver  tliey  defire  in  earned, 
Tind  conflantly,  it  mufl  be  granted.  AVhcrefoix,  albeit 
they  gave  tliem  a  bafl^ing  aufwer  to  tjicir  former  petition 
a  month  ago  ;  yet  coniidering  the  addrcfs  of  tliis  in  all 
its  progrefs,  they  hav.i  th.anked  thcni  ior  it,  and  promi- 
fc<.\  a  good  anfv.-ei-  fpeedily.  Tjie  Independents,  and  all 
iecTtSj  are  wakened  much  upon  it,  and  all  Avill  ftir  •,  which 
way,  we  do  not  know  yet.  Vv''e  had  much  need  of  your 
prajers.  They  are  but  very  few  of  tjic  city-miniltcrs  a- 
houi  the  firfc  and  iecond  wheels  of  the  buiinefs.  I  make 
it  m.y  talk  to  give  thein  weekly  my  heft  advice  and  en- 
couragcmenis ;  and,  blelTcd  be  God,  with  fueh  fucceis 
hitlierto,  that  it  is  worth  my  ftay  here.  The  King  being 
brought  to  fo  low  a  condition,  has  been  fending  theie  weeks 
bygone  meflage  upon  me!]',i;'^e,  for  a  treaty  of  peace.  It 
is  true,  the  Ic.iding  party  of  the  ptirliamcnt  fecms  much 
to  feaj':«and  be  avcrie  from  all  peace  for  the  time,  as  pre- 
judicial to  their  private  deligns  ;  yet  our  afiairs  in  Scot- 
land, yea  the  Hate  of  this  land  alfo,  calls  for  peace  in  any 
equitable  terms;  whicli  has  made  our  commiflloners  have 
many  long  and  unpleafar.t  debates  xipon  the  anlwers  to 
tlie  King's  mt-iiagcs,  v.diile  they  laboured  to  efchew  that 
■which  fome  endeavoured,  tl\e  impoHlbility  of  any  farther 
treating  with  the  King  :  yet  we  did  ever  at  lalf  agree  m 
good  teirns.  The  fum  of  the  aniwer  was  ever  the  inex-- 
pedicncy  of  farther  treating,  and  icfolution  to  fend  pro- 
portions to  the  Kiiig,  whej-i;upon  ihcy  expecled  his  j)0li- 
flve  anfwcr  :  but  hei'e  the  dcfperate  cafe  of  both  hands  i 
the  forriier  propofuions  agreed  on  by  lx)th  king.doms  we 
have  required  this  lialf  war  to  be  fcr.t,  and  the  King's  an- 
^  I  ■      '  IvaT 


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•Let.  130.  ■' J  Ptihlick  Letter.  iS^ 

Aver  to  be  required  tliercupon  without  treaty.  Since 
Nafcby  field,  their  tlioughts  h;ivc  bcca  liiglicr  :  rliey  pro- 
fefs  they  will  aher  and  add  to  the  former  propolitions. 
Wc  dcllre  to  know  what  to  this  day  they  have  not  told  us. 
•We  know  they  have  altered  all  which  concerned  our  in- 
tcreft  in  the  militia  of  England  and  Ireland,  and  that  yet 
they  have  not  concluded  their  alterations,  neither  in  halte 
are  like  to  do  it.  On  the  other  hand,  we  fee  no  appear- 
ance that  the  King,  for  all  his  defperate  condition,  is 
minded  to  yield  what  both  kingdoms  have  concluded  to 
have  ;  but  is  ftill  going  on  in  his  old  plotting  way,  to  de- 
flroy  the  remainder  of  his  fubjecSls  :  His  meflengers  are 
ftill  dealing  witli  Denmark,  for  men  to  come  over  •,  the 
Queen  is  daily  agenting  with  the  clergy  and  court  of  France, 
.and  the  Prince  of  Orange,  for  men,  money,  fliips,  and 
arms  ;  and  v/e  arc  advcrtifed  by  many,  that  flie  has  goc 
from  both  too  great  aililiance,  which  iJiortly  will  trouble 
•us,  if  God  prevent  it  not.  Yet  the  great  army  which 
D'Anguien  i^  preparing  i"or  Italy,  for  Pdilan,  and  the  Pope> 
■\ve  hope  is  not  to  come  over  to  us  ;  albeit,  if  the  three  years 
•negotiation  at  Munller  could  conclude  a  peace,  there  is 
no  doubt  but  both  Spaii:i  and  France  fend  in  pOAverful  ar- 
mies upon  us  :  but  we  think  that  peace  is  impoiiible  for 
the  time,  albeit  the  Turks  invahon  of  the  Venstiar.s,  and 
the  iSwcdcs  fuccefs  in  Haxony,  makes  the  Emperor  and 
Spain  willing  to  it  upon  any  tolerable  condition. 

But  tliat  wliich  troubles  us  moO:  is  Ireland.  The  Pope, 
this  h.alf-year  bygone,  has  had  a  nuncio  there.  Both  tiie 
Spanilli  and  French  Kings  have  had  their  reildents  at  Kil- 
kenny. Y/e  had  a  rumour  of  it  before,  but  this  night 
the  copies  of  the  writs  from  the  Englilli  commiliioners  ia 
Ireland  );;ave  been  read  in  the  committee  of  both  king- 
donis,  and  to-morrov*'-  are  to  be  reported  to  the  lioufcs, 
Avherein  the  King  gives  ample  commillion  to  the  Earl  of 
Glamorgan  to  give  full  liberty  to  his  loyal  CathoUck  fub- 
jecls  of  Ireland  of  their  religion,  reltores  them  to  all  the 
church  lands  in  Ireland,  and  recalls  all  the  laws  agaiail 
Popery  there.  We  fear  this  ihall  undo  the  King  for  ever  ; 
that  no  repentance  fliall  ever  obt.iin  a  pardon  of  this  aclj 
if  it  be  true,  from  his  parliaments.  The  fear  is,  albeit  the 
rebels  be  expelled  from  Ullter  and  Connaught^  yet  tli;ir^ 
according  to  their  capitulation,  they  fend  over  to  Alaiier 
IMacdonald  1  c,ocomen,  compK.atly  armed,  half- aiuiketi and 
half  pikes,  which  are  dcfigaed  liril  to  run.  through  tke  lov.'- 
-    Vol.  11.  A  \i.  <.  kwA^ 


J  86  .A  Publick  Letter.  Let. 


130. 


lands  of  Scotland,  and  then  to  raife  the  malignant  north 
of  England  ;  while  the  King  of  Dcjimark's  ion,  AVolde- 
mar,  bring  over  to  the  north  of  Scotland,  fome  3000  or 
4000  of  old  Dutch  loldicrs,  and  from  France  they  come 
over  fome  8000  or  10,000  French,  with  a  convoy  of  Hol- 
land Ihips,  to  join  with  the  King's  army  in  Cornv/al. 
Thefeare  the  prefent  dcfigns,  as  likely  ns  any  the  King  yet 
ever  had  ;  hut  v/e  trail  Ciod,  who  blafted  all  the  other,  will 
blafl  all  thefe  alfo.  However,  if  God  be  not  with  us  ex- 
iraordinarily,  they  are  too  likely  to  wrack  Scotland, 
coniidering  our  weaknefs  already,  our  divifious,  diicou- 
■j-agements,  and  the  gi-eat  power  of  the  enemy  in  our 
bowels.  This  is  a  powerful  people  ;  but  very  feeble. 
The  fedtavics  are  too  like  to  ftir;  the  malignants  and 
malecontents  are  many.  It  is  God  who  keeps  all  right, 
iind  I  am  very  hopeful  will  do  it ;  for  I  know  there  are  a 
great  many  here  and  there  alio  of  real  faints,  and  the  e- 
nemy's  deiigns  to  this  hour  are  no-thing  but  oppreflloa 
both  of  church  and  ft.ue.  Always  I  thought  myillf  ob- 
liged (for  your  lail  very  comfortable  letters)  to  let  you 
fee  the  iniule  of  our  a3\iirs,  I  am  forry  for  the  con- 
dition of  my  friends  there.  I  adore  the  unfearchable 
judgements  of  God,  and  fubmit  to  his  righteoufnefs  ;  on- 
ly, in  thefe  times  of  Avrath  againft  the  whole -land,  and 
dangers,  I  wiih  juilice  may  be  mixed  with  mercy  tov.-ards 
nny  of  whom  there  was  any  ground  of  hope.  The  com- 
miiTiry  is  my  dear  friend;  his  crimes  I  do  not  know  dif- 
tinc^ly,  only  I  wiih  he  v^^ere  not  killed  by  a  priion,  as  I 
;\m  informed  he  is  very  near  to  be.  I  dare  not  take  up- 
on me  to  give  advice  in  fuch  a  diftance;  but  I  cannot  dil- 
femble  my  grief.  If  that  man  be  lofl:,  if  any  of  you 
three  can  lave,  I  do  not  lay  his  place,  or  his  fine,  but  his 
lil-e,  by  procurin;/  him  the  i'ree  air,  it  would  be  to  me  a 
great  favour,  whicli,  if  I  were  prefent,  I  would  earnellly 
beg  from  any  who  could  procure  it.  There  is  another  of 
my  fpecial  friends,  who  I  hear  is  alio  in  danger,  Mr  Wil- 
liam Wilklc  :  my  intcreil  in  him  is  very  great  lince  my  liril 
acciuaintance  :  though  \  diifcred  in  fundry  things,  yet  I 
nlways  did  much  love  him,  and  I  ever  found  hnn  a  very 
fall  and  ftcadable  frieinl,  I  knev.-,  in  the  v/orft  tiiiics.  Ac 
my  deiu-e,  he  lielp.d  to  kc.]>  fiorms  oil"  my  bi-ethren. 
liis  father,  at  the  beginning  of  thele  troubles,  was  oft 
cordial,  and  f  am  witneis  of  fuudry  his  good  ft-rvices. 
},ly  coufm,  his  pjor  wife,  I  know  bus  ever  bteq  a  goo'.l 

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Let.  130.  A  PiihUck  Letter.  Jgy 

and  gracious  •woman.  What  his  fiults  are  whereupon  he 
is  challenged,  I  do  not  know.  If  they  be  nv.utcrs  of  au 
unpardonable  Arain,  I  am  not  to  fay  any  thing ;  but  if  o- 
therwifc,  1  would  intreat  all  you  tliret,  as  earneJlly  as  I 
can  do  for  any  thing  of  that  kind,  to  do  for  him  wliat 
you  may  with  a  good  confcience.  I  pity  much  his  mo- 
ther, who  ever  loved  this  caufc,  and  his  good-mother, 
whofe  grace  and  virtu.e  for  many  years  I  liave  highly  c- 
flcemcd.  Her  cafe  Is  deplorable.  She  has  loft  well  near 
all  that  belongs  to  her,  and,  which  makes  it  the  more 
grievous,  through  their  own  default.  Mr  T'Jatthcw  and 
Mr  David  long  ago  loft ;  Mr  James  died  a  baniliied  man  ; 
INIr  John  depoiedj  and  his  fon  alio  ;  I\Ir  John  Creighroii 
really  baniihed  J  her  ion  Alexander  little  better  ;  her  huf- 
band  caft  out  of  his  place  \  the  commilTiu-  wracked  ;  Mi' 
Gavin  and  Mr  Jolm  flay,  both  in  hazard.  1  wiih  froni 
my  heart  that  flie  might  get  fome  favour  in  the  cafe  of  her 
fon-in-law.  I  am  certiticd,  by  thefe  v.hoin  I  think  I 
may  truft,  that  he  may  be  gained  fo  fully  to  our  caufe, 
that  I  may  be  caution  for  him,  he  fhall  never  publickly  or 
privately  oppofe  (as  too  oft  to  my  grief  he  hts  done)  any 
of  your  dellres.  I  propone  to  you,  in  his  b  dialf,  if  his 
faults  be  not  great,  and  there  be  .ippearance  lie  will 
amend,  as  I  have  afiurance  of  it  imder  the  hands  of  three 
whom  I  do  much  truft,  that  you  v/ould  confider  if  this  be 
a  time  of  putting  all  from  their  places  who  deferve  it, 
when  the  ftorrn  is  not  yet  ended ;  but  if  you  believe  all 
the  company  wherein  I  live,  the  miferies  of  Scotland,  if 
God  work  not  above  all  we  can  (cc  among  nien,  arc  but 
beginning.  2.  If  God  would  fettle  Scotland,  I  thin.k  tlie  cafe 
of  that  town  is  not  like  in  hafte  to  fettle.  There  is  tb.ere  a 
good  but  a  great  change  made  by  violence,  otherwife  than 
in  any  other  towns,  as  yet  I  hear,  whofe  delinquencies  at: 
this  time  was  every  way  as  great.  I  think  it  will  be  need- 
ful to  have  fome  to  be  good  inftruments  to  l.nify  tlie 
rankled  hearts  of  many  there.  I  know  none  fitter  to  do 
fcrvice  in  that  kind  than  the  man  I  am  fpeaking  oiS  I  am 
in  opinion  his  depofuion  will  increafe  the  evil  humour  of 
many  confiderable  perfons  there,  as  much  as  any  one  • 
thing.  3.  If  my  private  afted"tic)ns  may  have  any  place 
with  yoti,  I  carmoc  deny  but  it  is  my  very  carnell  d. 'fire 
t]r;;t  he  nr.'.y  have  favour  ;  and  if  it  go  ill  with  him, 
I  profefs   it   v.-ill   be   a   great    grief  unto    me.      I   under- 

Aa2  IxanJ 


l88  y!  Puhlick  Letter.  Let.  130. 

itand  that  you  and  Mr  David  were  his  fo  good  friends  •, 
both  at  the  firft  committee  in  Glifgow,  and  there- 
after in  St  Andrew's,  you  kept  his  name  from  publick 
hearing  ;  it"  you  may  think  it  ht  to  do  fo  ftill,  at  Icaft  to 
keep  him  off  the  ft.ige  a  httle  time  till  I  may  be  at  home, 
I  will  take  it  for  a  great  obligation.  I  hope,  for  my  caufe, 
you  will  do  in  this  v/hat  you  mny  with  a  good  confcience. 
I  could  have  dealt  with  othcis  for  help  to  him  at  this 
tinie  i  but  I  have  thought  meet  to  recommend  him  to  you 
three  alone,  that  wjiatever  favour  he  gets,  I  may  owe  it 
all  either  to  you  only,  or  elfe  to  none  other.  Pardon  the 
extraordinary  importunity  of  my  afll^Stion  in  this  cafe.  I 
leave  it  to  you  ;  do  as  God  v/ill  direct. 

Thele  two  days  our  hearts  are  opprefTed  with  di- 
vers pailions.  The  King's  laft  letter  for  peace  is  fo  full 
of  defpcrate  pafiion,  that  I  fear  it  hafle  on  his  ruin.  The 
prevalent  party  have  frill  harboured  jealoufies  againft  us, 
and  the  other  day  have  produced,  in  the  committee  of 
both  kingdoms,  letters  from  unknov.n  hands,  full  of 
horrid  calumnies,  both  againft  our  nation  and  commif- 
iioncrs  Jicrc.  Our  vindication  will  coft  us  a  peck  of 
troubles.  Upon  the  city's  petition  for  government,  the 
Houfe  or  Commons  have  gone  on  to  vote  a  committee  in 
every  fhire  to  cognofce  on  fnndry  eccleliajll.ick  caufes, 
■which  will  fpoil  all  o-jr  church-government.  This  night 
our  fubeommittee  hr.s  voted  fo  much  toleration  for  the 
Independents,  that  if  to-morrow  the  grand  committee  pals 
it,  as  it  is  too  like  to  do,  this  church,  by  law,  will  be  gi- 
ven over  to  confulion,  notwithftanding  all  we  can  do  to 
the  contrnry  But  that  which  vexes  lis  moll  of  all,  is  a 
report  that  is  whii'pcred,  of  the  King's  purpofe  to  go  to 
cur  army.  What  this  can  mean,  we  do  not  yet  kno\v  j 
but  ii  he  be  able  to  debauch  it,  it  will  be  a  fountain  of 
moft  dangerous  and  horrible  evils.  We  will  be  proclaim- 
ed the  molt  wicked  traitors  that  ever  were  born.  AH 
their  calumnies  Aviil  be  taken  for  truths  ;  that  unhappy 
prince  v.ill,  without  any  profit  to  himfelf,  haften  our 
Hiamcfid  ruin  ;  for  if  we  iliould  in  ib  bafe  and  treache- 
rous a  way  join  with  liim,  we  would  be  able  to  do  him  no 
real  he)})  at  all  :  but  J  hope  there  is  nothing  of  the  report 
true.  However,  all  theie  things  to  you  three  alone.  Vv'e 
are  in  a  mighty  perplexity;  help  us  with  your  prayers. 
The  Lord  that  knows  the  great   lullcrings  of  our  nation 

fof. 


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Let.  130.  j^  Pulflick  Letter.  i8j) 

for  their  honefty,  affift  us  in  this  lime  of  our  great  lur- 
moil. 

Your  Brother, 

.,        •  R.OBERT  BaILLIL.     ■ 


131.  To  Mr  David  Dichfon.     january  31.  16^6.     • 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
Within  thefc  ten  or  twelve  days  I  wrote  to  you  at 
great  length  how  all  aii;urs  here  went.  Though  I  can  add 
lirtle  inore,  yet  an  exprefs  going  from  us,  I  could  not  buc 
write  falutations.  I'lie  King  fends  thick  mefiagcs  for  a 
perfonal  treaty.  The  parliament  anfwers  as  they  may  iri 
their  way.  So  at  this  time  they  have  three  of  the  King's 
to  anfwer  together.  A¥hat  the  matter  will  produce,  we 
know  not  yet.  The  lofs  of  Dartmouth,  the  well  near  dif- 
fipation  of  the  Prince's  army  in  the  weft,  the  capitulating 
of  Chefter,  the  extreme  wants  of  Oxford,  and  all  the 
King's  foldiers,  puts  the  King  hard  to  it.  The  peace 
which  Glamorgan  made  with  the  Iriili,  in  the  JCing's 
name,  in  fo  Diametul  terms,  the  King  difavows  it,  and 
Glamorgan  is  made  a  prifoner  in  Dublin  for  it.  'V\\c 
King  offers  to  give  over  the  managing  of  the  war  of  Ire- 
land to  this  parliament.  I  hope  tliis  otler  niay  (lay  the  l~ 
rifh  foiccs  from  troubling  this  ifle  ;  fo  much  the  more,  as 
the  parliranent  is  like  to  lend  over  with  inchiquin  and  my 
Lord  Lyle  (whom  they  have  made  governors  of  Ireland 
for  a  year)  ibme  conliderable  forces.  It  is  true  the  Queen 
is  very  bui'y,  and  has  at  lail  obtained  great  fums  of  mo- 
ney, and  makes  a  great  deal  of  fl.icw  to  lift  an  army  in 
France,  which  Admiral  Dorp  is  to  convoy  hither  :  hw: 
there  is  fmall  fear  here  of  tJiat  enierpriie.  They  write  frop.i 
I'rancc,  that  no  m,cn,  but  only  arms,  arc  coming  froi/; 
Denmark  to  Scotland;  however,  that  which  pcrplexe.s  u:-. 
molf,  is  the  unkindn^fs  or  moft  of  this,  peojjie,  and  too 
too  apparent  delign  of  \.\\c  leading  party,  to  bieak  with  us 
on  a  faiail  occalicni,  which  it  feeius  they  arc  ft:cking.  The 
iftof  March  is  near,  whei"ein  they  will  j)reil  llcir  garri- 
fons,  and  we  cannot  render  them  ib  luon.  'i'l.ey  ixcjuire 
us  to  keep  no  more  horfe  in  England  than  2 coo,  and  1000 
dragoons.  M'hey  iay  we  have  near  6oco,  and  not  half  ^o 
ruany  loot.  Tliere  be  many  nuitual  jealouiie:,,  which  dai- 
)y  do  rather  increafe  thuii  diadriilh.     ii  iheie  be  a  bread', 

k 


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I.  ,  ■•  ■  -o  t 


,    '.^o  To  Mr  David  Did/on,  Let.  j., 

i.  :.  like  to  be  dcfti-uaivc  to  both,  and  to  the  whole  pl 
-.      tclbnt  p.u-ty  in  Chriaendom.      However     iov   rh.. 

islilcc;..atboththeyand.ewiI,ha.^;:;,.lj^.'b^^^^^ 
upon  ti.r  matter  of  peace  with  the  King.  The  Houfe.  -. 
upon  a  .  .ojter  way  than  we  expea.d^  to  our  jo.  ,"d 
fome  lutle  i.ope  ot  ^ood.  They  are  willing  to  fend'  W 
i.x  or  feven  propoiitions  to  the  King,  which,  f  he  wi^ 
pafs  without  treaty,  they  are  content  t  come  to  Lo  do 

n  Ik^    T^cV^^  '  concemmg  religion,  Ireland,   and  the 
militia.      ill.  otaer  four  ,s  for  a  power  to  the    iloufes   to 
•a.fe  money,   to  keep  new-made  Lords  fron.  futinr  ,  „'" 
hament     for   pundldng   the   named    deHnquents^      C 
forgot  the  fourth.     Thefe    will    be   ready  the   n  xt   we" 
nr    T  '"".^r^'--'    ^'-   ou.   concurrence       /    h  nk ";' 
ddhculty  wdlbeon.v  -hat   of  then.ilicia;  for  it        L   h 
altered  from  what  it   was.     They   have    dearlv   the   ^  e 
band  ofthe  nations  union;   for  of  the   thirty-fix  co-umir 
goners  for  the  militia  in  either  kingdom,   the  e  ^sTt^^^ 
even  twelve  .Scots  to  be  of  the  Englifh  militia,  and  tw    ve 
£nghfli  to  be  of  the  Scots  nulitia;\vh.ich   is   now   alt  rd 
gu.ng  to  every  kmgdom  their  o^vn.     This  miftrufl  v  iU  b. 
^  Crjet   and  a  fttck,   but  hardly  a   total   and   fina  V;; 
thmk    tf  no  better  may  be.  we  mulf  yield.     But  w  le  her 
ever  the  Kmgwilpafs  thefe  things  without  a  tr  a       Ind 
dol^r^ATitr  '^"'  T;r^  condefcemion,  we  yet\;n;ch 

1  ,     oi  It  indeed  makes  not  for  their  iupoofcd  ends  •   albeit 

fcis  offus  a  great  liberty  for  all  Proteitants  to  ferve  God 
m  their  own  way  one  by  one.  I  was  earnell  with  you  in 
my  former  for  your  favours,  fo  far  as  you  were  abni 
a  good  conraence,  for  uiy  two  dear  friends,  the  com  i  I 
far  and  Mr  VVihiam  Wilkie.  I  intrcat  ftill  for  the  /I  n  e  I 
am  much  deceived,  ii  both  thefe  men  n.igiu  not  do  you  fer- 

p.uieular      worth  all  the  favour   you    ihall    beffow    upon 

hem ;  and  if  ycm  luMer  them  to  be  undone,  vou  will  r  pj^i 

itafcerward       All   chuixh-bulinefs   goes  very  crofs.      Our 

of'tole.'.?  '  °^'"-^^"-^^-^-^ '  =^1^-^  on  Mouciay  the  matter 
of^tolc  ation  went  b.tter  with  us  than  we  expccied,  yet  we 
aic.  in  deceived,  that  we  will  /ay  nothin-r  vet  We  proceed 
but  flowly  u.  the  Confoiliou  of'  lauh.  ^'ihls  n.ult  b:^";;' 


cd 


.ini.:'.,    T, 


Let.  13T.  To  Mr  David  Dick/on.  191 

ed  before  the  Catechifm  be  refumed.  The  parliament  will 
have  a  court  of  civil  commillloners  erected  in  every  {irux, 
on  pretence  to  make  report  to  the  tloules  in  every  new 
cafe  of  fcandal,  but  really  to  keep  down  the  power  of  the 
prefbyteries  for  ever,  and  hold  up  the  head  of  fetlaries. 
It  is  our  prefent  work  to  get  that  crulhed,  and  I  hope  ws 
have  done  fome  good  in  this.  Our  hearts  ake  for  grief 
and  fear  foi-  th.u  poor  land.  The  calamities  on  you,  and. 
the  greater  danger,  items  yet  to  us  to  be  above  our  head. 

The  Lord  arife  ere  we  perilh. The  King's  defign  on  our 

army  here,  if  it  was  real,  we  hope  we  have  timeoufly  pre- 
vented it.  Sinclair  feems  to  be  fcarce  a  good  man.  We 
are  on  vindication  of  ourfelvcs  from  fcurvy  afperlions,  to 
the  lliame  of  the  fooliih  contrivers. 


132.  Duke  IViUiiWi's  h'ticr  to  Mr  Baillic  from  Linlithgow^ 
February  26.  1646.  Duke  liamHtoUy  then  Earl  of 
Lanerk. 

Reverend  Sir, 
The  occafion  of  writing  with  this  bearer  procures  yoii 
this  trouble,  elfe  I  fliould  have  continued  filent,  and  at 
this  time,  as  formerly,  trufired  to  your  charity ;  but  ca- 
lumnies prow  fo  new  upon  me,  that  1  muil;  bfg  you  v/ould 
not  deny  me  the  continuance  of  your  favourable  opinion, 
(in  defpitc  of  my  traducers,  how  eminent  ibever  they  be), 
until  either  ye  hear  myfclf,  or  God  fo  blefs  my  endea- 
vours, that  my  actions  iorce  them  to  confefs  themfclves 
liars;  for  though  none  dare  or  can  juftify  thcmfclves  be- 
fore God,  yet  I  will  profefs  my  intentions  of  aftcclionatc 
defircs,  have  Hill  been  to  ferve  my  cotuitry  in  this  caufe, 
according  to  my  covenant,  without  pcrfonal  end,  of  ad- 
vantage or  benefit  to  myfelf,  or  prejudice  to  any  who  have 
been  juftly  ambitious  of  being  inifruments  in  this  caufe.  I 
know  good,  wife,  and  impartial  men,  will  not  deny  m.c 
charity  ;  fo  I  will  expert  it  from  you  no  longer  than  I 
make  it  my  ftudy  both  to  be  an  honcll  man,  and 

Your  obliged  frlcud  and  fervant,  i 

Lanerk. 


133.  For 


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-    133.  For  iny  Lord  Lanerk.     Jn  aufiucr  to  the  former. 
'■  ji 

My  Lord, 
•  I  received  your  LordOiip's  of  the  26th  of  February  frora 
James  Hamilton,  wliich,  together  witli  the  kind  and  con- 
^dent  expreiUons  therein,  I  acknowledge  as  an  new  obli- 
gation. What  your  Lordlhip  defires  is  very  reafonablc 
ajidjuft.  You  may  be  allured  to  obtain  it  cafily  of  me, 
and  all  others  with  whom  I  have  power ;  for,  believe  it, 
now  of  a  long  time,  at  leaft  three  months,  fo  far  as  I  re- 
member, I  have  not  heard  one  word  from  any  man  to 
your  J^ordOiip's  prejudice.  By  the  contrary,  the  other 
day  I  heard  a  larger  and  more  vehement  panegyric  to  your 
commendation,  and  bitterer  invectives  to  the  diftn-ace  of 
fome  others,  than  I  conceive  was  needful.  If  I  were  be- 
fide  you,  I  could  ufe  my  old,  pedancick,  and  magifterial 
freedom  •,  but  papers  at  fo  far  a  diltance,  in  this  polhire  of 
alfairs,  are  luifafe  convoys  of  free  and  honeit  thoughts ; 
only  this  much  I  mull  fiy,  for  all  the  world  fees  it,  that 
matters  are  pitifully  mifcarricd  in  Scotland  ;  that  our 
fliame  and  iL'aith  was  not  fo  great  thefe  600  yi-'ars  as  this 
lafc  year.  We  are  nothing  helped  by  banding  the  caufe  of 
our  miferies  from  one  of  you  to  anothcrv  Tlie  poor  bind 
bleeds  and  is  deftroyed  •,  I  dare  not  fay  with  fome,  large  as 
much  by  tlie  dllTeiences  of  your  friends,  as  bv  the  hand 
of  the  enemy  ;  yet  1  am  bold  to  lay  too  too  much,  and 
more  than  the  beft  of  you  lliall  ever  be  able  to  anfwer,  ci- 
ther to  God,  or  the  world  abroad,  or  to  the  pofierity.  It 
is  a  filly  plea,  that  you  are  all  united  in  the  end,  fince  your 
debates  about  the  midfes  make  the  end  among  your  hand 
to  be  loll.  If  I  had  any  power  among  any  of  you,  I  would 
in  all  earneflnefs  obtefc,  That  if  any  love  to  God  and  reli- 
gion, if  any  tendernefs  to  your  poor,  broken,  difgraccd 
country,  if  any  {cn'i^:.  of  your  own  honour  and  fafety  be 
vet  remaining,  that  at  laft  you  would  all  do  what  divers 
times  has  been  allayed,  promifed,  and  begun,  by  every 
one  of  you,  but  pertormed  by  none;  1  mean,  that  ail 
your  quarrels  might  for  a  time  at  leaft  be  laid  allde  ;  that 
every  one  of  you  would  cede  and  fubmit  to  one  another, 
and  cordially  join  in  the  common  defence.  Albeit  I  be  no 
prophet,  yet  1  think  I  forefee,  that  whoever  of  you,  in 
thefe  fad  times,  arc  rcadicft  ta  lacrilice  all  youi:  felf-inte- 
2  .  •  rcAs 


■     i    : 


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.1      .Y-: 
f., 


i:t  ,^.  .'.'  3/r:  (o 


•>>;i:j ■■■•.■>  .' 


I^ct,  133.  **   ^cr  7riy  Lord  Lanerh.      •  ipj 

refts  to  the  well  of  the  publick,  he  fliill  olitain,  hi  dcfpight 
of  all  oppofers,  In  the  iiioft  edfy  ;ind  hoiioiir.ible  way,  all 
his  defires.  Bat  If  you  rcfolve  every  one  of  you  fo  to 
look  to  your  own  deilgns,  and  go  on  in  yoiu-  dilrjrences, 
thoiudi  all  ihould  perilh ;  among  many  other  unhappy 
events,  this  will  be  one,  that  the  people  wh.o  outlive 
ihefe  troubles,  will  curie  all  your  me:nories,  will  gladly 
confent  to  that  cnr{\:  which  fomewhere  in  the  world  is 
much  dehred,  and  far  advanced,  (though  my  heart  did  c- 
ver  abhor  it),  tbat  when  kings  and  princes  are  brought 
down,  the  power  and  following  of  the  nobles  may  be  abo- 
liflned,  as  that  which  they  have  feen  and  felt,  not  at  all  to 
ferve  for  the  defence,  but  clearly  for  the  dividing  and 
i'uining  of  a  poor  people.  Of  tbis  enough.  I  am  very 
hopeful  your  LorJlhip  will  be  as  ready  as  any  one  to  lay 
afide  whatever  may  concern  yoin-felf  and  your  friends,  till 
your  poor  dying  cotuury  may  once  be  recovered,  that  m 
the  life  and  health  thereof  you  may  find  yourfelf  and 
them  ;  otherwife  you  know  well  neither  you  nor  they  can 
be  flife.  I  hope  againll  the  general  alilnnbly  to  fee  your 
Lordlhip,  when  1  Ihall  be  ready  to  tell  you  all  my  mind  of 
affairs,  both  private  and  publick.  In  the  mean  time,  I 
remain. 

Your  Lordfliip's  affectionate  friend  and  fervant, 

IIOUERT    BaILLIE. 


r   O   S   T   S   C   R   I  P  T. 

The  Commiffir  of  Glafgow  is  iriy  dear  and  fpecial 
friend.  I  am  forry  he  has  mifcarried  in  the  publick  caufe. 
I  fee  you  purpofe  to  proceed  now  no  farther  with  hinx 
than  to  a  fine.  Since  this  is  the  mind  of  ibe  parliament, 
I  think  it  a  great  pity  his  life  iliould  be  loll  by  a  long  and 
clofe  imprifonment.  I  marvel  be  bas  lived  fo  long,  know- 
ing the  tem.pcr  of  his  body.  I  muft  intreat  your  Lordlliip 
to  get  him  lb  foon  to  the  free  air  as  may  be  :  by  fo  doing, 
you  fliall  fave  a  life  which  the  ftate  intends  ihould  be  f^afe, 
and  preferve  a  man,  who  I  hope  may  yet  do  good  iervicc 
in  the  place  \s  here  he  lives  ;  and  whatever  your  Lordihip 
can  do  for  him,  v/lthout  prejudice  to  the  publick,  I  will 
acknov.dedge  it  all  as  done  for  myfeif. 

The  Piinee's  arrival  in  France,  tlie  llate  of  aflairs  jierc, 

as  with  this  packet  they  will  be  reprcfcnted  bv  divers  hands, 

:  Vol.  11.  B  b  '  that 


r  *^  I  >i  J  6  '''  ?.  o  'T 


!94 


For  my   Lord  Lancrk. 


Let.  I3J. 

that  dangerous  and  unhappy  icmonArance   of  Scaforth's 
call  aloud  to  all  Avho  have  a  drop  of  khulncfs  to  Scotland' 
to  join  hearts  and  hands  quickly,  without  any  lanhcr  d-- 
lay  j  ellc  our  woes  are  but  beginning. 


13.}.  J  Poflf.npt    t,    Air  D,nnd  Buhp,^skiicr.    Undo,, 
man])  6.  1646.         .  ' 

This  much  I  had  written  a  fortnight  ago,    but   on   the 
poft-njglu  was  hindered  to  {^^^^\   it  away.     Since,    Fairfax 
has  routed  HopL-ton  again;   and  now  it  feenis,    witliout   a- 
py  unpcdnucnt,  wjll  go  to  the   utmofl   part   of  Cornwai:. 
Vvhere  the  Trmce  ^^^\\  lurk,   it  is  hard  to  fav.     The  Kino's 
forces  thought  to  have  furprifed  i\bingdo.M  but  were  1"- 
pulled.      ihe  king  has  fent  us  a  fifth  or  fixth  letter  for  a 
treaty,  without  any  anfv/er.     liis  extremities  arc   l;dd  to 
be  great    and  his   iears  no  \,h.     WJiere-cvcr  he  go:s  he 
jnay  be   bcfieged  _and    taken.     He  Juts  lofl  all  his  iea-ports 
but  1-almout  K      XU  are  mafters  alio  of   the  feas.     ij  ^vill 
be  hard  for  hnu  to  li.e  any  where.     If  lie  can  have  a  little 
patience,  it  /ecms  a  treaty  wi'd  be  oluaincd.      They  have  at 
lafl  given  to  us  all  the  propoiitions  they  mind  to  kn,\,  bi'it 
two,  that  of  London  and  ihe  dehnqtic'nts,  which  they  are 
haftenmg.     L,kely   cnir   deb  ites  with  them  abcjut  the  alte- 
rations w.il  not  be  long.     Alfo  I  liope  it  iliall  not  be  need- 
iul  to  iend   tnem  to  Scotland  ;  for  W^arillon  .and  l\Ir  li-r- 
clay  are  come,  and  the  Chancellor  will  be  here  to-morrow, 
who,  I  thmk,  have  kufructions  10  conclude  upon    the  ad- 
dmon.^nd  alterations.     It  is  much  Jumped,   that  the  Kino 
Mill  pais  the  propohiicns,  were  tl;ey  woife  and  harder  than 
they  are  :   lo,  except  lome  evil  fpi.it  iuterpofe,  there  is  fonic 
appearance   oi    peace   Ihortly  ;  alb.it  we  dare   not   yet   be 
conhdent.      'fhe    ieaarlan    party   is    verv    maliciot^s    and 
powerft,b      J  bey  have    carried    the   Iloule   of  Commons, 
and  are  hicc  aik,   to    carry   t)ie   lioufe   of  Lords,  to  inoil 
much  our  church-governnient.     Thev  Jiave  palled  •■n  'or- 
dnance, not  oidy  ior  appeal  fi-om  the   general  aliemblv  to 
the  parhament,  tor  two  ruling  elders,   fur  one   miniUJr  in 
every  church-meetmg,   lor  no  ceni-ure,  except  in  Inch  par- 
ticular oliences  as  they  luue  enumerated;   but  alio,  which 
vexes  us  molt,  and  ag.dnil  which  we  have  been  labouring 
this  month  bygone,   a  court  of  civil  commillloners  in  ev^ 
ry  county,  to   whon.   the   cong-egational   cldulhips    mull 

brinij 


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t    OJ    Ji.'t 

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■ty ;  J    :..:  .■    i    i^O  '/    cJ 


Let.  134.      A  Poftfrript  io  Mr  David  D'lchfon's  letter.      19- 

briiij^'  all  cafes  not  cinimcratcJ,  to  be  I'cportcd  by  thcni, 
with  their  jutli]cniciu  to  tlie  piirlianictit  or  their  commit- 
tee. This  is  a  trick  of  the  Independents  invention,  of 
purpofe  to  enervate  and  difgr.tcc  all  our  government,  in 
which  they  liave  been  aflilled  by  the  lawyei's  and  the  Era- 
frian  party.  TJiis  troubles  us  all  exceedingly.  The  whole 
aflembly  and  m:niib-y  over  the  kinf^dr>m,  the  body  of  the 
city,  arc  rnucji  grievetl  wiih  it ;  but  how  to  help  it,  we 
cannot  well  tell.  \\\  tlie  mean  time,  it  mars  us  to  fet  np 
any  tiling  ;  the  anarchy  continues,  and  the  vileit  feiSls  do 
daily  increafc.  IManyarc  afraid  of  God's  judgement.  Ar- 
gyle  is  to  Ireland  for  2000  old  foot  to  land  in  Argvle,  to 
caft  out  thefe  mihappy  men  wiio  pollels  peaceably  all  his 
ellate.  Calendar,  ai^cr  all  could  be  done  to  him,  has  re- 
fufed  what  all  preffed  him  to  :  he  would  be  at  .1  greater 
fovereignty  than  could  be  granted,  thinking  he  could  not 
mlfs  it  in  any  terms  he  pleafed.  Heart-burnings  there 
continue  flill.  Tiiis  people,  what  they  will  do  on  the  re- 
iufal  of  tliC  garriibns,  we  A^  n(n  yet  know.  \i  God  Vv'ould 
fend  us  peace  on  any  tolerable  tcrm.^,  it  would  be  very 
velcon^.e.  AVhen  all  is  tried  to  the  utmoft,  there  is  not 
the  leaft  treachery  found  in  Baillie,  though  jgreat  unhap- 
pincls,  the  fault  v/hercof  is  feen  to  have  been  in  other  men 
;nore  than  in  him. 


135.  ro  ScotlirJ.    To  I\Jr  David  Did/on.     March  ij.  1646. 

SiKCC  my  laH;,  this  day  fortniglu,  all  the  account  I  can 
give  of  our  aftairs  here  is  this,  in  the  allembly  v/e  are 
iillen  on  a  fafliious  pioj'>ofition,  tliat  luis  kept  us  clivers 
days,  and  will  do  fo  divers  more,  comdng  upon  the  ar- 
ticle of  the  church  and  the  church-notes  to  oppofe  the  E- 
raftian  herefy,  which  in  this  land  is  \'cry  drong,  efpecially 
among  the  lawyers,  imh.appy  members  of  this  parliament. 
"We  fnid  it  necellary  to  fay,  "  That  Chrit'l  in  the  New  Te- 
"  ftament  had  inlfitiiLC  a  cluu-ch-governinent  diftindt  fronv 
*•  the  civil,  to  be  exerciied  by  the  oiTicers  of  the  church, 
**  witliout  commifllon  h-om  the  magiilrate."  None  in  the 
afTembly  has  any  doubt  of  this  truth  but  one  ColmKui,  a 
proielled  Eraflian  ;  a  man  reafonably  learned,  but  ftupicl 
anil  inconfiderate,  half  a  plealant,  and  of  i'mall  clliniation. 
But  the  lawyers  in  the  parliament,  making  it  their  work 
to  Jpuil  our  prcibytcry,  not  ib  much  upoii  confcieiice,  as 

1j  h  2  xipoa 


•i    ::V 


jg6  To  ScotJancl     To  Mr  David  DUkfon.     Lev.  135. 

upon   fear   that   tlic   prefljytcry   fpoil    their    niar]:ct,    :ind 
take  up  the  luoll:   oi"  tlic   couiury-plcas   without   law,  did 
blow  up  the  poor  man  witii  inucli  vanity,   fo  he  is  become 
their  ciiampion,  to  brinp,  our,   in  the  bell   way  he   can,   E- 
raiHan  arfunnous  ar',ainil  the  propoiuion,  for  the  content- 
ment of  the  parlianK.Dt.     V/e    give    him    a    free   and  fair 
hearing;  albeit  we  fear,  when  we  ha\e  anfwered  all  he  can 
bring,  and  have   coniirmcd    v/ith    imdeniable   pi'ools   our 
pofition,  the  lloufes,  when  it  comes  to  them,   ihall  fcrapc 
it  out  of  tlic  Confeliion  ■,  for  this  point  is  tluir  idol.     The 
'  moil:  "of   them   are   hicretlibly  zealoths   for   ir.     The  Pope' 
and  Kin:f  v/cre  never  u'lOre  carneft  for  llie  hcidihip  of  tlie 
cluuch   tii:in  the  plurality    of   tliis    parliament,      llov/ever 
they  aic  ]i!:e  for  a  time  by  violence  to  carry  it,    yet  almoil 
all  the  minilf ry  arc  zealous  for  tlve   prerogative  of   Chrift 
againll  them.     We  are  at  this  inlfant  yokeil  in  a  great  and 
dangerous   combat   for   this   very  thing.     AVc  have  been 
often  on  the  brink  to  let  up  our    government-,    but   Saiaii 
to  this  day  hindered  us.     The  minillers  and  elders  are  not 
willing  to  fet  up  and   begin  any  aclion,  till  they  may  have 
a  law  for  fqme  power  to  pvn-pofe  •,    all   lormer   ordinances 
have  been  fo  intoleral)ly  defective,   that  ihey  coidd    not  be 
accepted.     The    Eraliiau   a)id    Irdependent   parry  joining 
together  in  the  Ilonies  to  keep  off  tlie  government  fo  long 
as  they  wi:re  able,   aiul  Vvdien  it  was   exioi'ted,    to    make   it 
fo  lame  and  corrupt  as  tliey  were  able  ;  yet  at  hill:   yeficr- 
day  an  ordinance  canie  hnth  to  fupply  the   defects   of  all 
the  former,  tl\at  fo,   without    fiuaber   delay,   we  might  go 
to  work.     \Vc  laboured  fo  much  as  we  v/ere    able,    berore 
it  came  out,  to  have  it  fo  liee   of  e;'iCeptions  as  might  be  : 
but  notvv'itb.llanding  of  all  v*'e  could  do,  it  is,  by  the  ma- 
lignity of  tl\e  forernentioned  brethren  in  evil,  fo  lllicd  with 
grievances,  that  yet  it  cannot  be  put  in  prac':cicc.     We,  lor 
our  part,  mind    to   give  in   a  remonllraru:e  againft  it  ;  il-'- 
aflembly  will  do  the  like;   the  city-minifters    will    give    tf.e 
third;    but    that   Vvb.ich,   by  God's    help,    may    }M•()^•e   b.ii 
cUlc'teal,   is,   the  zeal  of  the  city  itfelt.      Tefore    the   oivli- 
nance  came  out,  they  petitioned  againll  fome  ntaterials  <;;^ 
it.     This,  both  the  lloufes  voted  to  be  a  breach   of  their 
priviU;ge,   to  oiler  a  petition  agaii^.ll  any  thing  that  is  in  de- 
bate befoi  e  them,   till  once    it    be    concluded  and  come   a- 
bruad.     'J'his  vote  the  city  takes  very  evil.      It   is   likely  to 
go  very  high  betv.ixt  them.      Our  prayers  and  cndea\oms 
{ire  for  wildom  and  cour.ige  to  ihc  city.     I  know  to  wiioni 
■•'  ■  '        •     ■  this 


Let.  135*     To  Scotland.     To  Mr  Davul  Duhfon.  197 

this  niaticr  has  coft  niuck  labour.    The  Independents  lunc 
tlie  leall  zeal  to  the  iriitli.    oF    (lod    ol"  any  men  we  know. 
Blafphemous  hcrelies  are  now  jjirc.ul    here   more  than  ever 
in  any  part  oF  the  world  j   yet  they  are  not  only  fjler.t,  but 
arc  patrons  and  plcadei'S    lor    liberty    almoft    to   them    all. 
V/e  and  they  have  ipcnt  many  Iheets   ot   paper   upon   the 
toleration  of  their  ilparate  churches.      At    the   lall    meet- 
ing Ave  concluded  to  nop  our  paper-debates,  and  on  Thm-f- 
dav  next  to  be(;in  our  verbal  dlfputation    againft   the   lav.'- 
fulncls  oF  their  delired  ieparation.      "\Vhen  v.-e  have  endedj, 
the  Houles  will  bei-,iii  to  CviuFidcr  tiiis  matter.     The  mofl 
there,   and  in  the  ariny,  will   be    For    too   great  a  liberty, 
but  the  aiTembly,  the  ti^y,  and  the  body  oF  all  the  miniilry 
in  the  kingdom,  arc  paihonately  oppoii^e  to  inch   an   evi- 
dent breach  or  our  covenant.      Vv'iiatthe  Lord  v.ill    make 
the  ilTuc,  a  little  time   \\\\\    now    declare.      We   h  id   great 
necdof  yoiu"  prayers.    We  were  never  more  lull  or  weighty 
bufinefs  and  pej-plexed  Iblicltude  oF  miud.     A\\.o  the  mat- 
ter of  peace  is  now  in  tiie  caubus.     The  propolitions  to  be 
fcnt  to  the  King  were  given  to  us  Tome  days  ago.     yeller- 
day  our  commiihoiiei-o'  returned  their  ienl'e  or  them.    Their 
alterations  oF  t]:ie  Former  propoiitions  are  lo   jnany,   that  I 
fear  we  Ihall  not  agree  in  haFte  ;   and  the  pity  is,  the  King- 
will  not  be  able  to  endure  any  long  time.     Ilopeton  being 
driven  to  the  iitmoft  nook  or  Cornwall,  lias  rendered  him- 
fclf,  and  wliole  army,    without   ilroke   of  Iword,    to   Sir 
Thonias  Fairfax,     'i'lic  Prince  is  lied  to  .Scilly.  ,  Falmouth 
and  Exeter,  it  is  1  bought,  will  not  hold  out.     The  army> 
with  I'pced,  will  come   to   lie   down  before  Oxford.     The 
lung  in  a  fortnii'ht  v/ill  no:  know  wjiitb.er   to   go.     Ne\er 
rnan  did  him  worl'e  fervice  than  Montjoie,  and   all    thoje 
men  who  have  weakened  and  diviJ.cd  .Scotland.     I  believe 
the  King  feels  that  folly,    among  otlier  errors,   which  now 
he  cannot  remeicl;      A  few  (\.\\<,  will  clear  many  things  of 
church  and  llate  that  Jor  the  time  are  in  srcat  darknels. 


J  Pofifcript .     March  31.  1 6.]  6. 

For  the  time  our  commiiuoners  can  think  on  no  private 
thing  •,  For  every  day  they  attend,  jive  or  hx  hours  together, 
a  folcmn  debate,  witii  a  numbcj-  of  the  cliief  of  both  lioulcs 
oF  parliament,  about  the  j)ropoijtions  of  piuacc  to  be  fent 
to  the  Jving.    A  little  time  will  ihew  much.   We  arc  in  great 

doubts. 


;.  Ill   )  lu  .juiLi  -^d.:   lO 


i     .  !  ■:     ^  -  .-!■  - 1 


ipS  To  Sect  land.     To  Mr  David  Dkkfon.     Let.  or. 

doubts.  The  leaders  of  the  people  feem  to  be  inclined  to  have 
Hofhadowof  aking;  to  iiave  liberty  for  all  religions;  to  have 
but  a  lameEraftian  prefoyiery ;   to  be  fo  injurious  to  us,  as 
to  chafe  us  home  with  the  fword.  Thcfe  things  to  you  three 
nlonc.     The   Prince  is  lajulcd  in  France,  which  will   be  a 
fentcnce  of  foreign  war.     This    day    the    Houfe  of  Com'- 
mons  have  appointed  a  conuniitee  to  fecure  the  King's  per- 
fon,  if  he  ihoidd  come  to  London.     Our  great  hope  on 
earth,  the  city  of  London,  has  played  niplhot  :   they  are 
jpcaking  of  difiblving  the  aiTembly.  '  If  wc   had  not  need 
to  pray,  you  fee.     That  unhappy' wicked  remonltrancc  of 
Seaforth  feems  to  us   a  clear   preface   to   his  joining  with 
IMontrofe.     For  all  that,  I  hope  w;  may  have  beiter'news 
liereaftcr,  and  we  hojie   that    Cod  will  not  leave  us  to  the 
will  of  our  enemies.     This  people  are   fu-ollcn  fo  big  with 
fuccclTes,  that  they  are  impatient  to  licar  reafon  f]-on\  any : 
the  end  can  hardly  be  good.     If  my  Lady  Argyle  be  witli 
you,  remember  my  hearty  allbaions   to   her,  and   to   my 
Lord,  and  all  his  :   for  all  that  is  come,  he   is   my   choice 
of  all  the  noblemen  I  know.    Tiie  Lord  be  with  him,  and 
afnfl:  him.    Remember  me  to  all  friends.    So  1  reft, 
Your  Brother, 

PiOBIiRT    BAILLIE^ 


lid.  To  Mr  William  SiHxng.     Jpril  2.  i6i\6. 

Dear  Coufm, 

: Matters  here   go   very  dangcroufly.     The  Prince 

ftaid  long  in  Scilly.  Six  weeks  they  have  been  in  debate 
ja  the  Iloufe  of  Commons,  of  a  cold,  flipht,  inviratory 
letter  to  hmi  to  con^.c  to  their  quarters  :  biu  it  feems  thev 
dehrc  not  his  preience.  Since  his  motf.cr  has  Pot  him  in 
her  hands,  flic  may  readily  make  him  go  to^'mafs  and 
marry  the  Duke  of  Orleans's  daughter,  v,hich  bv  all  ap-, 
pearance  will  banilh  him  from  Britain  for  ever.  'The  lait 
letter  ot  the  King  being  more  taking  than  the  form^-r,  of- 
Icring  to  be  advifed  by  the  parliament,  if  his  followers 
may  be  iecured  of  their  cftates,  has  drawn  an  anfv/er  ve- 
Iternight,  winch  his  live  or  lix  former  were  not  able 'to 
tio.  I  he  anfwer  is.  That  they  conceive  it  not  for  his  TOod, 
nor  the  good  of  his  people,  to  come  hither,  till  iiril  the 
propohtions  be  granted   which  they  are  preparing  to  icnc!. 


'.^o:'i 


V:v:A..       .vvi>^7.  ^vv->V•U   ■<V\  :r:T    .ft) 


In  the  iiieai'i  time  the  city-guards  arc  inultiplicd,  and  a 
committee  appointed  to  fccure  his  perfon,  and  i'eize  on 
his  followers,  if  he  /liould  come  hither.  How  Toon  the 
propofitions  can  be  ready,  we  know  not.  It  is  not  Hkcly 
tlicy  flrall  go  before  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax  have  inclofed 
Oxford,  and  have  the  King  in  his  power.  In  their  de- 
bates with  us,  God  helps  otir  commiilioners  to  demon- 
Arate  the  great  injuflice  of  their  new  alterations  ;  but  for 
httle  piu-pofe  ;  for  we  have  no  hopes  of  any  reafon  from 
ihcm  :  yet  we  mull  exoner  our  confciences.  The  city  has 
much  grieved  us  by  their  uncxijectcd  fainting  ;  they  will 
quickly  repent  it,  but  out  of  time.  It  jilcafes  God  to  fa- 
vour Middleton's  beginnings.  .Scaforth's  new  diviilve  mo- 
tion is  exceeding  iiniimeous,  nnjuft,  and  dangerous.  We 
are  vexed  tliat  wc  hear  the  King's  defperatc  obflinacy,  re- 
folving  to  Aick  to  the  miliiia  and  bilhops  though  he  ihould 
die  for  it.  Aniburnam,  his  grand  counfellor,  deceived 
by  his  Independent  minifters,  docs  put,  it  feems,  the  poor 
prince  in  vain  hopes  of  the  Intlependents  concurrence  to 
ihefe  liis  defires,  albeit  it  be  evident  they  feek  his  ruin- 
His  mifrcgard  and  malice  towards  us  continues,  albeit  the 
Independents  go  on  to  whifper  our  correfpondence  with 
him.  It  is  a  marvel  to  me  if  thefe  men  Ihould  always 
profpei-,  their  ways  are  fo  impious,  unjuft,  ungrate,  and 
every  way  hateful.  Our  eyes  arc  towards  God,  and  we 
.are  as  cautious  and  diligent  to  do  all  otir  duty  as  wc  are 
able.  God  has  flruck  Coleman  with  death  j  he  fell  in  an 
ague,  and  atter  four  or  iive  days  expired.  It  is  not  good 
to  fland  in  Chrift's  way. 


137,  To  Mr  JVilUam  Spang,     y^//-// 23.  i6j^6. 

Coufin, 

You  fee  what  I  writ  for  you  the  two  laft:  pofts,  though 
they  milled  the  packet  through  ill  luck.  Your  letter  to 
the  Principal  1  received  on  Friday  laii.  I  fent  it  home  on 
IMonday,  with  one  who  Avas  lidin"  iournev  flrai"ht  to 
Olaigow.  I  could  amend  nothing  in  it.  I  feconded  it 
with  one  of  my  own. 

INlatters  here  are  in  a  very  anibiguous  pofture.  Exeter 
is  capitulating,  if  not  already  rendered.  The  Prince  is 
yet  in  Scilly.  Tlie  Iloufes  liave  voted  io,cco  foot  and 
^300  of  hoifc  to  be  laill-d  ia  the  i.oi-th.    ,Siv  Thomas  Fair- 


I       .Ji    ;i! 


200         /  To  Mr  IFillhim  S/>ang.  Let.  i--^ 

fax's  2i}000  men  arc  voted  to  continue  otiier  four  months. 
They  are  fpeakinp;  of  other  10,000  for  the  weft:  40,000 
■men  arc  a  great  army  when  tJiere   is   ]iot  one  nian   in   the 
fields   againll  them.     The  moic  think  they  intend  to  force 
us  to  what  they  Avill.     T!ie    com)-:ion   word   is,  tliat   tlicv 
Avill  have  the  King  prifoner.      l^oHibly  ihey  mav   r,rant   to 
the  Prince  to  be  a  Duke  of  Venice.     The  militia   mull  be 
abfohitcly,  for  all  time  to  come,  in  the  nower  oF  the  par- 
liament alone.     The  King  and    we   mufl  conient   to   wliat 
the  Houfes  have  done  and  fliall  do   in   religion.     But  for 
any  pariicular,  neither   he   nor   we   mufi:  enquire  after  it. 
The  Houfes  mnft  have  power  of  levying   money   Vv'ithout 
the  King.     7\.  ]XTpjiu;-;i  parliair.ciu    is   a   perpetual  array  ;- 
and  means  to  entertain  ir,   will  keep  all  in  quiet.      The   ci- 
ty now  is  pretty  tame.      A  wicked  and  ill-invented  caluni- 
r.y  was   written  hither   from   Oxford,  that   the   mavor  of 
Ijondon  had   co"rrcf(?ondence  Avith  the  King,  and   had   f^'.- 
\en  hini  proteclion  in  the  city,  with  40^000  men  ;   that  he 
would  put  lire  in  the  town,   and   fei/e    on   the  parliament. 
A  great  diii  was  made  for  tjiis.      All    fee  the   foolilhlv-in- 
veated  calumny,  and  many  think  it  invented  here,  to  blail 
the  perfon  of  the  mayor,   who  is  too  honell  to  follow  the 
^vay  of  the  fuSllon,   and  to  try  the  pulfe  of  the   city  how 
ihey  will  iuiTer  the  Kin.g's  imprifoiunent.     They  make  the 
Avord  to  gOj  that  the  Jviiig  rciblvcs  to  go  to  the  Scots  armv, 
knowing  th.eir  companionate  hearts,  and  love  to  tlie  King, 
if  he  would  do  liis  duty.      They  Ji.'.vc  belaid -all  the  wavs, 
that  they  may  catch  him  if  he  ihould  eiiay  to  go  any  where 
out  of  Oxford,  till  Cromwell  come  and  take  him  up.     No 
appearance  of  fettling  religion    or    the  kingdom,  yet  God 
may  do  both  quickly.    V/e  are  in  great  grief  and  perplexi- 
ty ;  we  pity  it  tliat  a  very  few  perfons    ihou.ld    be    enabled 
to  keep  all  in  a  dangerous  confuhon,  wl^cn   all   might   be 
fo  eafdy   fettled.     The   body  of  both  the  parliament   and 
people   arc  fo   good,  religious,    and   wife,    that   I  cannot 
think  but  they  will,   ere  long,   take  order  with   thofe   who 
niind  themlelv«js  and  Irieiuls  more  than  cither   relirion   or 
the  country,   rather   than    by  their  evil  counfel  alter  their 
fundamental  laws,  and   keep  the  country  in  awe  by  a  per- 
petual army,   and  fall  on  tis,  who  haye  defervcd  fo  well  of 
them,   and  lor  th.cir  caule  alone  fullers   our   own   coimtry 
to  be  publickly  deftroyed.     If  we    knew    not    there  was   J 
God  who  over-juled  tiie  coinifels  of  adl    men,    and   had   a 
care  of  kingdoms  and  churches^  our  grieved  hearts  would 
"     I  be 


Let/  137.  To  Mr  William  Spang.  201 

be  much  more  grieved  and  faint.  The  ailcmldy  Itive  pi- 
ven  in  a  very  honcil  petition  ;  l)ut  it  is  like  lliall  have  no 
good  anfwcr.  'J'he  city-miniilcrs  are  to  give  in  one  much 
higher,  not  fo  niuch  upon  liopcs  of  fucccls,  as  refohi- 
tion  to  dchvcr  tluir  conic:ic]ice.  Tlie  citi/.cjis  fay,  they 
will  oi\e  in  another  for  the  ianie  end,  hut  we  do  not 
believe  tiinu.  Their  iaintini^  has  given  oin-  cauTe  one  of 
the  greatefc  wounds  )  .t  it  Jias  gotten.  Tlie  next  v/celc 
will,  it  is  ihov.ght,  tleelare  much.  We  are  longiivj  for 
Apollonius  agamil:  Eralius.  Jt  were  good  to  put  Span- 
lieim  on  ihe  Anabapiiirs  ;  for  tliat  is  tiie  predominant  iecV 
here.  I  vvi'ote  to  you  to  u!e  means  to  make  VofJius  print 
his  ireiuife  againit  theiu,  which  is  long  ago  perfect  beilde 
Jiiai  ;  alio  tiiat  ye  would  Ipeak  with  i''orbe3  to  go  on  with 
his  book,  and  10  ufe  dih;:_cnce  againlt  our  jirefent  feiSts 
licre.  1  mar\el  that  your  printers  there  will  not  be  plea- 
fed  to  put  out  in  little  lorm  th.e  Greek  Septuainnt  and  the 
Chaldee  Paraplirale  Vv-ith  th.e  points  and  vcrlion.  No 
books  v>'Ouhl  iell  better  ;  and  iorne  pieces  of  the  Talmiul 
and  IMafibra  pointed,  ar.d  with  the  L.uin.  Give  me  fome 
accotmt  of  tins.  'Ihe  de\il  makes  I'uch  oppofition,  that  we 
expert  hej-e  a  gre.it  worlc  ;  and  truly  there  is  great  and 
fair  appearances  and  iKginnings,  if  it  ple.iie  God  to  re-. 
\noyt  fome  impedinxnis. 


..  .-.  138.  For  Sc'Juind.     Jpril  2^.  i(j.t6. 

■  How  matters  Hand  here  tliey  are  wife  who  well  under- 
ftands.  Exeter,  13arnrt:d)!e,  and  all  the  reft,  are  fully  re- 
duced •,  and,  among  other  places,  iVliehaelfmount  :  i'o 
Duke  Hamilton  is  tree,  and  on  his  way  hither.  The 
Prince  is  yet  at  Scilly,  and  not  in  1/rance.  Whether,  on 
the  parliament's  inviuuion,  he  will  come  hithit-r  or  not, 
we  do  not  yet  know.  \Ve  have  had  divers  ilrange  tra- 
verfes  lately,  not  very  comfortable.  We  are,  for  the 
time,  between  hope  and  fear  for  the  end.  The  iioufes 
put  out  an  ordinance  for  the  erecting  of  prelbyteiaes  ;  but 
i'o  defective,  that  while  it  was  in  doing,  the  city  drew  up 
a  petition  againit  it  ;  which  the  iioufes  voted  a  breach  of 
their  prixileges.  Whiie  we  v.-cre  in  great  hopes  that  the 
city  would  ror  all  tiiat  Hand  fo  their  petition,  that  wc 
Jhotild  learn  to  triifc  in  no  llcih,  they  Ihaniefully  i'uc- 
cumbed  :  by  a  lev/  fair  words  fi-om  tlic  iiaufes,  they  were 
Vol.  I'.'  Cc  'jviad^ 


•Ori 


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I       ■)■•;,        1 


•i     in         . 


202  For  Scotland.      •  Let.  13S. 

piadc  as  mute  as  fifli.  Yet  the  aflcnibly  were  bold  to  pe- 
tition the  Iloufcs  againfl  that  ordinance;  lor  which  alfo 
they  are  voted  breakers  of  their  privileges.  The  aflembly 
yet  fay,  they  will  be  ftouter  than  the  city,  and  mind 
fiotj  by  a  lew,  whether  fair  or  foul,  words,  to  acknowledge 
any  fault  where  none  was.  And  we  alfo,  for  otir  exo- 
neration, do  give  in  a  fa.ir  remonftrancc  againlt  that 
ordinance  ;  whereinito  as  yet  we  have  got  no  anfwcr,  and 
fcarce  expert  any  good  one.  But  the  eyes  of  all  are  moft 
on  the  propoiitions  of  peace.  Our  Ihite-commiffioners 
Lad  many  and  long  debates,  both  by  word  and  writ, 
vith  a  committee  of  the  iloufes,  upon  the  alterations  of 
the  former  propofitions,  whereupon  both  kingdoms  had 
agreed  long  ago.  It  canie  at  lad  to  tliis,  that  however 
by  treaty  they  v/erc  c/oliged  noi  to  make  peace  without  us, 
yet  they  might  fend  what  propoiitions  they  plealld  tor 
tlieir  own  kingdom  ;  and  that,  lor  religion,  they  v.'ould  fend 
r.o  particvdar  at  all,  but  only  require  the  King's  conlent 
for  a  power  to  the  p;irliament  here  to  cflablifh  religion  in 
England  and  Irclaiul  as  they  thought  fit ;  alio  tliey  re- 
quired him  to  conlVnt,  that  for  time  coming  the  power  of 
the  m.ilitia  jhould  be  in  tlie  Houfcs  allenarly,  and  no  part 
of  it  in  the  crown.  To  neither  ol  tliefe  we  would  conient. 
The  word  was  made  to  go  far  and  near,  that  not  only  wo 
retarded  the  fettling  of  peace,  but  alio  that  in  our  papers 
and  debates  we  did  prefs  many  unreafonable  dcfires  ;  yea, 
delires  exprtfsly  ccuurary  to  our  papers  were^  generally 
imputed  to  us.  Hence  many  of  our  friends  thought  it 
necefihry  to  have  our  papers  printed.  Among  others,  Mr 
Buchanan,  a  moft  fmccre  and  zealous  gentleman,  who. 
has  done,  both  in  writ  and  print,  here  and  over  fea, 
many  fuigular  favours  and  jcrvices  to  this  parliament,  to 
his  nation,  and  the  whole  caufe,  got  a  copy  of  our  late 
papers  by  his  private  frieiullhip,  and  h^izarded  to  print 
them,  v.'ith  a  preface  of  his  own,  and  an  inirodudtion, 
both  very  harmkfs,  and  conlonant  to  the  three  following 
papers,  wliich  we  had  given  in  to  both  Iloufes.  In  two 
or  three  days,  3000  or  4000  of  thcie  papers  were  fold. 
They  gave  immediately  to  the  people  iatisfattion  with  our 
proceeding's  lb  great  as  was  marvellous.  Our  fmall  friends 
\vere  thereby  lb  inilamed,  that  thty  carried  iirfc  the  Houfe 
of  Commons,  and  then  the  Iloule  of  Lords,  albeit  with 
the  great  grief  and  oiipolition  of  the  belter  j)arty  in  both 
lioulcs,  to   \oie  thelc  paj^eis  faifc  and  fcajid.dous,  ar.d  ai 

iUcU 


.tii;.!; 


i,et.  138.  f^oi"  Scoflar.-d.  ^07 

fuch  to  be  burnt  by  the  hand  of  the  hangman  ;    the  pu- 
bliflicr,  MV  Buchanan,  to  be  an  incendiary  betwixt  the  two 
nations  •,  and   a  declaration  to  be  made  for  undeceiving  of 
the   people.       In    all   this   they   knew   none   of  us  ;    they 
gronndeti  their   oiFcnce  on  the   preface   and   introduction, 
not  on  our  papers  themfclvcs  :  io  w^e  held  oiu'  peace.    Thc 
burning  of  tiie  pajicrs,   and  the  lioufe  of  Conniions  decla- 
ration, very  fly  and  cunning,   has  not  yet  done  nuich  pre- 
judice to  us  ;   only   it    has  nuide    the  extraordinary    ni.'.lice 
and  pride  of  fome    men    ihlne  luore   clearlv.     INIr  Bucha- 
nan is   gone  to  a  place  fale  enough.     If  he   come  among 
you,  he  is  a  man  worthy  of  gi-eat  lionour  for  many  good 
iervices.     The  minifters  of  J.ondon  Iravc  fubfcribed  a  i^e- 
tition    a   great  deal  higher    and  larger   than    the    alFembly, 
and  higher   than    our   remonlirance.     The   city   alio    has 
taken    ibme   courage,  and    are    again   in   the   way  to   re- 
mojiftrate  all  their  grievances,  not  only  for  the  matters  of 
the  church,  but  of  the  ftate.     What  it  will  produce,   tlieir 
former  failing  when  moll  was  expected,  will   let   us   pro- 
mife  nothing   till   altervvard.     This   day  we  liave  pivcn  in 
that  we  have  further  to  fay  both  for  matters  of  church  and 
flate,  in  ten  or  eleven  ilieets  dole  written.     It  fcems  mat- 
ters v.'ill  come  to  a  quick  clofe.      AH  the  Royalifts  in  Scot- 
land could  not  have  pleaded   fo   much  for   the  crown  and 
the  King's  juft  power,  as    the    Chancellor  and  Warifton 
did  for  many  days   together.     All   will  be  prefently  print- 
ed either  here  or  there.     Sir  Thojuas  Fairfa.'^'s  army  will 
now  be  near  Oxford,     They  would  have  made  us  believe, 
that  the  King  had  reiblved  to  have  broke   through  to  our 
army  for  protection  from  priibn  ;  but  I   fufpcct  the   chief 
fpreaders  of  thefe   reports  know  well  enough   how   ther 
keep  him  fettered  in  Oxford  w-iih  <|ooo  or  :jgoo  horfe,  be- 
iide   their  daily  treaties  with  Alhburnam,   and   thefe   who 
have  abfolute  power  over  him,    to  keep  him  fiill  till  they 
deliver  him  to  Sir  Thomas  Fairi'ax,  and  to  be  difpofld  up- 
on as  Cromwell  and  his  friends  think  it  littell  for  their  af- 
fairs.    The  Scots  army  could  not    be   very    pleafanl,  fmce 
there  wms  no    Ihelter  there  for  any  of  the  King's  followers 
whom  the  parliament  had   or  Ihould  make  unpardonable  ; 
neither  for  the  King  himlelf,  unlcfs  willingly  to  take  pre- 
sently the  covenant,  and  follow  Jiereafter  tJie  advice  of  his 
parliament.     Hard  pills   to  be   fwallowed  by  a  wilful   and 
an  unadvifed  prince  ;  but   at   lafl   he   mull  determine.     It 
Items   a    very   few   days  will    bring  him   up    hither  ;    in 

C  c  2  what 


•V;,'    >    f   b:.: 


t>;      mi. 'I    Tivo 


.7   «.'..i>    y: 


204  For  Scciland,  Let.  13S, 

%vliat  qualit)"  it  Is  Iiaril  to  fay.  That  whicli  lias  mofc  an- 
noyed the  city  at  this  tinie,  is  a  maru-ious  aiul  cunninolv- 
tlcvifcJ  fable,  of  a  defign  in  the  Lord  JNIayor  to  protcc^t  the 
Jving,  and  to  cut  oil'  all  his  enemies  in  the  pailiameni. 
With  this  my  Lord  Sey,  the  Solicitor,  and  others,  were 
fent  to  acijuaint  him  in  an  xindue  time  of  nipju.  The  ci- 
ty lake  tlu'ir  jnolt  lion  :;ll  Mayor's  allVont  in  no  c;ood  part. 
Yoti  fee  how  tliini;s  ftand  he;e.  We  are  on  the  brink  ci- 
ther of  a  happy  ]K\ace,  or  of  a  niorc  uniKippy  v/ar  than  yet 
v/e  liave  felt.  The madnefs  of  thefe  iinnattn-al  men,  who 
contii^.ue  to  let  out  the  blood  of  tlieir  country,  when  it 
bad  moil  need  of  Rrength,  is  inexcul.ible.  iScoil.md,  for 
ever,  mtill  curfe  tlie  memory,  not  only  o£  thefe  wicked 
rmu-dei-ers,  but  al!o  or  ;i!l  thefe  imjiappy  felf-ieekin'j;  fools 
who  have  or  do  contnbr.te  any  tliinp;  to  our  diviilons  and 
lieart-burnings.  Let  all  lionell  men  cmbi-acc  other  as  bre- 
thren,  or  clle,   I  pro fefs,   they  wiil  repent  it.- — — 

Let  thefe  be  lent  v,'(:il:  tu  my  Lady  I'.ioatodniery.  Whe- 
ther my  Lord,  and  his  father  my  good  liOrd  Eglinton,  be 
at  home,  1  cannot  lay  •,  my  Jiearty  fervice  to  them.  It  is 
fpokcn,  and  mu.eh  feared,  that  .Sir  Thomas  Fairfax's  ar- 
my will  be  (juickly  at  Newark.  They  do  not  qucftion  to 
carry  Oxford  and  Newark  withovtt  great  diliictilty.  But 
the  Scots  muft  go  hon-.e,  or  clfe  be  made  go  with  fpeed. 
Newcaffle  mult  be  reJtored.  Fie  upon  tiiefe  enemies  of 
Scotland,  who  mar  the  iending  up  of  men  hither,  v.dio  by 
God's  blelling  mi^',ht  fpare  us  a  greater  labour,  and  fare 
mucli  blood,  v/hicli  ctinnot  bitt  be  Ihed  if  a  waf  begin  be- 
tv/ixt  tlie  nation^;.  It  is  neither  reafon  nor  religion  that 
ftays  fome  mer.s  rage,  but  a  (Irotig  army  bridling  them 
\\'n\\  fear.  AVeakne!s  in\ites  and  pi'ovokes  th-^m  to  in- 
gratitude and  miieii;.:f. 

You  h.ave  here,  with  the  tv/o  laft  journals,  the  burnt 
papers,  :ind  the  iioui'e  of  Commons  declaration.  Crom- 
Avcll  came  yefternigiu  to  town.  It  is  hoped  the  city  re- 
ntonftrance  niay  be  ready  this  d.iy,  hjaaers  licre  are 
looking  towards  fome  cv.d,  or  cl!e  lomc  new  beginning. 
The  gi-eat  CJod  keep  the  iKicions  fiom  breaking,  whieii 
fome  fear. 


139.  For 


Let.  139- 


Tor  Mr  Hcnckrfon.  S05 


139 


For  Mr  Hcndcrfon,  being  at  NewcoJlL  v:lth  the  King. 


Sir,  ,         .      ,     , 

Perceiving  by  yours  to  Mr  Kennedy,  that  mine  had 
pafled  by  you  to  Scotland,   I  nKUvel  of  the    mifcarncigc  ; 
for  I  delivered,  wiih  the  books,  two  letters  for  you,  to  my 
Lord  l^alcarras's  man,   out  of  my  own  hand,  with  exprels 
dhvaions.     I  pray  you  fearch  for  that  letter,  dircftcd  011 
the  back  -To  Jbjlfr  Mackay.     It   is   pretty  free,    and   had 
inclofed  one  from  l)r  Burgeis.     The  week  after  that  I  de- 
livered to  Mr  Cheefly  one    from   Col.  Jones  to   you.      Mr 
Robert  Blair's  letter   to   us    bore,    tliat  you  were  weakly. 
\Vc  Willi  to  be  delivered  from  that  fear.     You  will  have  it 
from   many  hands,  and  I  cannot    but   adveriile   you   alio, 
that  the  prevalent  party  deHres   nothin;>  lb   much  as  the 
Kino's  rcfulnig   of   any  one  of  the  propofuions.      It  is  the 
ienfe  of  all  I  meet  with,  that  if  the  King  ihould  but  delay 
to  errant   the   propofuions,  this  people   will  declare  againft 
him,    and   reject   him   for   ever   from   being   King.     The 
Prince  his  going  to  France  does  much  imbitter  them,   and 
further  that  which  is  the  delign   of  many,    to  abolifli  mo- 
narchy, and   fettle    themfelves  in  a  new  kind    of   popular 
government.     If  the  King   will  prefently  pafs  all  the  pro- 
pofuions, I  find  the  moil  very  willing  that   he    lliould   re- 
turn, and  be  received  with   lb   much   power  and  honour, 
as  may  in  a  little  time   bring  him  to  all  his  juft  and  pious 
defires.     He  deceives  hirnlelf  exceedingly,  if  he  expect  any 
.divHIons  here  in  hafie.      All  will  agree,  if  he   remain  ob- 
flinate,  to  ruin  him  and  his  family,  and  all  v/ho  adhere  to 
them.     While    this   fear   be    fecured,    by   appearance    this 
people  will  be  one.     Divers,  from   whom   lealt  1  expected 
it,  are  for  tlie  putting  away  of  the  whole  i-oyal  race.     The 
natural  refpe£t  I  have  to  all  great   familie?,    and  the  great 
love  and  reverence  that   I   ever  carried  to  the  King's   per- 
fon,  makes  me  grieve  and  fe;n-  much  at  this  liiue.      Wheu 
I  look  upon   the   difpolltioii  of   all  men  I  know,  I  lee  no- 
thing hut  ruin  for  poor  Scotland,  exc 'pt  the  C^od  ot-  hea- 
ven help  you  there  to  lave  that  poor  prince  rrom  deilroy- 
ing  of  liimfelf  and  his  pofterity,   againft  whom  he  has  but 
invocated  too  oft  the  name  of  (Jod.     T]\ou[>h   he   ilicndd 
Iwear  it,  no  man  will   believe  it,  that  he  fticks  upon  Epil- 
copacy  for  any  confcicncc.     It  was  certainly  reiohed,  and 

expected 


izo6  Tcr  Mr  Hendcrfon,  J.ct.  j  ^o. 

cxpccTlcd  by  all,  that  the  conimlrtec  fliould  have  confiftcc! 
of  four  ot"  the  prime  Lords  aiui  eight  of  tlic  chief  Com- 
mons j  biit  the  infuperable  wilfnlnefs  of  two  of  our  friends 
has  fent  down  the  fix  that  are  named,  in  fatisfaflion  of 
their  private  emulations,  without  any  defign  to  harden 
and  irritate  the  King.  This  I  know  to  be  true.  All  men 
are  for  the  time  in  fufpenfe,  but  ready,  iipoa  the  Kinp,"s 
declaration  whatever  way,  to  enter  into  new  thoughts 
and  actions.  I  think  you  iliall  iliorily  have  with  you  all 
our  three  great  men,  ilichmoud,  liamilton,  Ar^yle.  I 
doubt  not  but  all  three  will  join  to  pcrfuadt-,  lo  their  ut- 
term.oft,  the  King  to  do  his  duty.  \i  this  Jlicceed,  it 
would  be  your  liext  care,  for  the  v\-ell  of  Scotland,  to 
make  all  thele  three  moie  real  friends  than  as  yet  I  fufped 
they  are.     The  Lord  lielp  you.     i  r/lf,   Yours, 

UoBliRT    IjAlLLir.. 

It  has  ever  been  the  King's  perpetual  fault,  to  grant  his 
people's  dehres  by  bits,  and  fo  late,  that  he  ever  lofi;  his 
thanks.  Muft  we  yet  wait  for  oracles  from  France  I  A- 
pril  28,   1646.   at  nis^iit. 

fThc  preceding  date,  I  fuppofe,  is  a  miftake.^ 

May  8.    1646.    ■  ■        ' 

The  King,  on  IMonday  early,  went  as  Aflibttrnham's 
man  out  ol  Oxloixl.  For  almoll  eight  days,  great  fear  and 
ignorance  here  whither  he  had  gone.  Ivlunv  did  think  he 
was  in  l^ondon,  many  that  he  was  ior  Ireland.  At  lail  he 
was  fotuul  in  our  army  at  Newark. 


140.   Tor  Mr  Spang.     May  15.  1646.     From  London. 

Coufin, 
YouKS  v.'ith  the  laft  port;  I  received.  I  nm  glad  of  your 
wife's  recovery  ;  let  my  lervicc  be  remen^bercd  to  her. 
Fear  of  intercepting  makes  me  to  write  rarely.  The  other 
week,  by  appearance  by  a  fecret  inftiaidtion,  our  letters  at 
the  city-guards  were  taken,  and  broken  up,  and  read  ia 
the  lioule  oF  Cominons.  One  of  John  Cheelly's  has  cau- 
fed  much  nolle.  For  ourfehes  we  are  all  well ;  r.cither 
do  we  fear  any  hard  ufagc  for  any  tbing  that  can  fall  out. 
There  is  no  apjiearance  of  any  fuch  wrong;  but  there 
was  great  appearance  of  fiuroundlng  our  y,rmy  at  New- 
ark, 


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,#^Mr 


Let.  140.  For  Mr  Spang,  207 

ai-'C,  with  all  the  forces  they  had,  at  leafl,  witli  20,000- 
well-armed  men,  to  take  the  King  from  iis  to  prifon,  or 
to  cut  us  ofl\  This  made  us,  after  the  capitulation  for 
Newark,  to  reth-e  with  fpeed.  We  are  now  out  of  their 
danger  in  haife.  The  faction's  great  defign  is  to  continue 
the  war;  a  peace  is  their  cpuck  and  evident  ruin.  The 
Kinp's  being  with  us  makes  tliem  mad  ;  but  all  good  peo- 
ple are  very  joyful  of  it.  Thanks  to  God,  matters  go  much 
better.  Thefe  mens  credit  is  much  fallen  already.  The 
good  party  has  now  the  plurality  in  the  Houfe  of  Lords  j 
many  in  the  Houfe  of  Commons  are  falling  off  our  un- 
friends. It  is  hoped  the  city  may  yet  remonftrate  againft 
the  fefts,  and  that  to  purjioie,  fliortly  ;  but  our  great  per-, 
plexity  is  for  the  King's  diipofition.  How  far  he  will  be 
pcrfuaded  to  vield,  wc  do  not  yet  know.  I  hope  MrHen- 
dsrfon  is  with  him  this  night  at  Newcaftle.  The  Chancel- 
lor takes  iotnney  thiiher  to-morrow  by  God's  help.  They 
will  endeavour  to  m;'ike  liim  take  the  covenant,  be  fully 
directed  to  follow  the  advice  of  his  parliament.  If  he  do 
fo,  we  expect  from  God  prclently  a  happy  peace  ;  if  his" 
induration  be  remedilefs,  our  army  wiil  not  flicker  him  : 
for,  by  God's  grace,  do  what  he  will,  wc  lliall  be  honclf, 
and  ftick  by  our  covenant,  hov/  greatly  focvcr  this  people 
fufpecSt,  meafuring  us  by  their  own  liearts.  Hitherto  wc 
have  ftuck  by  our  principles  in  many  great  and  long  temp- 
tations. I  wrote  to  you  in  my  fornier  letters  anent  fundry 
things,  as  the  printing  of  the  Targum,  the  IMalTora,  and. 
of  other  fuch  books,  in  a  fmall  volume,  with  the  points, 
and  expolition.  Alfo  to  ftir  up  Voflius  to  print  his  trea- 
lifes,  efpecially  of  Anabaptifm  ;  albeit  in  his  Thefcs  he  be 
too  mtich  for  dipping.  Apollonius  to  put  out  his  treatifc 
againll  Eraftus.  Of  thefe,  and  fuch  like,  you  have  given 
me  no  anfwer.  Send  me  over  Piivius  Cabeljaviu.s,  and  IMa- 
tovius  about  Videlius's  quellions.     I  rell, 

■    .  RODLRT    BaiLLIE. 


141.  7 0  Mr  H.-ndc-rJln.      May  16.  1646. 

Sir, 

Your   Sunday's  letter  came   not  to  me  till  Wednefdav 

morning.     This  is  the   lirft   occafioii  I  could  get  whereby 

to  fend  you  the  papers  you  dcHred.     This  is  the  belf  copy 

Wc  had.     With  it   you   have  Mr  Wither'^  letter  to  me. 

■ .  .  Many 


•rllJ   lif.ii     r  •?   i:: 


I     ;  rw!    .•  •',.     >VV   -..ifl   :p 


2o8  To  Mr  Jlcndcrfon.  Let.  141. 

Many  hciv  long  to  hear  tlie  King's  rcfoliition,  and  more 
to  hear  the  rcfoUnion  of  oin*  nation.  It  God  help  you  to 
make  him  quickly  do  his  duty,  this  people  fccni  rcadv  to 
welcome  \\\m.  \  but  it'  he  iaall  remain  obftinatc,  or  delav 
much  time,  it  is  very  like  all  his  people  v/ill  join  againll 
him,  and  all  who  will  take  his  part.  The  delay  of  a  de- 
claration from  him  and  us  increafes  jealoulies  and  chi- 
mours.  The  great  God  help  you  to  fohen  that  man's 
heart,  left  he  ruin  himfclf,  and  us  witJi  him.  Be  allured^ 
he  m\ift  cither  yield  to  rcafon,  and  altogctlier  change  his 
principles,  or  elfe  he  will  fall  in  iragick  miferics,  and  that 
without  the  connniieration  ot  thefe  who  hitherto  have  ve- 
ry much  commil'crated  his  coiidiiion.  1  hope  witli  the 
next,  at  leaft-  ihcrily,  to  lend  you  my  thoughts,  as  you 
defired,  on  ICing  JaniLs's  di.;chi;\U!ijn.  ']  he  Jjord  God  be 
with  you,  and  give  yo\i  counfel,  and  a  mouth  convincing 
jrreiillibly. 

Yotu-  Servant,  .. 

•.     .  Pk.GCKRT  BaiLLIE. 

The  cilv-remonflrance  haJaftopj  but  it  is  like  to  bo 
for  its  furtherance.  If  lluit  man  now  go  to  tinkle  on  bi- 
ihops,  and  dclincjucnts,  and  I'uch  fooliih  toys,  it  fecms  he 
is  mad.  If  he  have  the  leaft  grace  or  wifdom,  he  may, 
bv  God's  x\-\Qxcy^  prcfentlv  er.d  the  miferies,  wherein  him- 
felf,  and  many  move,  are  likely  elfe  to  fmk.  Let  me  in- 
treat  yon  for  one  thing,  v/hen  you  have  done  your  uttcr- 
mofl,  if  it  be  God's  plcafare  to  deny  the  fucccfs,  not  to 
vex  yourfelf  more  than  is  meet :  Si  miimhis  vult  vaderc^ 
&c.  When  wc  hear  of  your  herdih  au-d  courage,  it  will 
refrefli  us.  Go  matters  as  they  will,  if  men  will  not  be 
laved,  who  can  help  it  !  And  yet  you  know  I  was  never 
among  thofe  who  had  greateft  averliou'  from  his  perion, 
or  leaft  fympathy  with  his  afilictions.  If  he  be  refolved  to 
l\op  our  mouths,  and  bind  our  hands,  that  we  may  nei- 
ther fpcak  nor  do  for  him,  let  him  go  on  ib  to  make  hiir.- 
felf  and  us  n^.ilerablc  ;  there  is  a  better  life  coming;  but 
woe  to  tliefe  villains  who  have  bewitched,  poiioned,  anxl 
infatuated  a  good  prince,  for  his  own,  and  ib  many  nul- 
lions  ruin.  "We  are  in  a  fair  way,  and  daily  advance  into 
it,  if  his  obfiinacy  fpoil  not  all  the  play.  God's  will  be 
tlone. 


142.  ^or 


■                '     '  '   ./  i  '  ■    .  '    ' 

.      ■  -.1  ->.',.  h. 

.,■■    ,    .    -./    !  '     b'iL        '   ;-     :; 
il      ■-■'. 


■.:h,    ,\y. 


Xet.  142.-  -"'      For  Mr  Ilenderfon.     '.  aop 


I  -  142.  For  Mr  llnuhrfou.     May  19.  1646. 

1  ^^^^  ■  .  . 

I  The  papers  you  dcfired  T  fcnt  v.'uli  Daniel  upon  S;itur- 

I  da)'.     I  have  no  more  to  add  unto  llaat  tlian  1  wrote,   but 

\  iJiat  the  Commons  voted  to-day,  that   our   army  lliall   be 

\  gone  :  and  tJiat,  when  we  !^o,  L.  50,oo'3  lliall  be  given,  and 

'■  other  L.  50)000  when  the  garrifons  are  delivered,  is  an  e- 

videncc,  among  many  moe,  of  this  people's  intentions  to- 

f  wai'ds  us.     Every  clrcumitance   is   wi'itten   daily  from  the 

north  to  our  unfriends.     There   is   much  talk  here  by  all 

\  forts  of  peo]3le  of  the  Iving's  obiiinacy  ;  tliai  he  is  the  long- 

I  er  the  worfe,   and  reiui'es  all  reafon.     The  faction  rejoices 

\  herein.     This  dil'polition  contributes  exceedingly   10   their, 

^  M'icked  delign.     All  our  friends  ai-e  very  ibrry  for  it.     Ex- 

[  cept  God  help  you,  that  yoti  have  occailon  to  let  us  know 

f  lliortly  there  is  a  pieat   change,    we   will   not    know    v/hi- 

j  thcr    to   tin-n  us.      Our  jjerplexity  for   him   and    ourfelvcs 

for  the  prefent  is  very  great.     If  he  woidd  do  his  duty,  in 

fpite  of  all  knaves,   all  would  in  a   moment  go  right ;   but 

I  if  God  have  liardened  him,  fo  far  as  I   can   perceive,  this 

!  people  will  flrive  to  liave  him  in   liieir   pov»'er,    and   make 

i  an  example  of  hirn.     I  abhor   to   think   ol   it,  v/hat  they 

I  fpeak  of  execution.     Evei-y  hour  of  his  delay  gives  advan- 

I  tage  to  tliele  men,  who  make    it    their   work  to  Aeal  votes 

i  every  day,  to  engage  the  nations,  and  to  make   him   irre- 

^  concileable.     It  has    been  his  conftant  inihappinefs  to  give 

\  nothing  in  time.      All   things  have  been  given  at  laft ;   but 

I  he  has  ever  lofl  the  thanlis,  and  his  gifts  have  been  count- 

I  ed  conftrained  and    extorted.      If    Aihburnham    be    kept, 

I  ^ve  will  not  be  able  to  abide   this   people's  clamours.     Buc 

I  enough  of  this.      A  blind  man  fees,  that  if  he  refolve  to 

I  play  the  madman  longer,  he  will  be  forced  to  do  it  within 

I  narrovrer  bounds., 

I  So  many  call  upon   us   to   fay  fomething    to   Maxwell's 

[  book,  that  if  I\Ir  D.  Calderwood  would  help  us  with  lome 

\  of  his  hiltorick  knowledge,  we  Ihould  cfliiy  to  give  a.  poil- 

I  fcript  to  Maxwell  after  Adamfou.     If  you   think   meet,  I 

I  pray  you  wiite  a  line  to  Inr  Dav.  with  this  inclofed,  which 

I  you  will  clofe,   and  fend  to  him  with  the  firlt.'     The  Lord 

I  be  with  you,  and  help  you  in  this  hardcil   palTiige   of   this 

I  great  work.     I  reft,  your  fervant,     ,,  ,, 

I  Vol.  II.  D  d  '  i43-  7^ 


,"    .ifj:.'  ^.v.:->  O 


;.,.-• 'oi  -i ;.->'/   ;3l'ji  i. 


-210  '  To  Mr  David  Calderwccd.  Let.  143. 


143.  To  Ah-  David  Calderwood.     May  19.  1646. 

Right  Revei-cnd, 
Your  papers  have  been  exceeding  liclpful  to  us  for  an 
anfwcr  to  K  jiiuKs's  tlccLiration  ;  which  we  are  now  ha- 
ilening  fo  lb  )n  as  we  may.  Many  call  upon  us  for  fomc 
anfwcr  to  Mixwcll  Billiop  of  Ilois  his  icui-rilous  treatife 
agaiuft  our  church,  printed  two  or  three  years  ago  at  Ox- 
ford, and  now  reprinteil  here,  under  the  name"'  of  Ijja- 
charts  burden;  a  copy  herewith  .we  W-nd  you.  It  is  fuii  or 
odious  hiftories,  and  nutters  of  f  ict,  whereof  all  of  ug  are 
utterly  ignorant.  If  you  will  be  plealed  to  be  again  at  the 
pains  to  fend  us  up  forne  informations  for  our  help  againfc 
his  wicked  narrations,  we  ihall  readily  fay  fomtthing  in 
anfwertohim.  lialte  is  requilite,  fo  foon  as  you  may. 
We  Avill  expect:  to  hear  from  you;  whom  we  pray  God  to 
affiii  in  all  your  labours,  efpeciaily  in  your  Iliftory  of  our 
Church,  which  is  more  neceiiary  than  you,  or  many  there, 
^vould  believe.      I  relt, 

Your  JDroiher  to  ferve  you, 

Robert  Baillie. 


144.  Fcr  Mr  Roberts. 

Reverend  and  Beloved  Brother, 
I  marvel  that  I\lr  Edwards's  book  is  not  yet  come  a- 
broad.  Its  Hay  ib  hurtful.  If  you  know  not,'  as  I  cannot 
think  but  you  muft  know  that  whereof  this  afternoon  I 
^MS  informed,  the  order  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons, 
for  commillioners  in  every  ihire,  though  it  be  not  as  yet 
reporicd  to  the  lioufe  of  Lords,  is  far  advanced;  that 
the  burgefics  of  t>ouihwark,  and  fome  others  of  the  near- 
cftjhires,  have  named  their  commiilioners  ;  that  the  bui- 
geiles  of  London,  before  they  would  name  theirs,  were 
pleafcd  to  iignify  to  my  Lord  INIayor  their  purpofe  ;  where-' 
upon,  yefternight,  a  common  council  was  called,  which 
appointed  a  committee,  the  iame  that  drew  the  petition, 
to  confider  of  that  bulinefs  ;  and  if  they  tound  it  conve- 
nient, without  any  more  ado,  to  advile  with  ihur  bur- 
geills  upon  the  jierlons  to  be  nominated.  Ihis  day  they 
iuct ;   they  were  like,  unanimouily,  to   und   that  cnirt  of 

conunifiioncrs 


■  :t  ■r^y.'::yyi 


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[  Let.  144.                      For  Mr  Robert s.          '                    211 

\  commidioners  contrary  to  tlic  covcniinl,    and    to   be   difa- 

\  vowed  ;  but  Aldcniian  Foulks   did  change  them,   :ind  did. 

I  perfuade,  tliat  vvliat  liad  pait  the  vote  of  the  Houle  ihoukl 

I  hot  be  called  by  ihem  contrare  to   the   covenant  :    yet   the 

I  buiinefs  is  put  off  till  IMonday.     If  your  burgelles  have  al- 

I  lowance,  yea,  were  it  but  a  connivance,  from  the  city,  to 

I  name  thefe  commiilioners,    they   will   be   received   in   the 

1  "whole  kinpdom.      It  were  needad  to  take  this    buiinefs    ta 

I  ierious  conlideration..    It  admits  not  of  much  delay.    Fare- 
well. 


145.  7) /r  Robert s''s  anfiucr. 

You  have  made  a  clear  narration  of  that  bufinefs  fpecl- 
jBed.  But  the  longer  that  conuuiltce  thinl:s  upon  it,  the 
worfe  they  like  it  j  and  fo  do  other  cummon-council-men. 
I  have  good  grounds  to  conceive  that  it  will  be  quite  dif- 
claimed.  It  may  conduce  to  make  advantage.  Mr  Ed- 
wards told  me,  his  book  could  not  come  out  till  the  next 
\Yeek,  by  reafon  of  many  unexpected  enlargements. 


146.  For  I\lr  Roberts.      1646. 


!  Pvevercnd  and  Beloved  Brother, 

\  Yesterday  JNIr  llous  and  INlrTate  came  to  confer  with 

I  us.     From    them    we   learned,    that   the    new    ordinance, 

whereby  the  moft  of  your  grievances  are  remedied,   is  lent 
j  up  to  the  Lords  ;   that  it  is  in  IManchellcr's  luuid  to  be  re- 

\  ported  fpeedily;  that  if  he  will  carry  it  (o   as   the    Lords 

I'crape  out  all  that  concerns  the   commilHouers    for    ihires, 
I  and  put  in  their  room  the  clallical  preibyteries,   to    be   re- 

porters to  the  parliament  of  all  the  not  enumerate  cafes  of 
}  fcandals,  they  are  confident  to  carry  it  in  their  Houie,   ac- 

5  cording  to  the  Lords  amendment.     Conlider,  iherctore, 

i  if  it  were  not  expedient    for    you  to  fpeak   with    r>:r  Aih, 

I  that,  \vidi  all  poillble  fpeed,  he  might   go  -to  INIanchellef, 

5  and  obtain  of  liim  to  perufe  with  you  and  Mr  Clarke  that 

i  ordinance.     I  ani  very  hopeful   that  his  Lordlhip   will    do 

I  his  uttermotl:  endeavour  to  make   the   Houle  or  Lords  af- 

I  fent,   not  only  to  the  mentioned  amendment,  but  to  others 

■  wliich  you  may  lind  neceilar  to  move   on   tuc  li^hi  of  the 

';  oidinance.     If  J\li' Alh  think  it  moie  cxpedieiit  for  you 

D  d  ^  ,  to- 


-OfOl       .i^r-v:vV   VA   -Ay'l   .hhi 


't  ;  x''-i    j:r.:..i 


tiz  for  I\Ir  Roberts,  Let.  146. 

to  go  with  him,  led  my  Lord  fcruplc  to  give  the  writs  out 
of  his  houic,  you  will  do  well  in  my  mind  to  vp.  Allan's 
bufiuefs,  and  the  city's  ^c.il,  has  much  altered,  in  a  few 
days,  the  temper  oF  the  J  loufe.      Our  friends  there  lift  up 

'  their  liead  •,  the  feclaries  are  lower.  Strilce  the  iron  while 
jl  is  hot.  JjCt  me  know  the  refult  of  Monday's  meeting. 
It  is  nov/  the  threat  bufmefs  of  J'ouie  to  fend  recruits  to 
Cromwell's  army.  The  end  is  vifible  ;  the  pretence  to  op- 
pofe  the  landing  of  0000  Fixnch.  If  the  informations  of 
all  your  own  ai^cnts  in  I'rance,  and  of  our  Iricnds  there, 
be  true,  tl-.is  is  but  a  lliadow  to  cover  I'omewhat  clfe.  If 
God  help  you  to  keep  on  tlie  city's  zeal,  more  is  like  to  be 
done  in  a  \\vck  than  hlliierto  in  a  year.  Be  diligent  in 
this  hajipy  nick  of  time. 


147.  For  I\Ir  JVillicnn  Spang.     June  26.  i6^\6. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
I  am  loth  to  write  this  till  1  be  fure  you  have  received  tlic 
former,  "We  have,  every  week  almofl,  a  great  deal  ado' 
for  intercepted  or  feigned  letters.  AVhat  will  become  of 
us,  God  knows  !  but  certainly  the  Scots  do  yet  continue 
in  the  midll  of  all,  ami  thofe  very  heavy  temptations,  to  be 
very  honeft  to  the  r'nglilli  and  the  conunon  caufe.  ^^^ 
thought  the  King  his  coming  to  us,  would  have  quickly 
fettkd  all;  but  yet  the  danger  is  great:  this  people  are 
very  jealous,  and  the  feftarian  party,  intending  only  tor 
private  ends  to  coniinu.e  the  war,  entertain  their  humour. 
Let  the  iScots  do  and  I'.iy  v.  hat  they  can,  yet  certainly  tluy 
cannot  be  honeft:  ti;ey  h.ive  a  design,  v/ith  the  Ming  and 
foreign  nations^  to  l^eiray  an,d  ruin  England-,  theretore  lei 
us  be  rid  of  them  wivli  diligence  :  if  theywill  not  imme- 
diately he  gone,  L  t  us  drive  them  home  with  our  armies. 
To  thefe  foolilh  and  moil:  m.ad  counfels,  the  King's  un- 
happincfs  does  daily  eontiibure.  .Some  twenty  days  bc- 
i'cn-e  he  cair.e  out  oF  Oxford,  he  wrote  to  Oimond,  of  his 
delign  to  go  to  the  Scots  army,  upoii  confidence,  to  vv-or.c 
them  to  his  dellgp.s,  llncc  the  parliament:  were  relolute  to 
ruin  him.  This  ktter  is  fenr  to  Wonio  by  Ormond,  and 
by  iVlonro  delivered  to  the  Enghlh  commillloners,  who 
fend  it  to  the  lloule  of  Commonp,  wlies-e  it  is  read  jni- 
blickly,  and  a  vote  pallid  on  it,  tnat  the  King's  intvr.- 
lion  ui  cominq  tov/ar.ds  us,  was  to  divide  the  riation<;. 
^  •  This 


:^(..:Y 


s  '.-,■;;.'! 


!  j^ct.  147.  for  Air  IVUllam  Spang.  213 

\ 

\  This  was  but  a  preface  to  a  harder  vote  againft   him  ;  and 

I  Jiad  Ave  not  prevented  it  by  a  paper,  contrary   to   that  Ict- 

!  ter,  declaring,  with  great  conlldence,  the  fincerity  of  our 

[  nation,  and  freedom  from  any  capitulation  v/ith  the  King, 

I  it  is  like,  they  wlio  had  ftolen  through  a  vote,  of  the  ufe- 

l  lefsnefs  of  our  army  in  England,  had  proceeded  farther  to 

1  make   us  odious   flill,  and   to   difcredit  our  moll   lolemn 

[■  proteflations  of  oiu-   innocency.     Their  committee,    with 

r  their  army  at  Newark,  make   a  mod  bafe  report   of   our 

I  army's  mifcarriagcs.      The   party   intended   to   have   had 

j  that  a  part  of  a  declaration  againll  us  j  for  the  great  work 

I  of  fome  was,  by  all  means,  to  have  us  once  engaged  ;  for 

this  end  they  hemmed  us  in   a   corner  of  the  north,  and 
\  made  Pointz  to  lie  in  our  nofc,  giving  us  not  a  fixpence  or 

I  money,  being  allured  that   being   llraitened   in   quartei'S, 

I  and  having   no   money,  that   tlie   country,  cxhaufted  be- 

!  fore,  would  be  fo  grieved  with  us,  that  we  and  tliey  would 

f  fall  foul;    and  Poiiuz's  army  being  at  hand,  tl^.ere  Ihould 

I  be  a  yoking,  and  fo  a  necellity  of  v/ar.    Yet  we  abhor  v/ar 

i  fo  far,  that  by  the  great  mercy  of  Cod,  our  army  hither- 

I  to  has  given  no  provocation  to  ihofe  that  watched   for   ir, 

I  but  has   drawn  from  it  many   teflimonies  for  our  credit. 

I  While  we  have  almofl  wrelfled  through  this  great    danger, 

[  and  given  fatisfaclion  for  Alhburnam  and  Mudion's  efcape,  as 

I  indeed  we  v/ere  free  of  fault  therein,  behold  the  villain  Ilud- 

'  fon,  as  it  is  like  by  tlie  King's  direction,  putshimfelf  in  the 

parliament's  hands,  and  makes  grievous  complaints  of  us,  as 
Afliburnam  alfo  did  by  his  letters  from  over-lea,  as  if  we  had 
drawn  the  King  to  our  army  by  fair  promifes  -,  and  when  we 
had  gotten  him,  we  did  ufe  him  roughly  as  a  prifoner, 
and  in  nothing  gave  him  contentment.  The  fecond  was  a 
refutation  of  the  iirfl.  The  truth  is,  we  never  had  any 
dealing  with  him  for  coming  to  our  army,  and  would  ne- 
ver enter  in  terms  to  make  him  any  promife,  farther  than 
that  wx  know  our  duty,  and  would  keep  our  covenant ;  and 
had  it  not  been  that  he  forefuw  he  was  ready  to  be  taken 
at  Oxford,  and  either  to  have  been  execute,  which  is  the 
mind  of  too  luany  here,  or  to  have  been  clapped  up,  iii 
perpetual  prifon,  he  had  never  come  near  us.  However, 
the  carriage  of  our  army,  and  all  our  nobles,  even  they 
who  were  counted  the  greateft  malignants,  has  been  wile, 
moderate,  and  honell,  towards  the  iCing  and  this  parlia- 
ment hitherto  ;  yet  that  party  who  were  the  diligenr 
watchmen  of  the  commonwealth,  were  doing  their  utter- 
moll  to  make  it  appear  that  we  were  but  falfe  men ;  and, 

for 


,ii  u.V'^ 


•5    ,- 


ii4  For  Mr  mi'liam  Sp.ng.  j^,,.  ,^^^ 

for  that  end,  a  number  of  poor  inconfiderable   ddatior. 
%verc  brouglu  to  the  bar  of  the  Commons,  to   make  U 
vident   that   we   muKlcd    no   good;    a  ne^v  letter  of  tl " 
Kings  to  the  Pnnce,  and  fundry  letters   as   from  Franc 
confirmn.g  then  .n  thde  jealouiics.     We  could  never  h  ux' 
abiddcn  the  hall  ot  their  n.ad  follies,   had  wc  not  been  - 
ftran^ed  wuh  the  hght  of  the  mifchiefs  which  wc  faw  w^  o 
<u  hand  upon  the  neck  of  both,  if  we  fhould  take  fir    at 
^jeir  daily   provocat.ons.      Tiie   lamentable  flau^hter  of 
Monro's  army  ,n  Ireland,   and  Antrim  coming   o?  r   with 
1500  men  to, Scotland,  with   our   fevere   carnage    toward 

with  th  n-^"7"^  ^"n-  "'^  °'  -'^^  ^^°i"^  «^  -^>'  comnliance 
wita  the  kmgdom,  alio  Argyle's  autho.-ity  and  wife  car- 
riage here,  has  nu.ch  Aopt  the  mouths  of  our  enemies 
^ere  :  but  that  wh.ch  has  done  us  u.ofl  good,  and  brouo 
greatefl  Ihame  0.1  them  who  moit  malignJd  us,  is  our 
pafln.g  the  propofuions  without   all   delavt  wherein   th  y 

the  Icuiy  bale  propohtions  which  Cromwell  has 'given  to 
he  malignants  oi  OxI^rd,  have  ollcnded  man?  mo!^ 
than  his  iormer  capitulation  at  Exeter  ;  ail  feeino'  the  e- 
vident_  dehgn  of  thefe  conlnentious  n/en  to  th  \  .r4 
con.  u  ons  to  the  worfc  men,  that  they  may  be  expcdk 
hef     -^  '   ""'''''''•       ^'"^^^'"S  io   inuch   atl-Vays 

n^t<  r"  '"  '  ^'"'''  '^^'''  truly  all  men  who  are  nor 
Hnd  If  ,1  \y^^>;P^-^S'^^''^^  appearance  of  ruin  to  Eng- 
i.md,  ,1  they  lliould  war  with  us  at  this  time.  Our  a^ett 
car  ,s  now  Irom  the  iCing ;  his  wilfidnefs  is  very  oixat  •  if 
he  iK^uld  be  io  obhinate  as  to  refuie  the  propokn^'.^ 
vi  fV  1  ?  ^"f""^  P^-rpl-xity.  We  refolve  not  ti  di- 
vide fiom  England  on  any  terms.  If  the  King  will  not  re- 
turn upon  juft  ternis,  what  to  do  with  him  we  cannot  tell  5 

h.mlclt  and  many  others  from  great  nuTeries.  The 
queens  counfelsleem  yet  to  fway  all,  and  thefe  to  be 
lb      dclperate.       The    French   defigns   are,    in    mv   mind. 

omary  to  the  welfare  of  both  kingdoms,  and  the  Pro- 
tclfai  t  caule  :  that   monarchy  will  cpaickly   be   more   tet- 

b  e  o  us  ban  .Spam  was  before.  Yet  fo  mad  are  the  fecta^ 
Th  '^'''  '^\y''\^f^  ^^  I'Jad  to  drive  us  to  the  French. 
Ihcy  are  fo  blinded,  tii.t  they  think  it  a  matter  verv  eaiy 
to  iubdue  our  kingdom,  thouglx  united  and  aliifted  W  ail 
the   pow.r   whicli   irc!.>nd,    h-ance,    Holland,   Denmark. 

...  ,  and 

■> 

/; 


JaCt.  147'  ^°''  ^^'"  ^''^^^^^"^  spring.  215 

and  all  our  friends  in  England,  could  make  vis.  Wc  pity^ 
fuchfury;  and,  by  God's  liclp,  Ihall  never  tempt  ihem, 
as  they  ncedlefsly  do  us  from  time  to  time. 

For  the  matters  of  our  church,,  with  mucli  ado  wc  got    > 
the  provincial  commllhoners  laid  afide,  and   io   refolvc  tp    j 
aifl.     The  miniftcrs  of  the  allembly  did  meet  with  thofc  of   ; 
London,  and  agreed   upon    a   declaration    for   acting-,    fo    '■ 
that  the  next  week  they  purpofe   to    fet   up.      I    pray  God 
be  with  them.      It   was  dehgned   to    fend  nothing  lor  reli- 
gion but  one  line,   that   the    King   fhould   ratify  what    the 
parliament   had  or  Ihotdd  vote.     Vv  ith  nauch  ado  wc  rea- 
ipned  them  out  of  that  llrange  motion  ;  fo   we   cxped  all 
their  ordinances  Ihall  go.     That  for  the  dire^lory,   for  or- 
dination,  for    abolilhing   Epifcopacy,   for   the    prcd^ytery, 
&c.     Whit  day,  and  by  whole  liaml,  all  will  be  fent,   yet 
we  know  not  •,   but  our  confent  ib  cjuickly  to  fend  the  pro- 
pofitions,  though  we  aflent  not  to  all  the  matter,   is  much 
cried  up.     ^Ve   arc    afraid  Montrofe  and  Antrim   lay    not 
down  arms  ;   and  if  the  King  efcape   to  them,   it  will  be  ;i 
Avoful  cafe  •,  fo  much  the  more,   as,   in    the  leaders  ot   thi> 
people,   we   lind   no    kindnefs   nor   wifdom.     The    parlia- 
ment's qucftions  have  retarded   us   much.     V/ithout  them 
we  had  ended  the  Confcilion  of  Faith.      A  committee   has 
prepared  anfwers  for   them  all,  much  lor   our   advantage, 
and  contrary    to    the    expeclation   of  thofe    who    moved 
them.      All  the  llcill  will  be  to  pafs  them  without  debate  : 
it  will  be  endeavoured  ■,  btit  wc  fear  great  oppofition  irom 
the    Independents,  who  are    as    earneil;    as   ever   to   keep 
off  all   determinations,  and   make  the  confufions   both  of 
church    and    Ifate   infinite.     Tho'e    arc  dcpohtions  enow 
in  the  prefljyiery  of  Glafgow,   Mr  John  Forfyth,   Mr  Ga- 
vin Forfyth,  IMr  Piobert  'Fran  ;   but  their  proceeding   with 
the  Principal,  INIr  V/ilkie,  and   Mr   Edward,  what  it  may 
produce,   1  know  not.     I   no  ways  love  it.     If  thefe  three 
be  depoled,   peace  in    Glafgow   in   our  days  feems   to   mc 
dcfperatc,  whereof  1  am  exceeding  forry.      God,   in   great 
mercy,  has  kept  me  from  among  them    all   this   while.      I 
am  again  on  the  prefs.      I   got  never  your  opinion  t)F  the 
former  pamphlet.      At  this  time  1  yoke  with  Ma?Lwell  and 
Adamfon,     who    with    bafe    pamphlets     have     done     our 
church  here  much  harm.     The  i'echiries,  of  purpofe,  re- 
printed  their  books,  and  carefully   fpread   them ;    but   I 
ihall  make  theni  repent  it.    Mr  Henderlbn  had  undertaken 
the  fcrvicc  j  but  being  lent  to  NewcaiUe,  he  laid  it  on  mc. 

This 


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i:   !''i:. 


•;;  .:1  (   )n:..    ;  t.n:  '  !.    J  ■ 
.■.■.:.v,j,.1    -j^-t    l:n.    .V'>, 


W  D/;  f  t'uv/  ^1    1 


-Vi;      -I       i^..  ;_'t  *,r;;i. 


M;  :/A 


;  c;;  Uij\ 


2i6  For  Mr  IVilliam  Spai:{^.  I^et.  iaj. 

This  much  may  fcrve  you  For  one  tlircc  weeks.  I  am  riad 
of  your  wife  her  recovery  j  my  fervicc  to  her  and  kind 
ApoUonius.  Wc  k)ng  for  his  book.  Mr  Gilleipic  has 
a  Large  and  learned  ireatife  on  his  fuhjcift  near  printed.  I 
^m  glad  every  other  day  to  ^cc  Duke  Hamilton  and  the  Mar- 
quis of  Argyle  at  our  tabic.  Long  may  thefe  two  <y\xc 
well.  V/e  arc  in  great  fears  of  tlic  King's  obllinacy  ;  if 
this  mar  as  not,  we  are  in  a  f.iir  way  to  do  well.  You 
vrote  for  fomc  things,  but  1  forgot  them,  I  pr.ay  you 
xvriic  again,  Will  you  not  })ut  Forbes  to  write  againfc 
the  Anabaprifts,  Spanheini,  Voiluis,  and  Voeiius  alio ; 
rhefe  and  the  Antinomians  plague  our  conuuon  people. 
1  red,         Your  Coufm, 

Jameson. 


1 48.  For  Clafgow,     July  14.  16.; 6. 

Matters  here  look  better  upon  it,  blcfled  be  God,. 
than  fonii  times  they  have.  On  Sunday,  in  all  congrega- 
tions of  the  city,  the  elders  are  to  be  chofen.  80  the 
next  week,  church-fefllons  in  every  parifh,  and  twelve 
prefbyteries  within  tjie  city,  and  a  prc?\'incial  fynod  are  to 
be  fet  up,  and  c|U!ckly,  without  any  impediment  that  we 
apprehend.  The  like  is  to  be  done  over  all  the  land. 
They  go  to  this  v/orl:  unaninioufly  and  chearfully  at  lall, 
J  mean  all  but  the  Sectaries.  That  it  may  the  better  fuc- 
ceed,  there  is  on  Thurfday  next  a  general  faft  over  the 
city,  v.diich  both  the  ailembly  and  parliament  do  counte- 
nance.- The  v>'ork  of  the  alfcmbly,  thefe  bygone  weeks, 
has  been  to  aufwcr  fome  Aery  captious  quellions  of  the 
parliament,  about  the  clear  fcriptural  warrant  for  all  the 
punftilio's  of  the  government.  Jt  was  thought  it  would 
be  impofiible  to  us  to  anfwer,  and  that  in  our  anAvers 
tlicre  Ihould  be  no  tmauimity  ;  yet,  by  God's  grace,  we 
fliall  deceive  them  who  v/ere  waiting  for  our  halting.  The 
committee  has  prepared  very  folid  and  fatisfactory  anfwers 
already,  almoO:  to  all  the  quellions,  wherein  there  is  like 
to  be  an  imanimity  abfolute  in  all  things  material,  even 
with  the  Independents.  But  becaule  of  the  afTcmbly's 
way,  and  the  liulependents  miferable  unaincnd.dDle  dciign 
to  keep  all  things  from  any  conclufion,  it  is  like  V/'c  Ihall 
not  be  able  to  perfect  our  anfwers  for  fome  tinic  ;  there- 
fore 1  have  put  fome  of  my  good  friends,  leading  men  in 
I  -  ths 


'\     ■;» 


r» 


if> 

II . 


Let.  145.  •  For  Glafgow.  21 J 

the  Hciirj  of  Commons,  to  move  the  aflcmbly  to  lay  afide 
our  qvieilions  for  a  ihne,  and  labour  about  tliat   wliich  is 
mofi;  ncccflary,  and.  all  are  crying  for  tlie  perfecting  of,  the 
Confefiion  of  Faith  and  Catcchilin.      If  iliis    motion  take, 
I  hope  we  fhali  diid  ihoniy  our  ConfL-ifion,   for    tiiere  arc 
but   a   few   articles  u()\v  to  go  through.      It    will  be  a  very 
graciotis  and  latisfavftory  Confellion  v/lien  yon  iee  it.     "We 
made,  long  ago,  a  pretty  progrefs   in  the  Catechifm  ;  but 
falling  on  rubi;  and  long  debates,  it    v/as  l:iid  afide   till  the 
Confelhon  was  er.deel,   wjtli  relblulion   to    have  no  matter 
in   it   but   what   v/as   exprciled   in   the   Confellion,  which 
/lioitld  not    be    debated  over  a.gain    in    the   Catecixifm.      16 
thefe   two   pieces,    and   the   Catechibii,  were   out   of  our 
hands,  our  long  work  v.'ere  at  an  end.    All  the  corrections 
of  IMr   Rous's  pfaims,   and  advices  which    come   up   from 
thence,    were    very    Iriendly    j-eceived,   and    almoll    all  of 
them    followed.       It    is    bice    the    aifenibly    and    parlia- 
ment  here   will,  er<;    long,  authorife   the  uie  of  that  oft 
corrected  Pfaher.     Whether  yon  think  meet  to  make   ufe 
of  it   or    not,   it   fliall   be   ablblutely   in    yovu-  own  pov/er. 
But  tb.at  whereupon  the  eyes  of  all  are  lixed  at    this   time, 
is  the  propofuions  of  peace.      The  fectari.m  party  here  are 
ftill  very  averfe  from  peace,   if  they  cotdd  choofe.     They 
made  the  propolirions  lO  ill  as  they  v/ere  able,  hoping  we 
ihould  never  have  p  lit  them  ;   yet,  for  many  great   caufes, 
v/e  have  Avallo\ved  down  the  hardeil  pills   they  prefented, 
to    tliei]-  great  diiaopointment.     hjo   we    have  got   at    laft, 
with  much  ado,   their  coauniliionei-s  this  day  to  Newcaftle. 
Argyle,  to-morrow,  v/ill  follow  them.     All  that  we  heard, 
before  this  d.iy  was,  that  the  King  would  never  take  thefe 
propoikions  ;   l"o   a   worfe  confufion  than  yet  we  have  feea 
did    pvefent    illelf   to    our    eyes,   to    oin-    great   grief   and 
trouble,    but   to   the    joy   antl    confidence    of   thefe   here, 
Avliofe  intereit  it  is  to  have  wai"  and  conhifion  to  continue  : 
but,  thanks  to  God,  this  d  ly  v.-e  are  put  in  a  pretty   good 
hope  tliat  the  King  will  follov/  advice.      God's   people  had 
never    more    need  to  leek   earnelcly  to  him  ;   for  lurely,  if 
the  King  follow  his  naaire  ani.1  conftant  practice,   and   but 
delay  to  p.ds  all  th^fe  propofuions,   how  iiard    to    him  fo- 
tver,   we  cannot  tell    in   all    the  v/orld  what    t;)    do    n>.xt  ; 
and  tlieir  iears  a.nd   pei-plexities    are    greuuft   who    under- 
iland  bell   the   preient  potture  of  auairs   in   all   the  three 
klngdenns,   and  our  neighbour  nation^.      Bi:t  if  the  Kord 
ciipofe  the  heart  of  the  King  to  do  his  duty,  there   is  an 
Vol.  Hi  IL  e  appearance 


aiS-  Fcr  ChfgcTV,  Xct,  14S.  'j 

appearance  of  a  very  gracious  peace  prefenily.     'The  Lord  \ 

pour  ihe  r[>irit  of  prayer  on  all  liis  laiius,   in  this    fo  need-  ! 

ful   a   time.      T'le  city  ol:   London,   antl    the    wJiole    land,  t 

continue  and  increaie  ia  liiLir  deihes  ot  peace,  and  love  of  I 

our  nation,  and  h;;tini>  ol  the  iecls,  who,  for  their  own 
Avickcd  ends,  v.'ould,  with  all  their  lieart.s,  behold  the  de- 
ftruction  of  both  nations.  Tiie  city  h.;.s  avowed  to  the 
parlianu  nt,  tl^ir  dedres  to  have  the  King  hack,  and  hard- 
ly has  bc>-n  hindered  froin  iending  fonie  of  their  prime 
men  to  him,  v/ith  a  petition  to  pafs  the  propofitions. 
Some  of  us,  I  think,  irtull,  and  1  an\  fure  one  of  \is  do 
long  much  to  he  at  honvj.  I\lr  ]lutherfo)-d,  i\ir  Gille- 
fpie,  and  )Our  irierid  alio,  are  all  on  the  piels  again,  for 
the  defence  or  our  chin  ch,  and  trutli  of  God,  againft  di- 
vers enemies. 

Tlie  Turk  is  to  op.prefs  tlie  Venetians.  7  lie  Emperor 
can  make  tliem  no  lu  Ip.  The  I'\ep.ch  liave  t.iken  in  Or- 
bitello  in  TtTcanv,  icarce  a  day's  journey  from  Rom.e.  It 
■is  fa.id,  the  Fopc,  Florence,  and  Painia,  are  leaguing  with 
Spain,  to  call  out  the  French  tiiere  :  ]io\vevcr,  neither 
Spain,  Italy,  nor  Fiance,  can  gi\e  a;iy  lielp  againft  the 
'J'urk.  Pole  is  very  \\ii!i;")<y,  anti  has  le\icd  a  great  army  to 
divert  the  i  uik  ;  but  the  Itati^s  of  ]ii."  Icingdum  arc  like  to 
hinderhis  uiKlertaking.  Fhe  i-iv/edeshax  e  joined  tlieir  armies 
and  their  friends  together  near  r.Lupnrg.  The  Impcrialiits 
and  Bavarians,  rnueli  of  tills  month,  Iravc  lien  near  them. 
Their  forces  are  ne-;r  equal  :  it  ii  thought  iluy  will  fight. 
Great  appearance  that  the  Jioilandcrs  v.  ill  luake  peace 
with  Spain  \  for  nlmoft  all  ilvey  coxild  dehre  is  odered 
them  •,  yet  they  a)-e  to  tliC  iields  for  this  i'ummcr  very 
ilrong,  and  the  I'rench  on  the  other  i'ldc  as  hrong.  The 
Spaniard  is  misch  fti-on.ger  th  ui  ;'r.y  one  •,  but  will  not  be 
able  to  keep  the  ht  Id  pgainft  borh.  \'/e  are  grieved  and 
imbittered  by  tr.e  Frincc'b  journey  to  Faais.  L  can  pro- 
duce no  good  ;  yet  (iotl  eaii  bring  liglu  out  of  darknefs. 
Let  this  be  ient  well  to  jamci  Mitchell. 


149.  To  Mr  Jl'iuiam  Spang.     July  ij.  i6-\6. 

This  I  wrote  to  Gl  ligow  on  Ti:cfdav  laft,  I  can  add 
no  more  news  to  count  of.  The  French  amballador  got 
au:iiencc  this  day  in  both  Floufes.  So  far  as  yet  we  can 
learn,  his  errand  is  good,   to  joiii  the  Kii>g  ilud  ills  parlia- 

incnis 


(        ,■:,',_  .\\!h\C 


ft 

f 

t 

I  Let.  149.  To  7ifr  U'ilJia7n  Spang.  %i^ 

\  ments    in   our   terms.      ]Ie   applies   liimfclf  m^fl  to   us. 

f  Our  hopes  yet  incrcafc  tliat  the  iviiu;  will  do  jiis  cUity.    Our 

\  thvifions  air.ong  ourillves    are    like  \.o  he  too  great  ;   hut  if 

I  God  pivc  the  countries  peace,  let  men  that  leek  ihernlelveo 

I  nioA,  divide  the  court  among  them.      Since   neither  grace 

inor  v/ifdom  will  learii  ihem  concord,  they  d>Merve  nc)  j^ity. 
-Let  them  beat  one  another  as  they  will,  there  is  never  a 
tint  Aroke  amon:^  courders. 


i  J 50.  For  Mr  Ucndcrf.n.     S.ittirdr.y,  July  iS.  1646. 

1  Sin, 

I  I  hope   you   got  my  lad:  with  Daniel  Carmichael.     You 

}  have  here  one  Irom  \)-:  i'ln-geis.     Ic  nov%'  comes   near   the 

I  clioak,      I  am  trembling    tor   your   anlWer  to  our  propofi- 

I  tions.      I  am  grieved  tlvat  your  relbluiions   lliould  depend 

t  fo  abrokitcly  upon  France,  and   that   upon   a   party  there, 

I  who   have    becii    fo    evidently  foolilli,  wicked,   and  perni- 

1  ciotiS.     Your  debates  upon  I'lpircopacv  1  never  took  to  be 

i  conicieniious,  but  nierel/  politick,   and  a  pretence  to    gain 

!  time.      I  hear  France   has,    or   will    looie    that    Icruple  ot 

\  confcience  very  calily.     AV^ill  fuch  bale  hypocrify  be    blefl- 

!  ed  ?     The  French  amballaclor  is  all  compoied  oi  honeity, 

I  and  has  no  odier  errand  but  peace  ;  vet  i  do  no  ways  -like 

:  this  hio  a/lmoit  abrui^t  iainnin!>  to  vou  at  fo  tuiie.tionablc  a 

time.     The  palling  oi    the  propolition  lor   Fpilcopacy  will 
i  not  do  your  turn  nov/.      You  have  that   good   property  to 

i  do  all  out  of  time.     Though  you  pais  the  militia  and  ire- 

I  land,   that  will  not  do  it   neitlier.      We  would  beg  oi"    you 

to  ftand  upon  any  one    thing.      I^ct    the    French    perfuadv:: 
■  you  to  do  it,   and  we  fliall  bhls   theni;   for  it  is   cttr  only 

[  fear,  that  you  pafs  all,  and  io  quickly  retvn-n,  and  be  our 

I  maflers.     But  llicic  upon  any  thing  vve  have  fent,  v.-e  iliall 

i  quickly  eflabliih  ourieives   in   a  republick,    and   forlwear 

I  kings  for  ever  •,  for  you  have   been   fo   exccdively  bloody 

\  and  falle,  that    God    and  m^n   calls  ior  your  extirpation ; 

cfpecially  nov.',  when  the  world  ie  .s  yoin-  lemeJileis  oblii- 
nacy,  and  full  refohition  to  go  on  in  your  falle  and  hy;)o- 
critick  way,  ijetter  once  for  all  be  rid  of  you,  and  all 
who  will  take  your  part.  This,  .Sir,  I  iind  to  be  the  heart 
!  ^  of  many,  whole  feni'e  I  expected  ihotdd  have  been  much 
I  othcrwife.      I  marvel  to  fee   the   iimpliciiy    of   forne,    who 

-  Uiink  your  condeicenlion  in  I'ome  u'lain  tiirngswill  do  yoi;r 

K  c  2  turn. 


?2Q  ^  Tor  Mr  Ilcndcrfon,^  ■  Let.  150. 

turn.  I  profef-^,  tlicfc  men  whom  3'Oii  will  find  flaitcr  you 
in  lucli  counlcls,  I  lutpcvSt  their  dciigns  arc  lo  ruin  the 
poor  prince  for  theii'  own  ends.  Sir,  if  you.  have  any 
power,  let  that  man  come  oil"  once  very  frankly  in  all 
things,  and  he  fliall  have  all  he  ouglu  to.  dclijc.  Will  he 
do  it  by  halfs  and  ijuarlers,  he  is  running  to  utter  dcAiuc- 
tion  j  Avho  can  help  it  !  Yet  I  rnufL  he  one  of  the  mourn- 
ers for  it.  Si)-,  give  over  your  dilMUiatii.ns  •,  they  are  but 
vain,  k  is  nou-  mar  the  fool's  iaving,  Tlicy  will  iuahc 
prince  eleclor  of  thee.  (J  the  madnels  of  b,!inded  ivicn. 
that  no  expiiicnce  will  teach  them  to  five  thendclves  and 
thoufands  from  evident  mifchief.  'j'he  Loixl  help  and  af- 
fifl  you  to  do  and  lay  what  become^.,  be  the  event  what  it 
may.  All  men  1  lee  feek  themlelves  above  all  things,  ei- 
ther publick  or  pri-".  ate. 
Your  Servant, 

KosKRT  Baillie. 


151.  For  Mr.  Hcnderpn.     Loi:dor,,  Augiifi  i\.  1646. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Ihother, 
Your  ficlcnefs  has  much  gi  ieved  my  heart.  It  is  a  part 
of  my  prayci-s  to  God>  to  reftore  vou  to  health,  and  con- 
tinue your  ferviec  at  this  fo  neceliary  a  time.  "\Ve  never 
had  fo  much  need  of  vou  r:s  now.  1  h;;ve  fent  vou  at  laft 
my  pamjildet.  It  ha--  fliick  on  the  prclb  theie  ieven  weeks, 
through  the  fottilhnefs  of  the  ])rinter5.  Our  brethren  are 
all  coiuent  with  it.  I  was  altogether  averl'e  from  inter- 
meddling with  it,  till  you  at  your  deparitire  fpoke  to  mc 
of  it.  liut  what  do  1  fpe.ii:  of  Inch  toys  .'  'J'he  King's 
madnefs  lu;s  conioiuKud  us  all.  We  ai'e  in  a  woful  e\il 
takings  we  know  liot  what  to  do,  nor  wliat  to  fiy.  Yve 
know  well  the  weight  that  lies  on  your  Iieart.  I  uar  this 
be  the  fountain  of  your  difeaie  ;  yet  I  am  fure,  if  you 
would  take  courage,  anel  digek  \vh,;t  cannot  be  got  a- 
mended,  ar.d  if,  after  the  ih;il;iiig  eifh"  mekmchoiioi!;; 
thotights,  the  J.oicl  mi.ght  be  pleal'ed  to  itrejigihen  you  at 
this  tinie,  you  Avouhl  r.uicli  more  pr(<n-i(ite  the  honotn'  of 
God,  the  welfare  of  Scotland  and  i^igland,  the  eomfoit 
of  many  ihoulands,  than  you  can  tlo  by  weakening  of 
your  body  and  mind  with  Inch  thouglus  as  are  tmprolita- 
hle.  Ceorge  has  been  fliipping  yoin-  ihir.gs  this  day  with 
Koben  ilumilton  of  the  Taui,  w.bo  roes  with  th.e  Jirit  fiir 

whkI. 


.^i  <)i  -i  '^y-:^;-:-   ,^.  V---.i 


I  •  :  ..  .    Uu 


I  JjCt.  151.  /'V  Mr  Hcndcrfon.  221 

*  ^vind.     The  great  God   fill  your   heart  with  ftrcngth  and 

comfort  from  ]iis  own  face.     Tlius  I  reft, 

Your  mofl  loving  brother  and  fcrvant, 

PiOBl'llT    IjAILLIC. 


I.  152.  For  Mr  Roberi  Blair,      Loiul:ny  Auguji  ^.  16^6. 

I 

I  .  .  ■  Ptcvercnd  and  Dear  Bi'Otlicr, 

[  -I  caufed  buckle  up  tlie  lafi;  winter    fnndry   of  my   pam- 

1  phlets  for  you.     They  iell  by  a   miftakc   in  the    hands   of 

{  Humbie  his  fon's  pedagogue.     I  hope  he  gave  tiiem  to  you, 

;  as  i\h-  Sitmuel  directed   him.     I  have  neither  a  mind,  nor 

5  great  fitnefs,  to  appear  iu  jMiut  ;  yet  it  has   been   my  fur- 

\  tune  much  ofter  than    1    thoii:Jn  10  come  out  in  this  kind. 

I  At  this  time  all  niy  colleagms  ;irc  rny  wlrnL-llcs,   ]k)w   loth 

:  I  was  to  meddle  wiih  niore  priiuinp,  \   yet  all  thought  it  ne- 

I  cellar  I  Ihotdd  make  this  anlv.-er.     in  my  Epiltle  1  thought 

[  it  my  duty  to  let  the  world  know  my   obligations  to  you. 

j  I    hope   you   will    take  this  teilimony  of  the  thankfulnefs 

I  pf  my  heart  in  good  j-.art,   till  1  have   occallon    to   declare 

j  the  fame  by  deed.      1  have  bin-dencd  James  HamiUon  with 

I  twelve  copies  ;  one  is  for  himfclr,  one  fur  you.     You  will 

be  pleafed  to  deliver  a  tliird  to  dear  iMr  Ilendei-fon,  and  a 
fourth  to  my  couhn,  Lieut. -Cien.  B.iiiiie,  a  hfth  to  the 
Gove]  nor,  Sir  James  Lumidale,  a  fixth  to  my  Lord  Craw- 
ford, a  feventh  to  my  Loid  Lanerk.  The  other  five  I  in- 
rreat  you  to  knit  together,  and  lend  them  to  I\Ir  Andrew 
Kcr,  with  my  letter  to  him,  who  will  dillribute  them  as  I 
direct  him.  The  iving's  anfwer  has  broken  our  hearts. 
"We  fee  nothing  but  a  lea  of  new  more  horrible  confufionSc 
-  We  are  afraid  of  the  liardnefs  of  God's  decree  againft  that 
madman,  and  againlf  all  his  kingdoms.  We  look  above 
to  God  ;  for  all  below  is  i'ull  of  darknefs.  TJie  Lord  af- 
fift  you  in  your  uncomroitable  fervjce.  So  I  reft, 
Your  Brother, 

Robert  Baillie. 


153.  For  Mr  WlUuim  Spang.     Augujl 'j.  1646. 

Coufm, 
I  am  now  two  to  the  fore  wiili  you,  albeit  I  wrote  none 
the  h\\\  pcfl ;  for  I   was   at   Oxford,    the    beft    built   and 

booked 


fill    i  Jt  it(o/I 


i\\,^u.V  \     \.  \     To 


.J     )i     ti,    r 


122  For  Mr  WiU'iam  Spniig.  Let.  lo.' 

booked  nniverfity  in  the  world,    but  the  worfi:  provided  of 
learned  and  orthodox  men  I  know  of  any.      We  were  l:iie- 
ly  in  fomc  good  hopes  of  an  hapjiy  end  of  onr  long  tiou- 
bles,  but  now  wc  arc  very  near  dclperate  of  that.     Af;er 
all  poflible  endeavours  by  all  unanimonfly,   Scots,  Enirlilh, 
French,  {o  far  as  yet  v/e  know,  the  Kmg  refiifc-s  the  pro- 
portions.     We  expec't  on  Pvlonday  the  Chancellor  and  Ar- 
gyle,  wiih  the  Er.glilh   commillioners.      y\fter  iheir  re])ort 
to  the  lloufes,  we  fear  fad  votes.     It   will    be   our  endea- 
vour to  keep  them  from   fudden  conclufions.     They  take 
very  long  time  to  the  fmalled:  alfairs  :     1  fear  they  be   too 
quick    in    depofing    tiie    King,    and    felting   a   day  to  the 
Prince.     We  are  at  a  great    nonplus,    in    \ery  great   grief 
and  perplexity.      We    know   not   what  cither  to  fay  or  do. 
There  is  before  us  a  thick   cloud   of  confLilion.      Many  of 
the  Ming's  grcatelt  friends  tliink  his  obllinacy  judicial,    as 
if,  in  God's  juftice,   he  were  deliroying   himfeif.      1    fear 
he    will    down   with   him  all  his  poftericy,    and  monarchy. 
Alfo  in  this  ifle   we  have  very  fmall  ho}>c3    of   doin"    anv 
more  wit;h  liini,    and    many    thoufand.s   niorc    of    his    belt 
fubje(5ts.     This  is  the  great  joy  of  the  prevalent  parry,  the 
thing  they  panted  for  with  all  carncftnefs,     Oin-  griefs  and 
fears  are  great,  and  for  the  time  wc  are   in   a   gieat  Aupi- 
dity  and  aftoniiliment.      Jt  will  be  our  endeavour   to    keep 
the  nations  together,  albeit  we  fcarce  fee  the  poihbility  of 
it,     Mr  Henderfon  is  dying  mod  of  heartbreak   at    New- 
cafi:le.     Our  grandees  are  like  to  be  flate-fcliifmaticks,  and 
the  word  fide  to  be  the  ilrongelf.     A  truly  pious  and  real- 
ly publicic  man  is  a  rare  piece   upon   earth.     jNlr  Gillefpic 
will  fend  you  over  his  learned  book.     IMy  pamphlet,  with 
ihefe  pieces  I  anfwer,  I  give  now  to  Mr  Tij-rence.     I  fend 
three    more,    with    my   fervice,    to   Mr  Cunningham,   Mr 
♦Stuart,  and  Mr  Apollonius.     1  have  feen  the  Paris  liible  ; 
it  is  501b.  price.      1  think  your  jM'inters  at  Amfterdam  or 
Leyden  might  give  lis  the  Arabick  and  Syriack  liible,  alfo 
the  Chaldea  paraphrafe,  for  a  fmall   pi-Ice,  to   tiieir   owii 
great  advantage.      A  marvel  that   no  man   there   will   pcr- 
fuade  thefe  printers  to  do  fo  good  a  turn  for  their  ov/n  be- 
nefit.    A  pity  but  Eyrenius's   manufcript   Arabick  diclio- 
nary  weie  perfecled.      Grief   and   anxiety   makes   me   cut 
of^.     The   Lo)d   be   with   you.     JNIy  fervice  to  your  wife. 
.So  I  reft,  V    ■       .     '■ 

Your  Coufln, 

Robert  Baillie. 


154.  For 


liCt;  154*       ."  For  Mr  Hcudcrfon,     ■  21^ 


154.  For  Air  Hvndcrfon.      Aiigull  13.  1646. 

Sir, 
Though   I    have   little   piirpofe,    yet  I   could   not  let 
Gcoi'ge  go  without  two  or  ihi-ec  lines.      Yoiu*  wcaknefs   is 
much  regretted  by  many  here.     To  me  it  is  one  of  the  fad 
prefages  or  the  evils  coming.     li*  it  be  the  Lord's  will,   it  ir; 
my  hearty  prayer  oft  times  you  might  be  lent  to  us  yet  lor 
fonie  time.     Ifpon  the  great  appearance  of  our  full  com- 
pliance  with  this  people,  the    moll:   Teem   to   applaud  our 
carriage   towards  the   King  \    but  how  long,  I  doubt.     It 
fcems  the  moll:   here    are   inclineil    to    declare  againlt   the 
King,  and  that  without  much  regret.      1  know  no  renieid, 
but  a  quick  mcllagc  from  him    to   grant    all.      I    wi(h   our 
meeting  at  Edinburgh  would  yet  lend  to  him  for  that   ef- 
fect j  but  I  tear  it  be  too  late.     In  all  things  he  continties 
to  be  cxtreniely  unhappy.     Montreuil  and  his  letters  were 
taken  by  fea.     Believer's  brother  polling   by  land,  after  a 
a  fore  fall,  fent   his  letters  by  an  c^^prels,  v\'ith  the  ipeak- 
er's  pafs  J  yet  the  man  was  Hopped,  and  his  letters  taken 
from  him.     The  parliament's  agents  write  ftill  from  Paris, 
that  the  Duke   of  Lorrain   fhall   winter  in  England  ;  tha: 
Bavaria  is  upon  the  league,   upon   an   exprcls    condiiion, 
that  the  King  Ihall  meddle  no  more  in  the  PaLuiae  caufe  •, 
that  100,000  crowns  ;ue  lent  into  .ScotLuid    from    France, 
by  the  way  of  Holland.     Tlie  belief  of  thefe  things,    how 
falfe  foever,  is  equi\  alcnt  to  their  truth.     Ormonci's   paci- 
fication with  the  Iriih  is  very  unfeaibnable  ;   the  placing  of 
Hobbes  (a  pro  felled  Atheill  as  they  Ipeak)  about  the  Prince 
as  his  teacher,  is  ill  taken.      In  tlie  allembly   we    were   like 
to  have  fluck  many  months  on  the  queltions  ;  and  the  In- 
dependents were  in  a  way  to  get  all  their  dilierences  deba- 
ted over  again.      I  dealt   fo  with    Mr  Uotis    and    INIr  Tate, 
that  they  brought  us  an  order  from    the  Jioule  to  lay  afidc 
the  quelLions  till  the  ConfelHon  and  Catechiini   were   end- 
ed.     Many  took  it  for  a  trick  of  the  Independents  and   £- 
raflians  ior  om-  hurt;   but  I  knew  it  was  nothing  lels.    AVe 
are  now  near  an  end  of  our  Confcllion.      We   ilick  on  tlie 
^article  of  iynods,  tipon  the  propoliiion    of    tiieir   coercive 
power,  or  their  power  to  excomnumicate.      If  this  v/ere  o- 
ver,  we  appreliend  no  more  long  debates  on    the    Confel- 
fiou.     The   coinmiitce  for  ihe   Catechifiu  has   well  ne.ir 

ended 


.1    ;|i.i.:)J.'.i;.  J 


I.jL-:j 


*12^  .  For  Mr' Hcnchrfcn,  Let.  i^'-j;  | 

I 
fended  their  work.     It  mud:   be  pcrfccflcd  before   any  part  \ 

of  it  be  rc{)orted.     "J'lie   election    of  elders  in  the  moll:   of  i 

the  parilhcs  of  London  is  padcd  witii  a  cordial  unanimity,  \ 

and  thefe  who  are   chofen   approved   by   the    triers.     We  \ 

expert  claflical  meetings  fpeedily.  There  is  this  day  to  be 
prefented  to  the  lloufe  ;in  honcll  and  high  petition,  like 
to  the  city-remonftrancc,  from  L.incalhire,  fubi'cribed  with 
12  coo  hands  and  above.  The  French  are  like  this  year  to 
have  very  bad  fuccels,  both  in  Italy,  Spain,  and  Wefi: 
Flanders,  and  to  break  at  home.  If  you  lee  not  to  it,  I 
fear  oreat  divifions  among  our  own  ftatelmen  \  but  our 
creat  God  can  help  all  thefe  tilings.  His  fpirit  ftrengthen^ 
comfort,  and  encourage  you  to  the  end.  80  1  rell  in  my 
hearty  love  and  reverence  toward  you.  ; 


iK,s,  For  Mr  Rd:c'rt  Bhiir.     Aiigujl  \'$,.  \Ga,(S.'  '    ^ 

Uevercnd  and  Dear  Brotlicr,  |. 

I  am  plad  you  take  my  dedication  in  good   part.     None  ; 

who  know  mv  obligations  to  you,  can  oliend  tliat  I  fhould  \ 

iicknowledge  them.     When   you   have   read  the  book,  let  \ 

me  have  your  judgement  of  the  matter.     You  muft  not  ib  ;. 
v/eary  of  your  charge  ar,  not  to  go  about  it  chearfully,  and 
to  <\^  in  it  all  the  good  you  can  for  your  fhort  time.     It  is 
well  that  iNir  Andrew  Ramfay's  treatife  has  done  what  Mr 

Henderfon  and  all  the  reft  of  you  could  not  do.     But  it  is  \ 

a  pity  that  bafe  hypotrify,  v/hcn  it  is  pellucid,  Ihould  ftiil  • 

be  entertained.     No  oaths  did  ever  pcrftiade   me,    that   E-  ' 

pifcopacy  was  ever   adhered   to   on   any  conlcience.     I    e-  ■ 

fteemed  all  your  debates  on  that  fubjedi  to  be   but   ridlcu-  '; 
lous  pretext's  to  gain   time,    till    the    l.;ft    refolution    came 
from  your  mailers  beyond  fea  ;   and  now,  when  it  is  come^ 

arc  you  ^o  wife  as  to  dream,  that  the  abolition  of  Epifco-  : 

pacy  will   give    any   latisfaccion  .?     Will  that  plum   pleafe  I 

.Scotland  (o  well,  as  to  make   them   join  with    the   malig-  | 

Hants  anainlf  England  ?      Will  your  new  oincers   of  ftate,  | 

new  Lo'ids  and  Knighis,  draw  that  nation  at  your  heels  ?  j 

Have  you  been  fo  long  in  the  mortar,  and  beaten  lb  much  | 

with  the  pcille,  and  that  folly  is  not  yet  driven  from  you  ?  1 

All  your  friends  here  lament  at  your  palpable  extcjcatiaa  ;  ( 

but  all  abhor  thefe  ambitious  madmen,  v/ho  will  deftroy  a  | 
more   than  half-deilroyed  prince,   by  betraying   him   with         •     | 
•their  flaitci-ie;.     With  much  diligence,  and  art,  and  gre.u 
....   I                                                                       perplexities, 

.                      ■                 ■  I 

J 


i'iOi:i 


.■.^^A'?.  vv.^^^^  -CA 


ij,:;    •A-'-f. 


Let.  155.  ^or  Mr  Robert  Blur.  225 

perplexities,  we  ftrivc   every  day  to  keep   the    Iloiife    of 
Commons  from  filling  on  the  King^s  :inlvver.      We   know 
not  what  hour  they  wUI  dole  their  doors,  and  declare  the 
King  fallen  from  his  throne  •,   which  if  they  Ihoiild    once 
do,  wc  put  no  doubt  but  all  England  would   concur  -,   and 
if  'any   liiould    mutter   againft   it,    they   would  be  quickly 
fiipprcfied.     y^o  not  er.pcdt,  that  ever   any  more    mellagcs 
will  come  to  you  from  this.     If   within   a    very   few   days 
vou  fend  not  hither  a  fimplc  and  abfolute  grant  of  all   the 
propofitions,  without  any  if,  ov  and,  you  will  quickly  ob- 
tain your  defire.      A  martyrdom,  a  perpetual  cloie  prifoa 
at  leaft,  will  be  your  portion  \  and  that  without  the  pity  o£ 
many.     If  yet  you  would  do  what  v.-ithin  a  few  weeks  you 
will  on  you'r  knees  beg  to  be  permitted  to  do,  but  in  vain, 
you  might  fave   all.     Why  is   no   courfe   taken  to  declare 
ihem  infamous  for  ever  tiiat   do   enfnarc  the  King,  by  ta- 
king any  honour,   plice,  or  promife,  from  him  in  his  pre- 
fent  condition  ?    Slvall  fuch  unhappy  bribers  be  enabled  by 
any  more  trull  in  their  country  to  do  mifchief  ?      Be  oblH- 
nate  but  a  little  mora,    and   all    here,    without    any  more 
vexing  of  themfelves,  will  let  you  take  your  will,  and  play 
the  fool  while  you  live.     All  that  favour  the  King  in  Eng- 
land are  not  worth  a  button,  if  he  make  any  more  fcruple 
in  any  of  our  demands.     Thefe  falfe,  traiterous  whifper- 
ers,  that  would  make   the  blinded  prince  believe,  that  the 
fectaries  are  not  his  extremely  malicious  enemies,  btirning 
for  the   day  to  ca^f  him  and  all  his   poltcriiy  out  of  Eng- 
land, they  are  impudent  liars.     1  Ibmetimes  v/eep  in  Iccrcc 
for   the    inexprefiible   evils,    which,  moft  ncedlefsly,  that: 
man  is  haftening  on  himfelf,    and   his   whole   houfe,  and. 
many  thoufands  of  his  poor  fubjedts ;  but  if  lb  it  muft  be, 
the  Lord's  will  be  done.     The  Lord  make  you  faithful  and 
wife  at  {o  Itrange  a  nick  of  time.     I  relt,   &c. 

Robert  BAiLLiEi 

156.  For  Mr  David  Dick/on.     ^ugnji  18.  1646. 

In  the  a'flembly  wc  are  returned  to  the  Confeflion  ol; 
Faith,  and  arc  drawing  towards  the  end  of  it.  1  he  Ca- 
N  techiim  is  almoif  all  polled  through  the  committee.  If 
thcfe  were  done,  likely  the  alTembly  may  adjourn,  that 
the  members  thereof  may  go  dov/n  to  their  levernl 
iLires,  to  airift  the  cvctting  of  feilioiis,  prcibyceries,  and 
.    VoL.n.  f  i  lyuods. 


r.iju'l 


;..,.  '^1  ) 


:-.i:    til,      ,:       -. 


:jlf •("?;)    ij 


,w--^;.f'  ■■ 


2-2<>  .     For  Mr  Bavul  Dldfo.}.  Let.  i«6, 

fynods.     Thiy  have  gone  on  in  London,  and  have  chofcn 
vei-y  many  gracious  and  able  elders.      'J 'he   triers  publickly 
have  taken  account  of  tlieni,  boih  of  their  life  and  know- 
ledge, wiih  their  owji  conient.      None  have  refufed   to   be 
tried  :   tliey  are  all  chofen   for   life  :   tiiey  will   be    a   great 
help  and  ftrengili    to   tl.e   oovernment.     The   Kwj\  un- 
happy  refuild  of  il;e   i^ojiofnions   h:is  put   us   here   in   a 
great  de;a  of  confulion  and    pji  i)!exiiy.     TIk  fectaries  do 
.excecdnir.ly  rejoice  ;  t!>e  reft   ai'c   in    g]-eat   fadnefs.     The 
great  dangei-  was,   iJku  the  Wowk  of  Commons   prefentlv 
Avithout  any  more,   iliould  declare  againft  the  King.      Our 
■great  care  was  to  [prevent  that  grfai^uifchief ;  foi-'if  thev 
once  had   palled  a  vote   to   demand    the    King,   to   i-emove 
our  army,   to   {cn^\  their    army   ncniluvard,   tliere   was   no 
;remeid.^^   Thcrefoie  we  made  ready   a    paper   before    their,, 
commillioners  returned,  and  pi-efented  it  at  the   very  back 
of  their  commiffioners  report,  of  our   willingnefs    to   dif- 
band  our  army,  and  give   up  t!ie   garrifons  upon  reafon- 
abie  fat;sfaaion  ;  a\ul  our  defire   to  take,   bv  common  ad- 
vice,  a   courie  ^o-c   icitling  of  the   kingdonis.     The    noik; 
of  our  very  good  carriage    at   Newealile,   the  great  equity 
of  our  paper,   our  private  dealing  with  our  fi  lends    in'  the 
Houfes,    made  our  motions  takeai  :  ^o   we    have  got  them 
to  conf-der  firiV  the  matter  of  our  arniy  before  they  came 
to  the  King's  anfwcr.     AVe  hope  to  keep   them   on   this 
for  fome  days,   till  il-,e  King  have  a  little  more    time   to   be 
better  advjied.      And  'c.x^\x   c!illgcn-e   has    been   ufed,   tivit 
v/e  hear  h.e  is  coraing   near  us.     8ome  iartlier  inth-uc^lions 
nr^i  come  lo  him  Irom  France,  and   the  harmonious  refo-- 
Jution  of  both  nation.,  to  take  a  courie  wiiliout  him  if  he 
Will  not  be  adviled,  is  moreappan.nt  to   him  than  before. 
^he  great  hazaid  is,   tiiai  h.e  confent   not  fully  to  all,   and 
quickly,   fo  a  qi^.liued  conier.t,   or   a  full    confent  a   lirtl., 
delayed.,  wiH  undo  .him.     Tlie    running  of  unhappy  n.cxx 
upon  him,  la, r   honours   and   plac.s,   is   a   great    Ihare    to 
him,     .Such  umimcous  honours  are    \ejy  hurtful  both   to 
the  giver  and  taker.    It  is  aJl  our  Ikill  to  -;ain  a  little  tirr.e. 
Iheir  In-n  olKr  to  us  was  of  L.  ioo,ooo^SterlinT  for   the 
iliflxmding  oi  our  army.     We,  this  d.iy,  gave  them    in    a 
paper  wherein    we   were  peremptor  for  more  than  double 
ti^-iat  lum  for  the  prelent,   belides  the  huge  fums  which  we 
crave  to  be  i).Md  atterward.     They  have   appointed  a  com- 
miitec   to  conter  with  us  ;   we  a.re  in  fome  Iiojks  of  agree- 
miat.      Ike.  moiuy  muil   be   borrow.d   in    the   city/and 

licrc 


-tt    !'fl 


i  J^et.  156.  For  Mr  David  Dickfrn,  "  227 

I  here  will  be   tlie   queftlon.     They  are  our  lovir.g  friends ; 

i  but  before  they  will  part  with  more  money,  they  will  prefs 

I  hard  the  difl^andiiu'^  of  their  own  ariiw   as   oin-s.     \i  they 

f  obtain  this,  the   Icctaries  will   be   broken  ;  if  they   obLain 

I  it  not,   the  pride  of  tlie   fcctarics  will  be  intolerable.     The 

r  advices  the  King  gets  from  France,  are  tlie  more  moderate, 

I  becaufe  of  tl^ar  prefjnt  misfortunes,     'i'b.cir  army  in  It.ily 

i^_  is   with   gre;U    lols   and    Ihame  fei.t   in^me.     In   Catalonia 

;:  thev  liave  not  much   profpered  this  year.     la  Well   I'lan- 

I  dersj  the   Spaniards   from  ■Nlirdyke,  near  Dunkirh,   have 

f  killed  a  great  many  noblenun    and  commanders   to    them. 

I  The  Hollanders   tlo    no   good  this   furrimer;   for   they  arc 

\  bent,  for  fear  of  the  Frer.cii  greatnels,  to  take  peace  with 

I  Spain.     The  Prince  of  Conde  is  like  to  fall  tcui  with  tha 

\  Cardinal,  fo  the  Ficnch  Jiave  the  lefs  will  to  meddle, with 

{  Endand,     The  "^Curk  is   incroaching  lore  upon  the  Vcn^- 

I  tians   in   Dalmaiia.     The  Swedilh  and  Imperial  armies  are 

f  yet  looking  one  upon  another,   n.ear  Frankfort. 


K7.  Tcr  Ghfgo'.v.    Tc  I\Ir  Robert  Rawfny.    Louder. ,  Auguf^^ 
18.  1646. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
Yours,  with  ISir  Leggc,  yefterday  I  received.  I  thank 
yon  for  it.  I  have  written  to  Ivir  David  this  once  more 
for  that  matter  1  importuned  you  for.  You  and  hir 
George  will  be  pleafed  to  confidcr  vvh;'.t  1  fay  there.  For. 
our  allairs  here,  yoti  v>-ill  read  them  in  the  publlck  letter, 
which  you  will  fend  wcIl  to  James  Liirchcll.  I  pm'pofe 
to  fend  his  informations  to  Taris  to  Dr  Davifon  \  lo  I 
wifli  with  the  firft  you  let  me  i:now  from  himfclf  his  pre- 
fent  condition.  W'iiaiever  is  in  my  povv'er  I  would  be  glad 
to  do  it  for  that  gracious  man.  We  arc  here,  by  the 
King's  madnefs,  in  a  terrible  plunge.  The  poweriul  fac- 
tion dclircs  nodiing  lb  much  as  any  colour  to  call  t!ic 
King  and  all  his  Jace  aw:iy,  to  have  a  tpi  u-rel  with  us  : 
this  they  will  get  if  tiie  King  ifitk  but  for  a  few  days  many 
of  the  propolitions.  iMany  here  will  regret  it ;  but  none 
will  oppofe.  With  great  diilieuky  v.e  drive  over  a  little 
Uime,  and  to  our  utmoiV  labours  with  the  King.  Me  ne- 
ver did  any  good  turn  in  due  time  ;  our  people,  1  fear, 
be  a  fnare  to  him.  Divifions  are  like  to  increaie,  and 
Vhe  bcft  t;o  be  borne  down  moll.     Worfc  evils  hang  above 

F  f  z  the 


J28  For  Glnfgow.     To  Mr  Rohcrt  Ramfay.     Let.  157. ' 

the  bend  of  poor  Scotland  thnn  yet  wc  liave  fuffcrcd,  ex- 
cept the  Lord  prevent,  and  fuch  as  I  cannot  {ee  their  end. 
Blafphemous  herefics  rage  here  every  Avhere,  without  any 
controul,  to  this  day.  Warnings  are  clear  and  zealous  ; 
but  a  few  that  make  it  their  work  to  patronife  and  ad- 
vance a  horrible  liberty,  mars  all.  Thi.;  nation  alio  is  in 
a  temper  to  fall  in  a  worfe  war  than  the  Jornier.  God 
lielp  us,  v.'e  had  iKxd  to  pray.  Never  people  nearer  to  a 
bottondefs  pit  of  horrible  evils.  I  am  exceeding  v^eary  of 
this  life  j  and  i"o  \oo\\  as  I  can,  will  btg  leave  to  be  gone. 
Mr  Henderfon's  abfcncr,  and  the  variable  beallh  both  of 
Mr  Giliefpie  and  I\Ir  Lntherford,  has  kept  me  the  flri*^t- 
er  ;  but  I  hope    our  work  is  near   a    period.      l>y  this  time 

I  thiiik  you  have  my  lal't  book. 

i^o  I  reft,          Your  Brother, 

r.OBERT  BaiLLIE. 


158.  For  Mr  Taic. 

night  Worniipfnh 
TuA'i'  you  may  not  forget  whereof  vf  Aerniv^ht  we  fpoke, 
I  liave  fent  vou  ibis  memor:indnm.  1.  'ibat  the  ordi- 
nances for  letting  up  ibe  govej-tnnent  in  the  country,  and 
againfr  blaf  emies,  alter  fo  much  delay,  may  at  laft  be  ex- 
pedited 2.  That  when  the  matter  of  itinerant  pieachers 
comes  again  in  hand,  forne  ruUs  niay  be  made  tor  their 
election  and  Mork  ;  at  Jeall:  that  they  may  be  tried  by  the 
afieinbly,  and  be  found  not  men  inf.imous  for  errors,  as 
jnany  think  yotir  three  firfi:  to  be.  3.  I'bat  yon  mind  the 
Oxford  committee,  and  fee  the  rules  already  pall  be  put 
in  the  ordinance  :  That  ail  malters,  fellows,  and  fcholars, 
take  the  covenant,  and  be  willing  to  adl  in  their  plaeis,  ac- 
cording to  the  ordinances  of  parliament  ;  and  why  Ihould 
not  Oxiord  have  the  iavour  which  I\']anchelter  fiiev/ed  to 
Cambridge  \  That  all  the  new  mailers  and  fellows  be  tiied 
by  the  ailembly.  Confider  if  Mr  Lee,  a  very  able  and  de- 
ferving  man,  ought  to  be  fet  afide,  only  I'or  his  zeal  a- 
gainfi:  Indeptndents  :  the  deanry  of  Chrift's  church  is  due. 
'ih^  minillers  would  be  fent  to  Oxford  with  all  fpeed. 
4.  'i  lie  pious  and  honeft  petition  of  Lancaihire,  a  ij)cedy 
hearing  and  favourable  anfwer.  It  is  the  work  of  lome 
to  lu.ve  it  llighted  and  difgraced.  c;.  V/e  ha\e  gi-eat  need 
^hat  xyjw  and  then,  were  it  bni  one  hali  hour  m  the  week, 

von 


.2;:,T'   ^T7v  -<^1   .'d}i 


I  let.  158.  For  Mr  Tate,         .  ao^ 

\  you  fliould  come  to  the  afTcmbly,   aiui  exhort  us   to  dili- 

I  gence  •,  alfo   to   clear   liaiuliomcly    tlie   miftake   of-  nmiy, 

I  that  your  carnciliicCs  for    t!ie   end  of  the   CoiifclTion   and 

I  Catechifm,  is  iK)ihing  Icfs  than  for  the  fupprcffuig   of  the 

I  anfwcr  to  the  queilioiis,  or  for  the  diiloU  ing  ol"  the  aflem- 

I  bly.     i>ir,  if  fucli  tilings  be  not  minded  by  )0u,  and  fome 

\  others,  as  your  fpecial  work  ;  that  which  is   moll;  dear  to 

I  3'ou,  the  honour,   titith,   and   chtirch  oi-    Cod,   is   like    to 

[  fufter  yet   more.     Your  more  than  ordinary  hivoiu'  to  lus 

I  makes  be  bold  to  be  your  remembrance^. 


159.  For  Mr  JVlU'uvn  Murray.     September  8.  i6.;.6, 

Mcmornndum  from  your  agent, 

1.  That  what  was  promii'cd  to  me  in  your  name  be 
really  perlornied.  I  neither  have,  nor  ever  mind  to  have, 
any  ufe  of  your  fervice  lor  myi'elf  *,  yet  I  lluudd  be  glad 
to  liavc  that  promife  performed,  (God  will  not  ever  be 
mocked)  :  you  fiiall  never  be  a  haj-py  infniiment  for  any 
good  to  yourfelf,  or  your  Iriends,  or  the  publick,  if  after 
fo  fair  wainings,  and  great  fparing,  you  will  again  run  in 
rebellion  againit  God's  clear  eoniiuands,  and  into  trealoa 
againft  your  own  foul  ;  doubdcl's  a  worfe  evil,  if  any 
■\vorfe  upon  earth  luay  be,  than  what  lately  v/us  near  you, 
cannot  but  overtake  and  fall  upon  you  if  you  return  to 
your  old  v/ays.  My  care  and  diligence  for  you,  in  your 
barded  tinics,  will  excufe  this  liberty. 

2.  As  you  woidd  be  thanklul  to  your  mafter  for  all  his 
favours  to  you,  Hatter  him  not  now  to  his  ruin.  All  with 
whom  I  converfe,  how  willing  Ibevcr  to  forget  bygones  if 
he  will  take  the  proportions,  yet  I  aiTure  you,  fo  far  as  T 
can  obferve,  arc  as  willing,  Aviihout  any  regret,  to  have 
him  dellroyed,  if  he  will  go  on  in  his  obllinacy.  His  par- 
tial and  oufllifjcd  grants,  are  taken  but  for  tricks  to  make 
new  divifions  and  parties  fur  the  compajTmg  of  his  iormer 
defigns,  and  thele  things  v/iil  no  lonper  be  borne. 

3.  It  is  exceedingly  provoking,  that  his  refolutions 
fliould,  at  fuch  a  time,  depend  upon  France.  .Shall  no- 
thing witliin  himfelf,  or  notiung  within  this  ifle,  be  able 
to  advile  him  ?  His  kingdoms  will  not  be  governed  by 
packets  from  over-f.\a,  Jrjuch  open  indignities  are  at  no 
time  fujlcrable. 

.     _  4.  If 


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■fiS^  For  Mr  JVillUm  Murray.  Let.  ij^;  \ 

.  ^-  ]l  \'  .^°  "«t  clcfiie  to  ruin  the  innocent  Prince  Avitlr 

^    5-  in.c  will  yet  join  ^vith  Ireland,  and  endeavour  divifion- 
n  Scot  and  and  here,   to  embroil  nil  in  a  ne-.v  war,  ra  h"; 
han  ta.e  the  propoht.ons  ;  then    let   him  know,  d  e 
nianoder  of  love  and  puy,  which  in  the  heart  of  many   4 
remains  towards  him,  is  ready  to  be  cxtinpuiil.cd      n d  ^ 
.   I^-nowwdlbemonwilbngtohavehim,  and       Iwho.d 

6.  If  you  have  any  love  and  pity  towards  poor  Scot- 
^nja,  endeavour  to  dnert  its  engao^.cnt  in  a^new  wa 
before  fuch  a  de(,o,  can  be  fct  on  foot.  The  befr  of  tar' 
land,  who  cannot  but  oppofe  it,  muft  be  crufi.ed  '  nd 
th>s  oppreffion  wdl  cry  to  Heaven  for  more  vcn'e  ■" 
and  when  all  the  power  of  that  brolcen  and  defolate'Tand' 
.s  brought  out,  what  will  it  do  but  deflroy  itfelf    and   be  ' 

co,.e  tl.e  mhmous  infirument  of  lohng   1 1^]^^^  ^^^^  i 

m  pol:eruy  for  ever,  that   which,  without  their  unhapp^ 
K  n.meddhng,    he   m.ght  have   been   per/\.aded   to    havj  \ 

a.ce^.ed,  wuhout  more  trouble  or  ha^a-d   to   himfVlf  ^r  "   ^ 

others.     K one  but  lools  will  dream  of  a  party  to  a    v  nn-  ■ 

pofe  m  th.s  land.     All  with  whom  I /peal,  jiti'lro 
quellion,  that  u   a  new   war    fnoukl    arife,^  the    o^e'tell 
ma  econtents  here  Ihail  either  be  quicklv  iadslieS,  ^^^ 
b.    o  ordered,  as  not  to  be  able  to  make'  any  oppoiltion  to 
.la    party  wluch  is   nKiined,    and   on    fuch     I  oceahou  ' 

flKJl   be  gr.atly  furthered,  to  exterminate  royalty  I 

7-  1   b'ive  many  good  witneiTes  of  my   refpeas   to   mo  ' 

eaineft  to  have  fuch  truths  reprefentcd   to   him    without  I 

d.lgude,  atKl  o  t  u.geminated  in  his  ears,  with  freedom    as  I 

n.ty  prevent,  .f  poiiible,  the  evident   ami   immin  nt";^  !    ' 

'Qfhi.per.onandporterity.     Curlld   be   all   thefe    villains  ^' 

pii.vucLS  an  ilhadvtled  and  bewitched  prince. 


l6o.  Foj^ 


tcr:.  iCo.  Far  Mr  JVilUam  I\lun\ty. 


I  1 60.   For  Mr  WiUiam  Murray. 

I  Right  Vv^orfliipful, 

!*  It  was  your  pleafurc  to  give  mc  two  kind  vifits  In  my 
chamber.  Wliat  then  i  purpofcd  to  have  iaid  to  you,  but 
was  inten"U])ted  therein, by  thofe  who  came   in  upon  us,  1 

!  have  taken  the   boldncis  to  write  it  to  you   in   this  memo- 

i  randum,  as  my  obfervation  I'rom  my  converle  with  divers 

I  citizens  and  divines  of  the   bell:  note   among   the   Englilh. 

I  I  doubt  not  but  you  know  from  many  hands   much  n^ore 

!  than  all  this,  yet   1  thought   meet   that  you   fhould   have 

f  this  much  from  me  alio,   in  teflimony  of  my  fi-eedom  v.'ith 

I  you,  and  of  my  love  and  compafiion   towards   a  perilhing 

\  prince,  and  three  kingdoms  ready  to  fall   in   extreme    mi- 

I  Icries.     Nothing  doubling  of  your  favourable  acceptance, 

}  I  reft,                                                                  :                     ' 

\  Your  Ion  jng  fj-icnd  and  agent, 

I  •                                                        RoBEPvT  Bail  LIE. 


161.  Tq  Mr  David  Dichjon.     Scptemlsr  22.  1646. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother, 

Wc  have  ended   the  Confeffion  of  Faith   for   the 

Hiatter,  and  have  pcrfet^ted  tlie  moft  half  of  iis  nineteen 
chapters.  The  otber  leventcen,  I  hope,  in  a  ten  or  twelve 
days  will  be  perfected,  and  lo  all  be  lent  up  to  the  llouf'es. 
It  will  be,  1  hope,  a  veiy  i'weet  and  orthodox  piece,  much 
better  than  any  Confeffion  yet  extant,  if  the  Houl'e  of 
Commons  mangle  it  not  to  us.  We  aie  now  upon  the 
Catcchifm.  AVe  hope  that  alio  (liall  be  a  very  good  ami 
plain  piece.  We  are  now  at  work,  thanks  to  God,  in 
carnclt  miich  more  than  ever.  If  the  race  hold,  I  trufl 
this  alfo  in  a  month  Hiall  be  over,  and  then  Wr  Rutlier- 
ford  and  I  will  fupplicate  tlie  commulion  for  a  clemilhon. 
Mr  Gillefpie  will  be  abund:mce  to  attend  t'lc  queries.  It 
will  be  a  great  quellion  when  you  {hall  think  meet  to  call 
a  general  allembly.  We  yet  know  not  what  to  ad\ife.  It 
will  be  nccefiary  to  have  the  Confefiion  and  Catjchlfm  ap- 
proven  in  a  general  allembly,  as  the  Directory  was ;  but. 
we  fear  the  condition  of  your  all'iirs  at  this  tim.e,  will 
fcarcc  permit  you  tg  hazard  to  call  or»c.  Always  be 
,  ijiinkinc 


■^L  I'^j'vn 


:'v'.      .;'c\i:!i':'  U--v»QL^\i!   ^t'.ioi 


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Let.  i5i.  %  Mr  Dav'ul  t)'ichfon.  ^4^-  '% 

thinking  on  ihls ;  for  it  will  be  a  great  deliberandum 
fliortly.  To-morrow,  the  lioufL' of  Conimons  debate  the 
ordinance  agninfc  hercfics   and   blafphemics  ;  we   are  very  \ 

folicitous  for  it.  The  orthodox  and  hctei-odox  party  will 
yoke  about  it  with  all  their  flrcngth,  the  Lord  be  amontr 
them  i  for  the  i-ight  or  wrong  carrying  of  that  bufinefs  is 
of  a  huge  confcqucncc,  and  nothing  beyond  It  but  ano- 
ther cjucilion  which  this  djy  is  ha--\dlcd,  How  to  difpofc 
of  the  King's  pcribn  ?  Ci-cat  need  had  you  there,  as  in 
my  laft  I  warned  you,  to  lee  to  the  cledion  of  commif- 
^oners  to  the  i^arlian-.cnt,  botli  in  the  burghs  and  iLires. 
If  that  choice  fall  wrong,  .Scotland  is  in  haxard  to  be 
ruined.  It  is  like  you  may  {cc  the  P.larc^uis  of  Argylc 
jfliortly.  The  Ijord  help  him  out  of  his  trouble;  his 
enemies  arc  niany,  and  friends  for  any  purpofe  but  few  j 
yet  God  is  not  dead.  My  fervice  to  Margaret,  Mr  John, 
and  all  the  rell.     I  rcfl, 


Your  Brother, 


PtOBERT  Baillh:. 


162.   For  I^Ir  Spang.     OUohcr  2.  1646. 

Dear  Coiifm, 

These  three  or  foiu-  pofi:s  I  did  not  write  to  you,  part- 
iy  through  lazinefs,  and  partly  upon  expeclatioji  of  far- 
ther and  better  matter;  and  now,  when  tlicre  is  no  better 
purpofe,  I  am  fomewhat  alfo  diverted  :  yet  left  I  be  too 
long  in  your  debt,  I  mult  write  fomewhat.  I  was  minded 
to  have  certified  you  in  fomc  miftakes  of  your  former  let- 
ter;  but  it  is  novv' fallen  by,  and  I  cannot  fmd  it.  The 
falfe  reports  which  v/cnt  here  of  Mr  Hendcrfon,  are,  X 
fee,  alfo  come  to  your  hand.  Believe  me,  for  I  have  it 
Under  his  own  hand  a  litde  before  his  death,  that  he  was 
utterly  difpleafed  with  the  King's  ways,  and  ever  the  long- 
er the  more  ;  and  v/hoever  fay  otherwife,  I  know  they 
fpcak  falfe.  That  man  died  as  he  lived,  in  great  modclfy, 
piety,  and  falili. 

Matters  in  Glafgow  go  not  well.  TJy  advice,  which  oft 
I  fent  with  intreatics,  was  never  followed;  but  as  yet  I 
think  the  reful'ers,  though  they  did  not  well,  yet  coi^'imit- 
ted  no  great  fault,  all  things  well  conlldered.  The  for- 
mer mai>iftraies  were  more  obAlnafely  oppofitc  to  every 
thing  which  our  gracious  brethren  did  propoie,  for  the 
1  furthenuKC 


i,i,:JA''.1  r^rMnd 


r      i-..T.'^* 


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Let.  162.  For  Mr  Spang.  233 

furtherance  of  pkty  in  that  town,  than  I  ever  did  fee  any 
where  eifc.     When  then-  tapituLuion   with   Montroic   pur 
them  in  the  reverence  of  the   ihite,  and  the  committee  of 
padiamcnt  found  it  expedient  to  remove  all  v/ho  had  con- 
sented to  that  capltulaiion,  I  thought  it  had  been  better  to 
h?vc  removed  from   the  magiUracy,  fefllon,  and  council, 
rather  fome  than    all ;    and   if  they   hid  been  fo  ftna,  it 
feemed  juft  to  have  dealt  fo   in    Linliihgov.-,  Irvme,   Ayr, 
St  Andrew's,  efpecially  Edinburgh,    whofe   fatdt,    m   my 
judc^emeni,  was  much  greater  th.m  Glaigow's,     But  Imce 
the'ftate  took  that  courfe,  1  tliought   it   no   fault    m   our 
brethren  to  luggeft  t!ie  names  of  thefe  whom  they  coimted 
moft  ferviceabre  to  God   and   the   publick,  and  to  counte- 
nance them  in  the  dilcharge   of  their  office.     That  which, 
exceedingly  augmented  the  malccontent.vent  of  thatpeonte, 
was  the  great  bin-dens.  They  were  prelTed  by  a  great  garnion, 
and  the  making  of  a  very  extenlive  and  unproliiab.e  ditcli 
throuph  their  lands  and  yards  \  but   in   this    our  brethren 
]iad  no  hand  to  count  of.     Tiie  chaUenges  that    came   orx 
the  Principal,   Mr  Edward,  and  iMr  William  Wihzie,  and 
others,  they  proctu'ed  them  theml'elves.      fhere   was  great 
reafon  to  defirc    Mr  Edward   to    be   tranfported.     I  dealt  . 
what  I  could  to  llop  all  proceeding  againft  the  other  two  ; 
and  hopes,  bv  our   brotherly  means,    to  obtam   it.     But 
their  lail  bickeriug  is  like  to    be  worft  ;    James  Bell  en- 
deavouring to  have   the    former  magiilrates   and   council 
ioined  with  the  prefcnt  in  the  new   election;    as   indeed   I 
could  not  much  blame  him  to  defire  it,  confidermg  the  ge- 
neral courfe  wliich  the  Hate   took    with    all   other   burghs 
and  fliires.     I  remember  1  advifed  J^dr  David   halt    a   year 
a^o  to  take  the  very  fame  courfe  -,  for  without  ii  I  law   no 
'  way  of  peace ;  and  had  it  come  from  him,  it  would  have, 
in  mymh^d,  done  well.     But  James  Bell  would 
it  too  much,  and  would  have  added  to  the    prelent    coun- 
cil, not  only  the  old,  but  alfo  all  living  who  had  ever  beea 
deacons   of  crafcs.     This  put  it  in  his  hand  to  c  ilt  out  all 
the  prefent  magillrates  and  council,  and   lo    was  ealily  got 
ranvcrfed,  aiurihat  whole  matter  referred  to  the  next  lei- 
fion  of  parliament,  where  I  wiih  it  may  be  determined  to 
the  good  of  all. 

We  were  Ivere  in  a  good  way,  and  very  great  hopes,   to 

Itave  clofed  all  quickly  and  well  •,   but  we  are  now  fallen  nx 

a  very  rreat  cloud,  and  fc.ir.     I   pray   God  bring  us    laic 

or.t  of  k.     Wliea  the  King's  unhappy  aufsvcr  to  the  coiu- 

YoL.  U.  ^  S  miUioncrs 


C'l: 


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234 


For  Mr  Spang. 


Let.  162. 


miiTIoncrs  of  botli  pnrliamcins  t'itl  come  hitlier,  it  was  our 
[^i-CiU  care  to  divert  iliis  parlianuMit  from  all  delibt^ration  a- 
bont  the  Iving  till  he  had  yet  ibnK  more  time  of  advice. 
"We  call  in  tlie  debate  of  our  army's  return,  and  render- 
ing   tlic   garrifons.      With   much    labour  we   got  t])at  to  a. 

'  gocid  jyjiiit,  to  the  contentment  of  all.  We  got  tlie  par- 
lianu'iu  to  put  the  aiiembly  fo   to  it,    tliat   we    cxpeftcd   a 

'  quick  end  both  of  our  Confciiion  aiid  Catecliiln.i.  All 
our  fear  was  of  a  too  great  compliance  of  Duke  Hamilton 
and  his  fi  icncls  with  ilie  King,  of  which  there  Avas  loo 
pregmnit  appeaiance  ;  vet  that  iear  provetl  groundlefs: 
for  all  ihele  nun  h  ;vc  concuned  as  ciilelually  10  prcfs  the 
King  to  take  the  prop'Oliiion.s  as  we  coidd  have  wilhtd  j 
though,  in  the  cani:;gc  of  it,  they  conuuitlcd  three  or 
four  flips  of  vei  y  grols  imprudence  very  necdlelsly,   wherc- 

,  by  they  oiiendcd  a  little  both  the  King  and  the  church, 
and  the  coiuitry  and  this  people.  Lut  in  lubftance  they 
have  hitherto,  to  the  acknowledgement  of  all,  done  and 
fpoken  honellly  enonch.  Vv'hen  thus  all  Avas  running 
\veil,  behold  fuddenly  many  crofs  accidents.  We  had  la- 
boured miuh,  and  were  in  full  conlidence  to  have  Alder- 
man I.angham  Lord  iMayor  of  London  •,  but,  by  the  run- 
ning of  fome.  Gayer  is  tlie  man,  a  gi-eater  malignant  than 
feflary  ;  \Qt  many  ho]")e  well  of  him.  The  ailoubly  obli- 
ged themfekvcs  by  piomife  to  fit  before  and  after  noon  for 
iomc  time  •>  but  r.owy  thinking  they  liaAe  iatisned  the 
Houfes,  by  fending  up  the  half  of  the  Confeflion,  tlie 
firft  nineteen,  head?,  they  arc  lelapfed  into  their  former 
negligence.  i',o  we  will  be  able  fev/  da)s  in  a  week  to  make 
an  alkembly  •,  for  if  tliere  !-e  one  fewer  th  in  forty,  it  is  \^o 
meeting;  and  tiujU'di  the  reft  of  the  lieads  be  alfo  'pafr, 
yet,  in  the  review,  the  alteration  oi  words,  and  the  me- 
thcdifjng,  take  up  fo  uutch  iiivie,  that  v.e  know  not  when 
we  fnall  end.  Iklides  that  wc  iiave  iomc  additionals,  e- 
fpecially  one  propoliiion,  about  l>berty  ot  confcience, 
tvherein  the  Lu.Iependenis  olTer  to  keep  us  long  ami  tougii 
debates  •,  for  long  ago  tb.ey  have  laid  iluun  in  tins  tlieir 
maih,  and  plead  for  a  liberty  well  :iear  univerial.  Our 
long  labours  tm  the  pfalms,  when  ready  to  be  put  in  prac- 
tice, arc  like,  hv  a  fae^ion,  to  be  altog,ethcr  Uified.  Th..y 
uill  have  a  IiIktiv  to  take  what  pf liter  tb.ey  will.  Tlie  un- 
expected dealli  of  ilie  bra\e  E;irl  of  Llllx  has  v/oun.ded  u^ 
Exceedingly.  Pie  v,as  the  head  of  our  party  here,  I'-ept  all 
■  (o'.'C'-hc)-,  v.h'J  now  wv:  lik;  by  that  alouc  to  fall  in  pieces. 

iho 


Let.  i<^2.      ■  For  Mr  Spang.  '         23^ 

The  Iloufl'  of  Lord:  abfolmcly,  the  city  very  much,  and 
VC17  many  of  the  lliircs,  depended  on  huii ;  but  that 
which  vexes  us  mod  is,  that  the  King  is  fo  unhappy  that 
)k  will  do  notliing  till  he  have  luidone  himfeil-  and  us. 
Had  he  but  granted  the  fubrtance  of  the  propofitions,  we 
would  have  guided  it  well  enough  ;  but  his  hopes  of  our 
divifions,  and  cxpc^lation  from  Fi-ance,  puts  him  further 
olTthan  ever.  In  Oxford  he  was  willing  to  liave  taken  all 
the  propohtions ;  alfo  he  gave  comirnfiion  to  Ormond  to 
pafs  thefe  horrible  jM-opoIitions  of  peace  with  Ireland  :  fo 
no  man  thinks  his  deni;ii  of  our  delires  is  either  of  con- 
fcicncc  or  lionour.  'I  his  puts  us  to  di'.licuhies  inextrica- 
ble. Thev  have  pafied  a  vote  of  difpofmg  tbe  King's  per- 
fon  as  their  tv/o  lloufcs  Ihall  think  fit,  Avithout  any  refe- 
rence to  us.  AVe  prefs,  by  many  unanfwerable  reafons, 
our  joint  intereft.  'i'liey  deny  it.  It  is  like  wc  may  join 
in  advifmg,  and  get  the  quertion  of  power  laid  alidc  ;  but 
when  we  come  to  advife,  v.e  Icnow  not  wlru  to  lay.  AVe 
expect  one  of  tb.efe  days  William  Murray  with  tlie  Iving's 
laft  anfwers.  We  arc  cert:un  they  will  not  fatisfy.  i'heir 
courfe  thereafter  with  the  lllng  v/ill  be  more  furamar  thau 
we  readily  can  join  in  peace.  AVe  {cc  an  inundation  of  e- 
vils ;  except  the  great  God  arife  we  are  undone.  Tliele 
things  were  the  iubjca  of  yelferday's  full  debate  betwixt 
the  tv^o  Iloufes  and  oiu'  commiilioners.  AVe  expected 
L.  200,000  to  have  been  put  in  our  army's  hand  within  a 
fortnight,  and  the  f^rctarian  army  diiLanded,  and  that  par- 
ty humbled,  government  prefently  fet  up,  the  ordinance 
'againft  kS:s  and  hereUes  that  now  is  in  de'-)ate  to  pais,  and 
be  execute  ;  but  the  King's  obflinacy  is  like  to  mar  all. 
And  having  done  all  we  can,  we  know  not  what  to  do 
v.-ith  him  next,  'i  he  good  Chancellor  is  diltempered  with 
grief,   and  1  with  liim    alfo,   and   oi]\ers  of  us-,    God  help 

us.     AVhen  we  ret  better  ik'ws   ve    ihall  ;'ct  part;    for  the 
'■^  .     ,    •'  '-','■_,  11'' 

Ume  1  am  not  well  neither  in  Dody  or  inind.     I'arcwell. 

163.  For  Mr  George  Ycmig.     03ch:r  13.  1646. 

George, 

Things  here  are  la  a  marvellous  ambiguity  betwixt 


creat  hope  and  imminent  defpair.     The  King,  by  the  con 

fpiracy  of  all  about  hini,   without  the  exception  of  one,    is 

driven  to  his  particular  aniwer   of  the  pvopolltions.     It  u' 

G  g  2  ycllerday, 


>      ■•  :m1     ..;     '/   ■.  r. 


■s:) 


:Al 


(;jv.'f  ••,  ?;■■  ''!>7T).fn  /:  :  ' 


23'^  ^or  Mr  CcQrge  Toimg.  Let.  i6^. 

yefterday,  as  we  expert,  fcnt  from  Ne\vc^alc  hither  by 
William  IMurray.  Dy  many  an  exprds,  by  three  or  four 
even  Hnre  Argyle  went  from  n?,  we  have  given  fair  warn- 
ing of  the  mifchicf  which  every  day  evidently  draws  near, 
and  have  been  importunately  begging  tlic  grant  of  the  pro* 
pofitions,  as  that  which  alone  is  divertivc  of  ruin  •,  but  wc 
have  to  do  wkh  the  mod  carclcfs  ami  iil-advifed  perfon  ia 
the  world.  The  evil  party  here  is  driving  on  their  defi?ii 
to  prolligate  monarchy  every  d  ly  by  the  King's  hand  mo'i-e 
than  any  other.  The  unrcafonable  vote  of  difponncr  of 
the  King's  perfon  as  their  two  Houfes  of  Parliament  think 
meet,  without  the  lead  reference  to  Scotland,  thcv  fllll 
adhere  to.  In  tliree  folenm  meetings,  t!ie  Chancellor, 
WariRon,  and  Lauderdale,  did  fo  ouircafon  them,  that 
2II  the  hundreds  of  hearers  did  grope  thv.ir  infolent  abfur- 
dities;  but  for  no  other  purpofe,  than  to  drav/  from  thera 
another  very  unexpedcd  vote,  of  keeping  up  the  army 
for  hx  months  more.  The  keys,  tlic  Avo"-d,  and  money, 
and  prcfermenis,  in  the  liands  of  the  fectaries.  AVith 
much  ado  have  we  kept  tlic  report  of  ihefe  three  conferen- 
ces from  the  llouies,  to  be  made  in  four  or  five  Uieets,  on 
•  rhurfday,  by  ourfelves.  The  King's  anfwer  cannot  be  here 
till  Tvionday.  Ln  the  mean  time  thev  arc  fo  pcremptor, 
that  they  may  pals  a  vote,  declaring  the  Kir.g,  for  no  fcant 
of  faults,  incapable  to  govern  while  he  lives  W  ihls  nail 
be  once  rooved,  we  with  our  teeth  will  never  get  it  draAvn. 
If  we  get  it  delayed  a  few  days,  till  the  auAver  come,  it  is 
well ;  but  when  that  much-expecled  anfwcr  comes,  if  it 
be  not  fatisfadory,  as  wc  are  extremely  afraid  for  it,  then, 
byall  appearance,  this  people,  without  more  del  ly,  will 
Itruce  the  fatal  flroke ;  the  tonfe(;uences  whereof  I  am 
ott  troubled  to  tiiink  upon.  l{  the  anfwer  were  fatlsfac- 
tory  as  lome  hope  there  is  that  at  lealf  in  time  it  may  be 
io^,  if  the  patience  of  this  people,  by  all  diligence  we  can 
Kie,  may  be  kept  but  for  a  few  weeks  unbroken,  all  would 
go  vrell. 

For  matters  of  religion,  albeit  for  the  time  in  an  ex- 
treme ill  pofture,  yet  ;u-e  in  a  cafe  of  thriving,  if  the  ac- 
commodating of  the  Kino  did  permit  men  buT  to  draw  up 
incir  fainting  ipn-its.  The  fear  of  that  mifcarriaoe  lets  no 
man  mmd  any  thing  die.  London  and  J.ancaliiire  -ocs 
on  with  the  prell)yterles  and  fellions  fait  lafumici'v.  .Sun- 
dry cnr.er  ihires  are  making  to;  br.t  all  the  error's  of  the 
^^oria  arc  ragmg  over  ail  the   kingdom.     Cod  fave  Scot- 

•  land 


,.Tj.iT 


//■:t 


•:    .>d.t    :l      .11 


.'A;   !i;. 


\  r^et.  163,  For  Mr  George  Tcimg.  237 

\ 

\  land  from  that  peft  !     In   the  ordinance   againlt  that  evil 

I  there  is  fomc  little  progrefs  made.     To-morrow,  by  God's 

f  help,  we  expect  a  farther.     Our  aflembly  for   one  twenty 

I  days  ported  hard  ;    but  fmcc   have  got   into   its  old  pace. 

(*  The  firft  half,  and  more,  of  the  Confefilon,   we   fcnt  up 

I  to  the  Houfe.     The  end   of  thcfe   who  called  for  it,  was 

\  the    fliullling    out   the   ordinance   agalnft  errors  ;   yet  oui- 

\  friends  have  carried  to  go  on  with  tbat.     But  others   have 

\  carried  the  putting  of  fcripiurcs  to  the  margin  of  the  Con- 

\  feffion,  which  may  prove  a  very  long  bufmefs,  if  not  dex- 

(  troufly  managed.     It  will  be  yet  a  fortnight  before  the   o- 

\  ther  half  of  it  be  ready  ;  for  lundry  necelfar,  but  fcabrous 

propofitions,  were  added  in  the  review.     AVe   have  paiTcd 
I  near  a  quarter  of  the  Catechifm  \  but  ve  will  not   in   ear- 

1  nefl  win  to  it  till  the  Confeilion   be   oil'  o\u-   hand.     I  am 

'  near  ready  to  fpcah  a  word  with  the    Anabaptlifs.     I  dare 

fay,  too  much  eafe  has  not  been   hitherto    in    me   or   my 
colleague's  difcale.     If  any  there  defire  any  of  our  books, 
pny  of  our  mercbants  may  fend   to   James  Parlane   for  lo 
many  as  they  think  they  will  f>.ll ;  for  inc,   I  v^'ill  not  med- 
dle into  it.     My  heart   is   at    home    long  ago.     The  Lord, 
knows,  I  am  praying  to  God,  and   waiting   for  a  door  o- 
pened  to  return,  which  fhortly  I  exi)ect.     This  mull;  fervc 
you  and  your  two  neighbours.     Tell  Mr  David  his  book  is 
now  felling,  and   in   a   good  way   of  otfgoing.     The  half 
flieet  of  the   very  encouraging   Elogia   of   the  prolocutor 
licrle,  and  the  allelTor  Palmer,    and  of  us  three,  he  Ihall 
receive   with   the   next.     Copies   of   v.'hat  we  have  done  I 
may  not  fend  down  •,  yet  I  ihall  do  my  befl  to  have  a  copy 
of  the  Confeffion  at  you  fo  foon  as  it  is  clofed,  if  ye   give 
me  aflurance  of  keeping   it  among  yourl'elvcs  three.     For 
buying  of  books,  I  delire  to  fuperfede  till  you  fee  to  whom 
thefe  Ihall  belonp-  you  have  already.     I  have  faid  fo  much, 
that  I  think  I  ought  to  lay  no   more   to   you  three   m  tne 
behalf  of  Mr  Wilhie.     1  were  inexcufably  lenfeiefs  if  I  put 
any  doubt,  that  whatever  comes   on   him   by   occahon   of 
thefe  lettei'S,  I,  and  I  only,   were  the  occalion  of  it ;  and 
I  am  furc  all  three  of  you,    before    the   incident  of  thele 
letters,  allured  nie  fimdry  times  he  was  in  no    hazard.     If 
I  liave  any  power  with  any  of  yon,    be    intreated   now   at 
lafi:  to  end   tliat   very  great  vexation  of  my  mind,  and  let 
mc  hear  that  ye  have  lettled  him  peaceably  in  his  miniftry. 
Whatever  conditions  you   require   of  him,    I   will  citlier 
make  them  good,  or  alfure  you  to  concur  to  punilli  the 

breacli 


■  .:.i 


23^  ^^''  ^^''  Ccorgc  Toung.  Let.  16''. 

breach  of  them.     If  in  this  you  be  rigid,  I  cannot  but  be  \ 

more  grieved  tlian  1  v.ill  exprcfs.      What  great  din  is  in  all  ; 

our  univerfitics  and  a;T.Mnbiies    upon    the    Principal's   die-  \ 

tales  !  to  this  day  1  could  never  Iiear  the  true  grounds  of  it. 
1  am  fure  none  of  you  can  have  a  thought  of  remoxinp- 
that  man  from  his  place,  except  ye  know  much  moie  of 
him  than  we  v>^ont  Not  any  here  has  any  fucli  mind. 
Ding  his  buiincfs  de.id  fo  Toon  as  ye  are  able.  Some  of 
the  chid"  llicklers  llv.ruin  are  in  great  hazard  of  drawiuT 
themfelves  lo  them  ;  ior  thei-e  be  evil  furmiles  on  them. 
However,  it  is  a  thing  I  carmot  digell  wiih  paricnrc,  to 
fee  the  preparative  led  to  biing  all  profcdors  didatcs  i/i 
■prima  iiijs.uiim  to  a  general  aficmbly,  and  the  reil  of  the 
unlverfuies.  This  is  a  way  to  keep  the  church  and  fchool;-; 
of  Scotland  in  a  perpetu.d  unquietnefs.  Is  the  Pjincip:;! 
of  that  humour,    to  teach  any  thing  which,  upon  his  col-  ■ 

leagues  firft  admonition,  he  is  not  content  to  keep  to  liim-  ; 

felf?     For  will  the  moft  rigorous  jullice    call   him  to  any  i 

cenfure  ?     No  man  the  other   day  in   the   aillmbly,  when  ] 

this  cafe  was  on  the  table,  did  olfer  to  contradict  if,  fo  it  I 

is  paffcd  in  the    Conlcilion    of   F.iith.      I  think,   if  i   were  ^ 

one  hour  among  you,  I  could,   by  God's  help,  make   you  ; 

all  good  friejids.      Believe  it,   1  muft   and  v.'ill  have   it   fo  ;  '. 

or  elfe  you  muft  p.ardon  me  fomc  time   in    fccrct    to   weep  ; 

luy  fill,  but  never  to  leave  off  to  do  my  owpi  part  to  my 
power,  and  to  fcrve  you  all  as  God  Ih.ali  enable  me.  ]f 
God  will  make  us  fo  hapjiy  as  to  get  the  unhappy  King 
and  the  parliament  atoned,  be  ailured  I  will  fend  a  com- 
man.d  to  you  three  to  bring,  by  God's  blcfling,  that  poor 
town  and  college  to  a  better   harmony,    wlicrcof   I   would  i 

defire,  when  )  ou  had  the  happinefs  to  ju.ike  it  to  have  the 
good  hap  to  be  its  lequelter.  The  J^ord  be  with  you,  and 
make  my  next  to  you  fo  comfortable  as  my  hopes,  wifhes, 
or  more  than  my  fears,   prefage.     However,  1  reft  jull  as  j 

\\'h,cn  I  left  you,  without  any  change,  j 

Your  very  loving  Brother,  -  \ 

PiODERT  J3AILLIE.  -    ,       '      i' 


POSTSCRIPT. 

Dunkirk  is  in  the  hand  of  the  Prcncli  at  a  very  cheap 
rate.  J.erida  they  Ihortly  e\pc(^t.  The  Pope,  for  fear 
of  them,    has  given  the  13arbarius   ail   their  will.     The 

Emperor 


■h  i^i'l  i 


Hi  , . 


:ji\  i       ■  i- 


1    1  .'  i:  ■^■\ 


■'     'i     )     I, 


■  J      1 


f^rJ-, 


}'><;t.  163*  Fcr  Mr  George  Yciing.  j.^c^ 

Emperor  offers  to  France  fo  much  of  Germany  as  they 
crave,  and  almotl  to  the  Swedes  alfo.  The  Hollanders 
are  very  near  agreed  with  Spuiu.  The  Venetian  is  on  tlie 
point  of  fubmilllou  to  tin;  Turk.  All  the  world  is  on  a- 
erecance,  and  miferable  we  are  like  to  begin  a  new  war; 
but  1  hope  God  will  prevent  it.  Orniond's  three  honoiu'- 
ablc  mellengers  are  here  with  his  fubaiiihon. 

164.  To  Mr  Ddvid  Duhfon.     Gciohcr  27.    1646. 

Reverend  and  Heloved  Brother, 
By  my  laft  to  Islr  Gcor[;c  and  you,  I  flicwed  liow  thingo 
went  here,  iSince,  there  is  no  change.  My  Lord  AVari- 
fton  v.'ill  iatorni  you  fidly  how  all  goes.  Before  he  went, 
I  dealt  v/ith  hiai,  and  obtained  his  proniifc,  nut  only  to 
move,  but  to  obtain  from  the  conimilhon  of  the  church, 
a  permiilion  for  me  and  Tvlr  Samuel  to  return.  For  this 
end  alfo  I  moved  my  colleagues  to  write  to  the  commifiloii 
this  inclofed  letter.  1  intreat  you,  and  IMr  Samuel  inti'cats 
yoti  alfo  by  me,  to  concur  v.-ith  my  Lord  Warifton  for  the 
obtaining  of  our  dchre.  He  writes  to  INIr  Robert  Blair 
and  Mr  James  AVood  ior  this  fame  end.  It  is  true,  I  con- 
ceive it  very  necefHu-y,  that  fome  of  us  would  ftay  till  our 
work  were  nearer  an  end  •,  but  truly,  both  Mr  Samuel 
and  I  are  fo  over\s'earied,  that  piiy  will  plead  for  a  dinrlf- 
fion  to  us -,  and  we  Ao  think,  jince  matters  are  like  to 
draw  there  lb  extremely  long,  that  it  will  be  enough  for 
one  to  wait  on  :  and  however  Mr  Gillefpie  v.'ould  be  as 
gladly  loofed  as  any  of  us,  yet  if  any  ftay,  without  all  qne- 
ftion,  all  things  well  conlidered,  he  is  the  meetell:  of  the 
three.  Ihit  the  commiflion  poflibly  will  le;i.ve  to  otuielves 
which  of  the  three  Ihall  be  left ;  only  1  pray  you  to  prefs 
a  dimiHion  for  two.  We  have  been  above  three  years  ab- 
lent  Irom  our  charges,  and  the  aiFembly  proceeds  fo  lan- 
guidly, that  we  were  more  prijfitable  at  home.  Mr  llu- 
theriord's  large  piece  againll  the  Antinoinians  will  in  a 
few  days  come  abroad  \  and  mine,  againft  the  Anabapulls, 
I  hope  to  have  out  beftu-e  the  aflembiy  end  the  Confelliun  j 
for  that  long  I  pur[)o!e  to  llay,  thou.gh  my  pernnilion  to 
go  were  come,  Tlie  peace  of  the  kingdoms  is  Uiil  in  a 
great  uncertainty.  Wc  fear  every  other  diy,  that  the 
Houfes  impatience  of  the  King's  inlinite  delays  break  ofl"  in 
a  fury  againft  him,  and  theu  that  he  be  brought  to   con- 

fent 


246  r^  Mr  bavi^  Did/on,  Ut.  ^64: 

fbnt  to  allbut  to  no  purpofc,  unlcfs  to  engage  our  poor 
kingdom  in  his  qunrrcl,  for  the  joining  of  om-  ruin  to  hT. 
own       It  ;s  alio  .vhifpered,  that  L  is  coming  off  to  ^r  "n 

^Vti;T]  =  k"ttr"^'r""^  ''';'  church-government; and 
thatitisJiU  the  parhamcnt  here  ^vill  clofc  with  him  in 
thae  terms,  wuhout  much  regard  to  our  complaints  anS 
anifeontentment  tins  way.  Alio  the  King  and  they  do  us 
great  wrong.  Alfo  there  ariies  ib  many^lifilculties  in  i" 
curing  the  cty  for  their  money,  that  before  it  can  he  pxo- 
v.ded,  there  ,sg.eat  fears  the  country  ihall   break   ou     L 

ftm  in  '  T       T^"^'  .  ^'  ^^''^'^  ^^-  ^"-1  ^°  keep  us 
ihll  m  great  perplexities  and  dangers.     I   wiih,    if  bv  anv 

njeans  you  can,  you  might  rettle%he   dilTeren«s    of   that 

own  among  yourfelvesj  elfe  the  condition  of  the  publick 

Wevcr  K  go,  is  like  to  call  upon  the  Rate  to  medjlc't'e 

lu^rd^'-t'Vr:-'^''^  '^   for  your  contentment. 
liinrK       ^^^^'"^^°"^.I  ^^^l^^^e,   will  be  willing  to  labour  di- 

manv      R%        ,  '?  f'"*''  ^^  >'"^^^'  "^"^^'^^T  -'s  ilopt  towards 

tere  T  it'-  I  "'         ?^''   T'^  "'^  '^^'^'>'^  ^«  ^"^  ^^^^  5t  ;   an! 
help  you.      '  ■''"'       '""^^^  ''^  ^"^''^  ^''^^>  ^^"  "^y  ^'^  ^« 

^  ^(^S-  '^omy  Lordirarijlon.     Oc^rJer  2y.  1646. 

My  Lord, 
'Thesf  are  only  to  hold  you  in  mind  of  our  mcmoran-^ 
dum    and  ymn- promife.     William  Murray  his   difpatch, 

Iv  ha  off  r         "V  'r'!^'y  -^^--S,   has  put  our   fand- 
ly-faft   oft  from    Wcdneiday,   as   your  journey   did   fron. 

n^     l^r^^'^7\^''^''^'^'  and  Saturday,  the   com- 
ZXV       ^^""'''^'f'''   o^thciecond   ordinance   for 

r.ZT'f  ;•  7/1'^  '  ^^'  ^'^7  "'■'  ^'^'  ^"  ^°  ^^^2  it,  that  it  will 
not  be  fatisfaaory,  and  fo   we  fear   the   rcaarding  of  our 

money      If  the  King  grant  latisfaftion    to   all  the  propoii- 

acc^-nr    M     ^-'''^'^'^^'^"""^^    '^''   covenant,  and  th.lt  bo 
acep.dbyh.spcop.e,   as   fome  whifper   it   will   be,  then 

w  thn    '  ""^^^'^^^^"  ingratitude  to  God  and  us  will  not  pais 

ft     e  to  .'/        ''r^''  '^^"^^^'^  '''  ^''  "^^  i"  ^  preientVo. 

I  o  r.n  .         u      ^  ?''  ^"  ^'' ^''^^'-'^^  ^^^"^•^•*^y  ^"V  free  paper; 

h    Chan   V^'   '"^  ^"■'^^"''^■^  ^"  '"'^^^  '^-      ^^"'  VOU   pcnni; 
the  Chancellor   to  b.  called  for  before  your  return,  re- 

folvc 


.•V  .->n 


Let.  J 6^.  To  my  Lord  JVari/lo}?.  241 

folve  to  CKtinguiili  this  commillioa.  IF  God  help  Wiil'am 
Murray  to  draw  from  the  King,  at  lail,  a  faiisfadtory  an- 
fwer,  1  willi  my  Lord  Argylc  and  yo  would  conic  along 
with  ir.     Farewell. 

Your  JNIafter  and  Servant, 

RODERT    BaILLIF.. 


166.  To .     [This  letter  is,  I fuppofc,  for  Mr  Ro- 

bcrt  Blair. 1,.      Ac;i^cv;j/vr  3.  i6j6.  ^  .   -1 

Ptcverend  and  Dear  Broth.cr,  .  • 

Knowing  your  tronblcibme  and  fafliious  employment 
there,  I  will  not  trouble  you  much  with  my  letters,  only 
at  this  time  apprehending  our  affairs  to  be  drawing  near 
fonie  clofe,  I  have  thought  meet  to  acquaint  you  with 
fome  of  my  thoughts.  Since  Mr  Murray's  departure,  I 
have  learned  tlvat  the  Houfe  of  Commons  have  given  the 
covenant  to  a  committee  to  be  put  in  an  ordinance  ;  that 
the  ordinance  is  drawn,  and  ready  to  be  prel'ented  to  the 
Houfes  at  the  firfl  opportunity  ;  alfo  that  fome  of  the 
prime  aldermen,  and  of  the  moft  leading  both  of  the  com- 
mon council  and  minlilers  of  the  city,  have  been  with  me, 
and  told  me,  that,  as  fome  of  them  exprelled  it,  they  v.dll 
be  ready  to  fpend  the  laft  drop  of  their  blood  in  his  Ma- 
jcfby's  fervice,  if  he  will  take  the  propofuions  ;  but  if  the 
covenant  be  not  at  IcifL  approved  as  an  act  of  parliament 
and  law,  let  aU  other  propofitions  be  taken,  and  both  the 
Houfes  agree  v.-ith  him  as  they  pleafe,  the  hearts  of  the 
city  he  would  never  get  v/hile  he  lived. 

I  hear  alio,  that  not  only  the  chief  of  the  fe(fl.iriaa 
party,  but  fome  others  feein  in  private  to  give  their  rjadi- 
nefs  to  welcome  the  King,  if  tlie  other  propofitions  be 
granted,  though  tjic  covenant  be  fliihed.  The  fectariaa 
party,  and  divers  others  who  profeis  moil  to  oppofe  them> 
ieem  to  be  in  a  way  near  a  difi)orition  to  admit,  unani- 
moufly  enotigh,  of  a  cliarge  aj>ainlf  the  King's  perfon^ 
Avjiich  they  fay  is  in  r.-adinel's,  and  that  the  great  Itop  to  tiiis, 
all  lear  from  the  Scots  aiid  the  city  will  be  removed.  If 
they  find  that  the  Kie.g  in  his  a.nfw-r  give  not  tpaiek  and 
ful:  fatisfas^iion  in  the  covenant,  i  re.uiy  believe  tlxj  King 
is  greatly  abul'ed  if  he  dceam  that  either  the  Scots  or  ilic 
city  will  make  any  conliderablc  oppoiitiou  to  ui:iy  courfe 
VuL.  11.  H  h  .  tU^ 


r;i-     :r,'    -I, 


514^  Siippofcdfor  Mr  Robert  Blair,         Let.  i6o, 

the  pnrlLimcnt  fliall  be  pleafcd  to  take  with  his  pcrfon,  if 
there  bo  nny  more  hefitatioiis  in  cftablifliing  that  covenant. 

It  is  to  nic  marvellous,  that  no  experience,  how  dear 
or  frequent  foevcr,  will  learn  his  Majefty  that  one  point 
of  prudence,  to  do  in  lime  for  his  great  advantage,  what 
he  niuH:  and  v/ill  do  ere  long,  without  any  thanks,  and 
that  with  a  great  addition.  TJxe  covenant  now  will  do  all 
his  bufinefs.  Will  he  fcruple  it  till  the  ordinance  pafs, 
the  next  debate  will  be  about  his  negative  voice  in  the  parr 
liamcnt ;  and  very  readily  that  fliall  be  put  in  an  ordinance  ; 
and  without  it  alic)  there  Ihall  be  no  admittance  of  him,  or 
any  of  his,  to  the  throne. 

To  many  here  it  Teems  a  great  mcafure  of  Imprudence, 
and  (as  fome  call  it)  induration  and  dementation,  to  be 
content  tliat  the  parliament  here  Ihould  run  out  into  the 
greateft  extremities,  and  to  hope  that  thofe  fliall  be  the 
readiefi  means  to  obtain  to  the  King  all  his  defires  ;  for  I 
verily  think,  that  if  the  parliament  ihall  once  go  on  to  the 
hardcft  courfes  witli  the  King,  upon  his  refufal  to  pafs  the 
covenant,  and  to  do  thefe  duties  which  the  moft  of  the 
good  men  in  both  kingdoms  arc  perfuaded  he  ought  in 
reafon,  he  will  never  get,  either  here  or  in  Scotland, 
any  confulerable  force  for  his  defence. 

We  think  it  is  the  intercll  of  France  to  have  our 
troubles  continue  till  they  do  their  bufinefs  in  Flanders, 
Germany,  Italy,  Spain,  and  where  they  pleafc  ;  and  di- 
vers now  begin  to  think  that  the  Iving  himfelf  means  a 
new  war:  but  if  it  fliould  be  fo,  I  confefs  it  would  be  my 
great  grief  to  fee  him  after  all  his  misfortunes,  in  that 
new  mifery  of  hafteniiig  the  death  and  v/rack  of  many 
thoufands  more  of  his  fubjecls,  for  no  purpofe  but  the  ac- 
compJiihing  of  his  own  ruin. 

Wc  m.i.rvel  that  any  fliould  be  fo  ill-advifcd  as  to  think 
that  Scotland  will  alv/ays  be  ready  to  join  ^viih  the  King 
Y.'henfoevcr  he  pleafes  to  follov/  ilieir  advice.  We  think 
that  a  clear  miilakc  :  when  their  moft  pafllonate  delires 
are  flighted  ever  till  tlie  parliament  of  England  have  made 
their  lalt  declaration,  tliat  then  any  thing  the  King  is  able 
to  do  will  engage  Scotland  tliereauer,  no  wife  man  docs 
expect. 

Colonel  Cromv.'ell  Is  a-coming  from  Holland,  to  be 
C'encral-JMajor  of  the  Englifli  foot.  Sec  if  there  be  great 
appearance  of  diibanding  of  their  army.  The  lail;  ordinanc: 
of  the  bidiops  lands  palt  ycil;rday.     It  is  naw  thought 

;he 


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..^^ 


jL-t.  1 66.         Suppoft'dfor  Mr  Robert  Blur.  243 


\  the  money  for  our  army  v/lU  be   gotten.     The   other  day 

\  orders  were  given  to  lee  to  tlie  palfages  on  the  Trent,  tliat 

I  none  may   go   north   or  come  fouth  but   by  their   army'a 

f  permiflion.     We  fear  Williani   Rfurrav  may  be  catched  ia 

j  his  way.     There  is  a  high  indignity  here,  that   the  King's 

I  refolutions  for  thefc  things  that  concern  the  fafety  botli  of 

i  his  pcrfon  and  kingdoms  Ihould  have  all  this  tinic  {o  evident 

I  a  dependence  from  French  packets. 

I  This  people's  patient  waiting  for  the  King's  hiffc  anfwcr 

r  is  very  near  a  final  period  \  and  all  are  afraid   tliat  one  of 

f  thefe  clays  the  Houfe  of  Commons   doors   be  doled,  and 

;  fome  high  vote  pafs  that  never  lliall  be  recalled.     1  thougliu 

i  meet  you  fliould  know  tliis  much  fj-om  me.     We  are  of- 

'  ten  praying  to  God  for  a  more   counfclhible   heart  to   the 

King  than  yet  we  can  Iiear  he  has  got.     J  Jut  if,  when  all 

is  done,    his   obfvinacy   be   j-emedilcfs,  we   are   preparing 

ourfelvcs  for  mourning  and  fading  for  thefe  tilings  whicli 

feem  unavoidable,  and  at  the  doors.     The  Lord  alllft  you 

in  your  weariefome,  and  as  yet,  I  fear,  comfuiLlefs  em- 

ployment.     I  refl, 

Robert  Baillih. 

Though  all  tliefe  things,  and  many  more,  are  by  many 
hands  polfibly  conveyed  to  the  King  himfelf ;  yet  thefe  tv/o 
or  three  days  I  have  had  an  imj)ulfe  of  mind  to  liave  ac- 
quainted you  from  me  of  the  prefent  mod:  dangerous  con- 
dition of  the  King,  and  of  us  all,  through  his  luiexampled 
obftinacy. 

Again,  I  tell  you,  from  all  I  converfe  with,  the  cove- 
nant is  his  fafety  ;  nothing  lefs  will  do  it ;  and  this  will  do 
it,  by  God's  help,  abundantly. 

There  are  here  four  or  live  juntos,  all  oF  divers,  and 
fomewhat  contrary  cabals  j  but  thefe  who  are  liule  ac- 
quainted with  the  defigns  of  any  of  them,  are  the  greattft, 
ftrongcft,  and  honeileil  party.  V/hatcvcr  they  caufe  to 
be  fuggcfted,  yet  the  body  of  honeft  men,  neither  for 
their,  nor  his  JNIajcily's  pleafure,  will  let  themlclves  be 
long  befooled  ;  but  if  they  lind  their  hopes  deluded,  or 
near  to  ftrike  the  llroke,  which  if  once  they  h.'.d  done,  ail 
the  juntos,  for  their  own  ends,  will  conij^ly,  ;'.nd  leave 
the  King  and  his  family  to  deplore  thefe  lalting  m.iferies 
v^-hich  their  fallc  fup-'eltions  did  much  help  to  bring  o;i. 


H  U  :j  167.  ^p 


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444   .  To  Mr  George  Ydimg.  Let.  167. 


167,  To  Mr  George  Touvg.     December  i.  1646. 


be  above  twenty  days  ere  I  can  take  journey,  for  1  have 
got  cut  a  dozen  of  facet!;  of  my  i\np.bapiifni  from  the 
prefs.  "With  much  ado  ue  liave  gone  through,  at  hfl, 
the  red  of  our  Conftirion,  The  firlf  part  I  fent  to  you 
three  only,  in  l\Ir  David's  letter,  long  ago.  The  whole 
\vill  go  up  to  the  Iloufe  one  of  thefe  days,  and  fo  to  the 
prefs.  It  is  generally  taken  here  for  a  very  gracious  and 
brave  piece  of  work.  We  are  now  on  the  Catechifm,  a 
quarter  of  it  is  pail;  pofilbly  1  may  bring  it  all  or  the  moll 
part  with  me.  The  L.  200,000  was  all  told  on  Friday  lall. 
All  this  day  our  cornmillioncrs  have  been  agreeing  upon 
the  way  of  its  receiving,  and  the  going  oi  our  army. 
Great  Jiafte  will  be  ufcd  upon  all  hands,  no  flop  Is  expect- 
ed. AYe  have  had  fore  labour  thefe  Vv-e^ks  bygone, 
to  put  on  many  things  in  the  Iloufes,  aflembly,  and  city, 
much  ado  to  get  the  great  fum  ;  but  when  once  it  was  on 
a  Vv'ay,  it  ran  faller  th,m  it  could  bo  received.  It  was  my 
dear  frierjd  Dr  Jiur;;ei'3's  fmgular  mvention,  that  all  who 
contribute  to  this  fum,  would  have  as  much  of  his  old  debt, 
with  all  the  annucdrents  cotmted  to  him,  and  for  all  make 
a  good  pcnnyvrorth  of  tlie  hilhops  lands  ;  fo  the  bargain 
being  exceeding  acKantageous,  the  Arife  was,  who  Ihould 
come  in  with  his  money  foonefl.  By  this  iiieans  we  got 
the  billiOps  lauds  on  cur  back,  without  any  grudge,  and 
in  a  way  ihat  no  ikill  will  get  them  back  again.  'I'here  is 
feme  progrefs  made  in  tiie  crdin<uice  a.gainii  h.erely;  alio 
in  the  cidinance  for  the  covei^ant :  there  v.'ill  be  extreme 
great  oopofition,  yet  v  e  are  in  feme  hopes  to  carry  then^  •, 
and  if  i'o,  tlte  horrible  lift  of  errors  here  will  get  a  deadly 
v/otind.  The  m'.niiters  of  London  have  p\u  otit  this  i.\\\)f 
a  vei-y  fme  book,  provir.g  from  icrlpture,  the  divine  right 
of  every  part  of  the  Prelhyterial  govenmient.  'Ihe  mor- 
row tile  floufe  of  Commons  have  fct  apii't  lor  rcnioving 
the  obftruclions  of  the  government,  Tlie  treaty  betwixt 
Ormond  and  the  conuuillloners  of  the  parliament  arc  bro- 
ken oir,  fo  the  Ibldiers  which  went  from  this  to  receive 
jDublin,  aic  towards  JDcrjy.  Imprudence,  rather  than 
treachervj  has  fpoilcd   this  good  and  great  bufmefs.     "W'c 

cxpct^Uvl, 


Reverend  and  Dear  Brother,  \ 

-I  think  to  obtain  a  dimifiion   this  week,  yet  it  will  | 


b:i. 


:'.  ■,:!■ 


f  Let,  167.  For  Mr  George  Toung,  24^ 

I  expefted,  long  before  this,  the  King's  anfivcr  to  the  pro- 

I  politions,  and   a  good  one.     We  think   it   may  come  the 

^  next  week  ;  but  our  liopcs  are  not  fo  good  as   tlicy  Avcre, 

f  though  the  Onecn  and  Prince  be  miferablc  in  France,  and 

I  would  fee  an  end  of  troub'c  at  any  price-,  yet   the  French 

I  amballador,  for   all   his  profeflons,  is   conceived   to  mar 

I  and  retard   our  conchifion.     1'jic  lung,  all  his  hfe,  ha'j 

I  loved  trinkcting    naiurnlly,  and  is  thcaght  to  be  much   in 

f  that  a£lion  now  with  all  parties,  for  the  imn^/ment  liazard 

I  of  all.     Our   greateft  fear  is,  that  the   malignant  Oxford 

i  Lords  have  drawn  jiim  to  the   Independents,  for  the   un- 

j  doing  of  iScotland,  and  the  PrePoyterian  party  here.     "Wc 

\  zvt  lure  oui-  ai my  and  parliament  will  be  honefh  to  deatli, 

I  and   will   not   drav/   on   themfelves,   for  any  man's  words, 

{  vengeance  froni  God  and  man.     The  body  of  this  people 

I  Avould   gladly  embrace   the   King   and   peace;  but  if  one 

!  month  longer  he  go  on   to   dally,  they  will  rcjc6l  him  for 

f  ever  ;  and  if  he  then  run  to  us,"  to   draw  a  perpetual  war 

I  upon  our  backs,  he  cannot  be  very  Avellcome.     Our  com- 

i  miflioners  hcic,  twice  every  week,  write   fuch  long,  free, 

and  true  fci-oUs,  as  will  abiblvc  them  from  any  guilt,  if 
perfons  obllinate  in  madncfs  will  needs  deflroy  themfelves. 
I  think  all  here  fliall  either  come  home  with  me,  or  at  mv 
back.  A  bafe  fcurvy  pamphlet  came  out  againif  our  pa- 
pers, which  by  order  of  parliament  this  day  was  publick- 
ly  burnt  ;  yet  the  Iloufe  of  Comimons  anfwcr  to  us  vras 
fent  us  this  day  alfo,  little  better  than  that  v/hich  thcy 
burnt.  Always  paper-debates  are  the  Icafl;  of  our  care; 
\ve  never  loll  yet  at  that  game.  The  King's  ways  are  our 
only  true  vexation.  I  trufi:  no  conftderablc  men  among 
you  will,  for  their  own,  endeavour  to  make  their  poor 
country  again  mifc'rablc.  I  pray  you,  good  George,  writ.: 
to  me  three  weeks,  though  your  letters  ilioiild  nii.'- 
carry.  — — 
•  Your  brother,  in  grief, 

Robert  Baillie. 

There  is  a  new  petition,  almoft   in   rcadincfi,  to  come 
^  from  the  city  for  thcfc  things  wc  dcfirc. 


iCZ.For 


?a./.a    ■rjil'x.oR 


K''-'''>Q    i'i-     ^'.JILOV.J   ILW 


24^  To  Mr  James  Robcrtox.  Let.  1 68. 


1 68.  Vcr  Mr  James  Rohcrtoji  of  Bedlay.     December  S.  1646. 

Worniipful  Coufin, 
"Within  tlicfe  eight  clays  I  have  received  two  of  your 
letters,  but  none  before  fuice  I  faw  you,  as  I  remember. 
At  meeting,  I  fliall  fatisfy  your  qucflions.  For  the  ftate 
of  the  much-noifcd  herehes  here,  you  (hall  have  account 
from  me  in  a  few  days  in  the  next  part  of  my  DiiTuafive, 
Some  few  of  the  molt  a6tive  men  of  the  Houfe  of  Com- 
mons and  army  are  for  too  general  a  liberty  for  all  con- 
fciences  •,  but  the  moft  of  both  Houfes  are  right  and 
found,  and  the  body  of  the  city  are  zealous  againil  all  er- 
rors and  confufions,  as  the  world  will  fee  in  their  new  pe- 
tition yet  before  this  v/eck  end.  Generally  the  minifters 
over  all  the  kingdom  are  orthodox ;  and  the  fecTiaries,  ex- 
cept a  very  few,  are  but  heady,  illiterate  per  fens.  If 
peace  were  fettled,  and  the  army  down,  all  here  think 
that  the  noife  of  herelles,  which  now  is  very  loud,  would 
cvanifh.  Tliis  night  1  coiuit  us  as  good  as  agreed  for  the 
fending  down  of  our  money,  and  the  return  of  our  army. 
I  think,  on  Monday,  and  not  looner,  it  will  go.  We  re- 
ceive, at  Northallerton,  L  100,000,  and  iJie  other  be- 
yond the  Tine,  when  Newcaftle  is  deliyered.  Before  a 
month  all  this  is  like  to  be  ended.  i  he  King's  anfwcr, 
when  it  comes  back  from  your  great  friends  there,  is  ex- 
pelled here  in  hafte.  God  torgive  them  that  have  made 
that  a!:)l'wer  worfe  than  once  it  was.     Had  it  been  I'o  good  '■ 

as  for  fome  weeks  we  certainly  expected,  the  King  had 
been  received  with  great  joy,  and  been  put  prelently 
in  pOiTeffion  but  of  too  much  power.  But  as  that  an- 
fwer  is  like  to  be,  many  think  he  and  it  will  both  be 
reje(5l£d ;    and    what    that   will   bring    on   poor  Scotland,  . 

ye  may  calily  conjeclure.  Others  think  it  poilible  he  may 
be  admitted  by  this  people  ;  but  without  any  love  or  trtift.  • 

Wicked,  felf-feeking  men  have  conti'ibuted   much  to   ha-  5 

zard  the  rooting  out  of  the  whole  royal  family,  by  the  ob-  j 

ftinacy   and  imprudence   of   the   moft  unhappily   advifect  | 

prince  that  this  day  li\es.      I  know    and  have   been  Aviinefs  [ 

that  ihcfe  here  have  done  all  that  lay   in   men  to   prevent  ? 

mifchiei:-,  but  they  have   fpoken  to   (loncs,  and  loll   their  ; 

laboui",  they  have  nov.*  given  over,  and  looking  what  God 

will 


Let.  I^S.  To.  Mr  James  Kcherton.  247 

will  make  the  event.  This  is  the  incomparably  befl  people 
I  ever  kncv/,  if  they  were  in  the  hands  of  any  gover- 
nors of  tolerable  pans.  A  great  ftorm,  if  God  prevent 
it  not,  is  near  and  likely  to  fall  mod  on  the  head  of  the 
contrivers.  The  Lord  be  with  you.  Within  a  twenty 
days  fundry  of  us  will  be  ready  to  take  journey.  Thus 
1  reft,         Your  Couiin, 

Robert  Baillii:. 


169.  To  my  lord — .      [77;/^,    I  fvppcfc\  is  to  the- 

Earl  of  Loudon,    Chancellor  of  Scotland.'}.     Decem- 
ber 25.  1646. 

My  Lord, 
What  I  was  fpeaking  to  your  Lordfliip  of  Mr  Blair,  I 
wlfti  it  were  taken  in  farther  confideration.  If  it  pleaic 
God  the  King  come  hither,  who  Ihall  be  his  minillers  ? 
}?y  all  means  it  muft  be  provided,  that  he  be  not  permit- 
ted to  have  any  fervice  either  from  Epilcopal  men  or  fec- 
taries.  There  will  be  dilhculty  to  get  thcfe  efchev/ed.  If 
the  King  have  his  choice,  v/ithout  rules  from  his  parlki- 
ment,  he  will  take  no  other  than  Epifcopal  men.  If  fomc 
have  the  power  cither  of  nomination  or  cflectual  recom- 
mendation, Avithout  doubt  the  prime  fetTtarics  fhall  be 
planted  about  him.  For  the  preventing  of  this,  were  it 
not  meet,  while  the  King  is  with  us,  to  be  thinking  what 
minifters  we  could  wilh  to  wait  on  his  family  and  chiU 
dren  ?  In  the  mean  time,  while  the  King  is  on  his  jour- 
iiey,  and  Avhile  he  is  a-fettling  here,  were  it  not  meet  to 
move  his  Majerty  to  require  Mr  Blair  to  attend  him  ;  and 
if  it  may  be,  to  iiave  the  fpiriiual  care  of  the  children  ? 
The  King  cannot  do  himfelf  a  better  turn.  Of  all  the  di- 
vines that  I  know  in  both  nations,  I  think  none  fo  ht  for 
the  education  of  the  King's  children,  for  piety,  learning, 
and  good  manners.  I  have  had  much  experience  of  his 
lingular  dexterity  in  that  art.  The  man  is  lo  eminent  in 
piety,  wifdom,  learning,  gravity,  and  moderation,  th.at  I 
think  his  employment  would  bring  a  blefilng  to  the  royal 
family  and  all  the  kingdoms.  His  Majeliy  woukl  be  alTu- 
red,  that  there  is  no  fuch  means  to  keep  the  Houfes  from 
prefcribing  rules  to  him  in  the  choice  of  his  chaplains,  as 
with  fpecd  to  chule  inch  himfelf  as  niay  be  above  excep- 
tion, and  ill  whom  ;^,11  his  iubjc^^b  may  have  good  fatlf,- 

fadipn,i 


248  Stippofcd  to  the  Earl  of  Loudon,         Let.  169. 

fadlion.  Of  our  nraion,  bcfide  Mr  Blair,  I  uifli'no  otlicr 
but  one  at  moft,  my  Avorthy  biothcr  Mr  Gillcrj)ie.  Of  the 
EngliHi,  the  a'olcft  Herle,  Marflial,  Vines,  Burgefs,  or 
palmer  j  but  I  believe  Newcomaii,  Ward,  Afli,  Perm, 
Seaman,  Whittakcr,  Calamy,  would  nivc  as  good  fatif-. 
fadlion.  I  wiHi  this  motion  wei-e  thought  upon  ;  as  if  it  be 
approven,  that  the  beft  means  for  obtaining  it  uiuit  be  u- 
fed  in  time.  • 


170.  To  Mr  IViUia;n  Spang.  ; 

Dear  CouHn, 
I  know  you  marvel  why  I  have  been  To  long  in  writing 
to  you.  The  truth  is,  I  have  every  week  thefe  many  by- 
gone been  expecting  fome  better  matter;  but  that  not  yet 
appearing,  I  had  Hill  been  filent,  had  not  my  journey  to 
Scotland  forced  me  to  bid  you  farewell.  Being  overwea- 
ried with  the  InfuiTerable  ledioufnefs  of  tliis  parliament 
and  allembly,  I  refolved  to  labour  for  a  dimillion.  My 
other  two  brethren  were  carneft  alfo  to  be  gone.  By  our 
^oint  and  fevcral  letters  to  the  commillion  of  the  general 
afiembly,  and  to  our  particular  friends,  we  could  not  ob- 
tain more  but  permillion  for  one  to  come  home ;  who, 
and  when,  ourfclvcs  thought  expedient.  After  fome  de- 
bates, I,  who  truly  may  beft  be  fpared,  got  the  favour  : 
for  however  both  the  other  two  prefl'ed  for  themfelves, 
yet  both  of  them  having  their  wives  and  families  here, 
vho  in  the  dead  of  winter  could  not  be  got  tranf[)orted, 
and  I  producing  a  letter  under  the  hand  of  Mr  David 
Dicklbn,  INIr  Robert  Ramfay,  and  Mr  G.  Young,  not  on- 
ly of  the  great  need  of  my  return  to  my  charge,  but  alfo 
of  the  fickncfs  of  my  wife  and  three  of  my  chllch-en,  I  ob- 
tained at  laft:  my  freedom,  to  my  great  joy.  The  treaty 
for  our  army,  and  ib  the  committee  of  both  kingdoms, 
being  ended,  and  the  next  deliberation  about  the  King, 
being  of  that  importance,  that  our  comniiiTioncrs  think 
meet  to  remit  it  to  the  parliament  of  England,  the  Chan- 
cellor and  Lauderdale  purpofe  to  go  home  the  next  week, 
and  I,  God  willing,  with  them.  Our  alTembly,  with 
much  ado,  at  lail  have  wreftled  through  the  Confeflion, 
and  the  whole  is  now  printed.  The  Iloufe  of  Conunons 
require  to  put  fcripture  to  it  before  they  take  it  10  conii- 
(leratjon  j  and  v.Uat  time  that  will  take  up,  v.dio  knows  ? 
3  We 


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J/.-         ■    !  •• 


Let.  170.  To  Mr  IVUUam  Spang.  249 

"We  have  pafloi-l  a  quarter  of  the  Catcchifm,  and  thought 
U)  have  nv.ulc  ihon  work  wkh  the  rcil ;   but  they  arc   faiU 
cii  into  fuch  niiiTikjs,   and  endlcls  janglhigs,  about  the  me- 
thod and  the  nrutcr,   that  all  think  it   will  bo  a  long  work. 
The  incrcaic  of  all  lu-rcfiji;  here  is  very  great,  as  you  v/ill 
perceive  in  the  locoad  nart  of   my   Diiiaalivc,   which   the 
next  v^'cek  will  come  abroad,  bat  more   in   the   third  part 
of  Mr  Edwards's  Gangrena  :  yet  v.^c  think  they  will  quick- 
ly fall  i  for  it  is  a  faclloa   g-uerally  miiliked,  as  conrpofcd 
of  error,   policy,   prldj,   and  inibleut  Oivpvclhon.     The  ci- 
ty  of  London's   notib'ie    peiiiion    would  help  all,   did  not 
the  great  unhappincfs  of  the  King  Jpoil  all  our  hopes.    For 
many  weeks  together  friends  here  did  give  Inm  molt  free, 
wife,  and  friendly  couiifel.     From  Scotland   the  like   du- 
ties were  dow^.     d'hc    only   thing    nrincipally   infilled   on, 
was  to  approve  the  covcnaiit.      While  we  had    great  hopes 
of  his  yielding,   w'lether  en^idarics  from  ihc  IndepCiKlenis, 
who  do  like  him  the  better  becaufe  he  rejects  the  covenant 
and  Prefoyterial  government,    or   the    French,     who   not- 
AV'iihllanding  of  all  their  contrare  proterUon,  yet  for   their 
own  intereit  do  endeavour  the   continuance   of   our   trou- 
bles, has  m.ide  him  perempior   in    refuling   the    article    of 
vclifion.      Hi  drew  up  a  partlculu-  anfwcr  to  the  propoh- 
tions,   and  fi-nt  it  priviiy  both  lieie  ;iul    to    .Scotland;    but 
finding  it  extremely  uniatisfactory  to  both,  ho   delayed  to 
fend  any  anfwer.     Tne  fear  was  ai:id  is  great,    that  his  evil 
defi'^ns  continue   citlier   to   go    to    France,  where   there  is 
much  fi)cech  of  an  army  for  i.iigland,  as  of  one  irom  Ire- 
land  to    Scodand,    or    elfe  to  go  to  Scotland.      It  is  much 
feared  he  lliall  be  both   able   and    willing   to   fupprefs   the 
better  party  there,   and   tlraw   the    Fnglilii    armies   on' the 
reft.     Always  we  have  guarded   Jb  well  as  may  be  agalnil 
his   voyage  and  journey  to   thefe  places.     At  laft  Jiis  an- 
fwer is  come  to  us,  and  tins  day  v/as  conuniuiicaic  to  both 
Houfes.     It  is  but  a  mere  gener  d,  that  he  delires  to  come 
■here  to  be  heard,    for   the  looling   of  his   Icruples,     Ihe 
Houfes  have   voted   his    coming   to    liohnby    houle    near 
Northampton,    in    quality   little    better  than    a   prifoner; 
which  he  will  never  agree  to.     It  will  be  endeavoured  that 
the  two  parliaments  may  agree   in   Ibme  coiuie   ot   his  re- 
flraint,  if  he  continue  in  his  unhappy  couries.     Jlis  war- 
rant  the   other  day   was    produced   for   ilealing  away  the 
Duke  of  York  to  France,      if  either  he  cotdd  be  moved  to 
agree  with  his  parliament,  or  they  to  ngrec  among   them- 
.    Vol.  II.  I  i  ^'^^^^-'^ 


L. 


250 


To  Mr  Willidm  Spang. 


Let. 


170. 


fclvcs  In  any  courfc  for  him,  it  fL-ems  \vc  might  have  here, 
both  in  church  and  llatc,  all  oiir  clcla-cs  ;  but  ucitlicr  of 
thcfe  being  hkcly,  our  dangers  both  in  chinxh  and  llate 
are  very  great  and  iainiincnt.  ^J'hcy  lay  tlic  plague  is  ill  in 
Glafgow  :  that  poor  town  thcie  two  years  h, is  been  a  place 
of  great  troulile,  and  like  to  be  of  more  :  yet  1  will  ven- 
ture among  iliem,  albeit  with  Iniall  hopes  of  doing  good; 
for  things  feeni  to  be  ipoilcd  there  irrecoverably  in  our 
days. 


jyi.  To  J\Ir  1  ran  am  Sj'aiig. 

Dear  Coufin, 
I  A-.'iote  to  you  at  length  before  I  came  froni  London,, 
I  have  luid  a  long  and  tedious,  but,  than!:s  to  God,  pro- 
fpcrous  journey.  1  am  now  here  well.  I  have  made  my 
leport  in  the  commifilon  of  tlie  church  to  all  their  con- 
tentnjenL  ;  our  errand  in  England  being  brought  near  a 
happy  period,  fo  far  as  concei-neil  us  the  commiilioners  of 
the  church;  iov,  by  Cod's  blcfilng,  the  four  points  of  u- 
nifoi'miiy,  which  was  all  our  cluuch  gave  us  in  commiirioa 
to  Tigent  in  the  afiembly  at  V.^'eilminftcr,  Avere  as  good  as 
obtained.  The  Directory  ]  brought  down  before.  The 
model  of  povernmcnt  v.'c  have  f\otten  it  throuidi  the  ailem- 
bly  according  to  our  mind  :  it  yet  fticks  in  the  'hands  of 
the  .'loufes.  "^lliey  lia\e  palleti  four  oi'dlnanccs  at  leafr  a- 
bout  it,  all  pretty  riglu,  i'o  iVir  as  concerns  tlie  conlfitutioa 
and  crc^fion  of  general  allenil/Ji- s,  provincial  lynods,  pref- 
byteries,  and  f.iiions,  and  the  pov/cr  of  ord;n;uion.  In 
the  province  of  London  and  Lancalhire  the  botlies  are  fet 
■up  'JliSt  the  like  diligence  is  not  tiled  long  ago  in  all  o- 
ther  places,  it  is  the  loLtilli  negligence  of  the  minillers  and 
gentry  in  the  ihires  more  than  ib.e  parliament's.  That,  the 
power  of  jurildiction  in  all  tilings  we  require,  excepting 
a})]5eals  from  the  general  ailembly  to  the  parliament,  is  not 
put  in  ortiinances  long  ago,  it  is  by  the  coming  of  the  In- 
dependents and  ];"-raitians  in  the  lloule  ov  Commons; 
Avhicli  oblhicle  we  trult  vill  now  be  removed  by  the  zeal 
of  the  city  ol  Loiidon  ;  fo  mt;ch  the  more,  as  o\U'  nation 
are  lakcii  away  looner  anti  more  eaiily  tb.an  any  tlid  cx- 
pe(^t.  AH  groimds  of  jealouly  of  our  joining  with  the  * 
Kh.g,  tlie  gieateft  prop  of  the  fectaries  power  in  the 
lloule.    However,  in  the  Jus  ihvininu  of  rreibvtcj-y,  print- 

c4 


let.  171-  '^^  ^^''  ^^^'^''^-^^  ^^^^^S'  ^5» 

ed  by  the  mlnmry  of  London,  you  rnay  fee  that  burden 
taken  oil"  our  fhouldcrs  ;  the  body  of  the  nunUlry  ol  ^^ 
ad,  not  the   alTen.bly  and   Londoners  on  y,   bcn^^.,  lully 
leavened  witli  our  fenfc  in    all   tl^e    po)nt    ol    covcrnn.cnt 
^;^\::^on.c  wUHng,    and  able  ^b-^;^--^/'    ;-;;;;^;;^^  :;;^ 
caufc,  ^vithout  us,   againil  all  oppolucs       i  he  thn  d  po,nt 
Se   ConfcTuon   of   Faith,    I   brought  n  w.th  me,    now   nx 
p  int    as  it  ^vas   otfcred  to   the   Houfes   by  the   aH.moly, 
^vithout  conAderable  dilTent  of  any.     It  is  much  cned  up 
bv  ill    even  many  of   our   greatcll   oppolitcs,    as   the   belt 
""Ifai  yet  e^ant.     It  is  expected  .he  Houles  H.U  v^ 
h,  as  they  did  the  Direaory,  uuhout  much  debate       low 
belAhe  rLtrding  party  has  put  the  ahcnd.  y  -  ^dclj^r-p- 
tures  to  it,  which  they  omitted  only  to  efchew  the  oii.nce 
o    the  Houfe,  whofe  pradice  hitherto  has  been     to  enad 
not     ng  of  rdigion  on  divine  right  or  icnptural  grounds 
bu    upon  their  cnvn  authority  alone.     Thts  nu.ovat.on  ot 
o  r   oppohtes  may  well  cod  the  allembly  lome  nme,  who 
cannot  do  the  nK>il  eafy  things   with   any  expedu.on  ,  hue 
it  will  be  for  the  advantage  and  hrength  of  the  work,     ihe 
fo      h   p  n   of  our   deli\-ed  and  covenanted  un.formtty  is 
the  Catechifm.     A  committee  has  drawn  and  reported  the 

"The  affembly  ere  I  catne  away  hacl  voted  ---y'^-;/^^^^^ 
half.     A  ihor    time  will  end  the  reft  ;  for  they  ftudy  bt e- 
vity    atKl  have  voted  to  have  no  other  head  o    d.vnuty  n.- 
o  k    han  is  fet  down  in  the  Confefllon.     Th.  ended,  we 
^vl  :!i  more  ado  in  the  aflembly,  neither  1--   we   any 
more  work  the  allembly  has  in  hand,  but  an  ^^^-^ .]^  '^ 
nine  queries  of  the  Houfe  of  Comntotts  ^bom  the^  ^   ^_- 
^/..».  of  divers  parts  ot   the  govcnunen  .  /  ^ .^^  ^  ^^^ 
of  London's  late  Jus  divnunn  of  rreihytety  f^J'l'   ' 
bundantly.     Alfo  a  committee  of  the  allembly  has   a  tin 
nnAve     to   all   thefe   queries   ready.     The  atttluu-s   rep  nt 
Lucl   of  that  n.otion.'   Their  aim  was,  to  have  con  ou   d- 
"i  and  divided  the  aflembly  by  their   mlnarn.g   qu  ibon   , 
but  finding  the  afl^mbly's   unantmtty^  m   ^^^^j;^'   ^^^^^^^  ^^ 
pendents  principles  forcing  them  to  jom  with  the   i.lt,  la 

rert  no  the  divine  ri.ht  of  thefe  points  of  governmen 
;^i;crev;j>on  the  parliament  does  moil  flick  the  mc,v  rs  o^ 
thefe  queilions  wilhes  they  had  been  fdent.  rhc..  s  o 
I'ore  lork  beR.rc  the  aflembly.  'Lhe  trani  atton  ^  1  c 
pfalms  is  paired  long  ago  in  the  afictnbly;  ^ax^^d..^^ 
Ihe  Houies.  The  Conunons  palTcd  their  order  long  a  o  , 
.  1  i   i 


;u  e.i.a  jj-tmnnioi  /.x      .n 


;■...  fM;  U,  .'      'i',n.<\  i;'   , 


.:  .1' 


:      J     ;;;  i 


252 


7'o  Mr  William  Spang. 


Let.  171. 


but  tViC  Lords  joined  not,  bcino;  foliclted  by  divers  of  the 
nflcnibly,  and  of  tlic  minivers  of  London,  who  love  bet- 
ter the  more  poetic.d  paraplir.ife  of  their  coIleac;ue  Mr 
r>urton.  The  too  great  accuracy  of  fonie  in  the  alTemblv, 
Iticking  too  hard  to  tlie  original  text,  made  the  hift  edi- 
tion niore  concife  and  (jhiciire  than  tlie  former.  With 
this  the  commifilon  of  our  thurth,  was  not  fo  well  plcafed  ; 
but  we  liave  got  all  tlu^fe  obfcurities  helped  ;  fo  I  think  it 
lliall  jxifs.  Our  good  friend  Mr  Zachary  Boyd  has  put 
hinifelf  to  a  gi'eat  deal  of  pains  and  charges  to  make  ;i 
pfalter,  but  1  lvlt  warncil  him  his  iiopes  Avere  groundlefs 
to  get  it  received  in  onr  clun-clies  5  yet  tlie  flaitiries  of  his 
imadviletl  neighbours  uKdies  him  inllll  in  liis  fruitlefs  de- 
fig"  • 

When  I  took  n>y  le  wo  of  the  aflcmbly,  I  fpokc  a  liitlc 
to  them.  The  prolocutor,  in  name  of  the  aflenil)ly,  gave 
mc  an  honourable  tellimony,  and  many  thanks  for  my  la- 
bours. I  had  been  ever  iilent  in  all  their  debates  ;  and 
however  this  iilence  fometimes  weighted  my  mind,  yet  I 
found  it  the  bell  and  wifeft  courfe.  No  man  there  is  i\c- 
llred  to  fpeak.  I'our  parts  of  live  do  not  fpeak  at  all-,  and 
among  thele  are  mariy  moll:  able  men,  and  known  bv  tluir 
writs  and  fermons  to  be  much  abler  than  lundi-y  of  the 
fpealzcrs  ;  and  of  ihcfj  fcv/  tl-.at  life  to  fpeak,  lundry  are 
fo  tedious,  and  tluufts  th^rnfcl\cs  in  v.-ilh  llich  mifre- 
gai-d  of  others,  tliat  it  v/cre  better  for  them  to  be  hlent. 
Alio  there  are  fonve  eight  o;-  nine  {o  able,  and  ready  at  all 
times,  that  hardly  a  wrxa  can  lay  any  thing,  but  v.-hat  o- 
tliers,  v/ithout  liir,  labour,  are  iure  to  lay  as  well  or  better, 
rinding,  therefore,  that  iilcncc  v/as  a  matter  of  no  re- 
proach, and  of  great  eaiV,  and  brought  no  hurt  to  the 
work,  I  was  content  to  ufe  it,  as  l\l\-  ilenderfon  alfo  did. 
For  the  far  niofi:  ]--art  of  the  bft  two  years,  my  v/rits  did 
conciliate  xo  n;e  credit  enough,  and  my  icnfe  of  unability 
to  debate  with  the  bLft,  riUide  m.'  conicni  to  abllain  ;  v^'here- 
of  1  did  never  as  yet  repent.  AVe  [wvA  eight  or  nine  tlays 
at  Newcaflle.  'i  he  King  took  very  wel!  v.-itli  me.  1  mi"bt 
have  had  occafior.  to  have  laid  to  him  what  I  pleafed  ;  but 
knowing  his  iixed  refohiilons,  1  v/ould  not  meddle  at  all 
neither  to  prc.ch  nor  pray  befoie  lii.u.  His  imhappy  v/il- 
fulneis  does  ilill  continue  ;  and  to  ihis  day  he  gets  fomc 
mifchievuus  iakrmnents  to  \.iL\.\  Ins  madn-f,.  oiuidry 
made  us  believe  tlie  Queen  was  ct^itent  he  ihoidd  do  any 
thing,  raiding  her  difappointment  in  France  from  all  hands. 

There 


U'-i',:  '. 


X.ct.  171.  7b  Air  JniHam  Spang.  253 

There  were  fomc  whlfperings  of  the  feft.iries  plotting  ^vith 
\\\m  \  but  this  1  fcarce  believe  ;  for  each  of  them  do  i\-,Uly 
labour  the  others   overthrow.     The    French    ambailador, 
for   all   his    fair   protcPiarions,    has   been  no  good  inftru- 
ment  J  but  that  which  has  undone  him,  has  been  his  hopes 
from  Scotland,  to  get  them,  by  one   means   or   other,    to 
efpoufe  his  quarrel.    Much  dealings,  i'ome  think,  has  Ixeu 
both  with  the  army  and  parliament  for  that  end.     It  is  ve- 
ry like,  if  he  had  done  any  duty,  though  he  had  never  ta- 
ken the  covenant,  but  permitted  it  to  have  been  put  in  an 
a6l  of  parliament  in  both  kingdoms,  and  given  fo  latisfac- 
tory  an  anfwer  to  the  reft  of  tlie  propofitions,  as  eafdy  he 
might >  and  fomciimcs    I    l:iio\v   he    v.ms  willing,    certainly 
Scotland  had  been  for  him   as   one  nian  j  and  tlic  body  of 
England,  upon  many  grou.nds,  was  upon  a  difpofition    to 
have  fo  cordially  eiubraced  him,  that  no  man,  for  his  life, 
durft  liave  uuutLred  againfl   his  prcfent   rchit'.ition.     But 
remaining  what  he  v/;is  in  all  his  ma:dni5,  a  full  Caiitcrbu- 
rian,  both  in  matters  of  religion  and  ilatc,  he  ftill  inclined 
to  a  new  war  •,  and  for  that  end  refolvcd  to  go  to  Scotland. 
Some  great  men  there  prcilcd  the  equity  of  Scotland's  pro- 
te<^Vmg  of  him  on  any  terms.     TJiis   untimcous  excefs    of 
friendihip  has  ruined  that  unhappy  prince;   for  the  better 
party,  finding  tiie  conchiiion  of  tiie  King'b  coming  to  Scot- 
land, and  thereby  their  own  prefent  ruin,  and  ruin  of  the 
Avholc  caufe,  the  m.aking  the  malignauts  mafters  of  church 
and  ftatc,  the  drawing  the  whole  force   of  l^ngland   upoa 
Scotland  for  their  perjurious  violation  of  their  covenant, 
they  refolvcd  by  all  means  to  crofs  that  deJign.     End  of  the 
year  1646. 

So  when  others  propofed  to  the  parliament  the  afilftante 
of  the  King  to  recover  his  government  in  England,  not- 
withftar.dlng  any  aniwer  he  might  give  to  the  propolltions, 
the  better  fort,  betore  they  iliculd  give  anfwer  to  fo  high 
a  queftion,  deliri'd  a  publick  faft  in  tl\e  parliament,  and 
the  advice  alfo  oi  the  commifllon  of  the  church.  IVjih 
with  fomc  dilllcudry  were  obtained.  Lut  after  iliat  fuft, 
and  the  diftinc^t  anfwer  ot  the  cliurch,  that  it  was  unlav/ful 
for  Scotland  to  ailift  ilie  King  for  his  recovery  of  the  go- 
vernment in  England,  if  he  approved  not  the  covenant, 
the  parliameiu  was  peixniptor  to  rerufe  tr.e  King  free  ac- 
ccfs  to  Scotland,  unlefs  he  fatislied  the  propolltions.  This 
much  they  fignifitd  to  him  by  their  commillioners,  which 
we  met  at  Ncwcaflle.  It  was  cafv  to  be  }>ricvcd,  and  to 
■        ■  .  .         •  '  ilnd 


:■.     1^      .li:<}  I    J 


'■ill    l-.'- 


2  54 


To  Mr  William  Spang. 


Let. 


171; 

l^nd  what  (o  rcprclicnd  in  this  rcfohuion;  forhideed  it...^ 
clothed  v.th  nuny  dangers  and  .ricvanc;  ;   bu    to   f    I    - 
thatnickoft,mconanyconck,/Ion,  free  of  more  d.. 

,^^^  1        r  ,  '^     ^^  ^''^'^  •    ^^  '"-t  on  l:oot  6000  foot  a,i,] 

1200  ].orre,  to  the  contentnu-nt  of  all,  will  be  hard     .   d 

"^  our  Coiilli!, 
I.iun0a>go,   Janujry  26.    164-;.  ^ 


17: 


To  Mr  S 


■pang.     June  2.  1647. 


I7tn  of  i>Jay,  wuh  a  very  faiaJl  and  ill-urovided  army  IT. 
niade  very  on.  n-arches  over  the  mountains  h  ;rnw 
weather     wuhout  houfes    or   tents.      A- n-n(     th  ^    d      J 


-xm,  top^.uali  i.intyre,  jias  lent  a  party  after  Ahftcr 
wno,  wuh  a  icw,  are  iled  to  the  ille.!  Th  s  "kk  kI 
happy  ex,.du;on  may  be  to  us  of  great  advantage  1>  he 
P^.ncc  and  Jviontroie  fhould  con)e  ^v.r  to  raife  new  bro"l 
among/l  us,  as  i7>n.e  lunniie  they  intend  ;  or  \^^\^ 
^   1  •   1    ■"  —    -.^....i    Oi    tJie  iSv'ctarian    nr;n\f 

-h,cl,_,s  .,0.  ,c.  .l;,l,,,ndc.l    „o..  ^„ic,,  D,vi.l  lS;  If; 

t- 
oa 


ihould  put  himlelf  on  \ 
which  is  iKU  vf'i  (KMiinl 
free  of   ^V     \  '    ,\  '''f  ""'^V'    "'^''  "^'""^^   -^•^'''^""'  ^^^    Lxin 

and   qa>et  lor  tins  Annmer  wuh  the  little  army  he  has  o: 


i'oot. 


m-  To  Mr  Spa>:g.     EJinlnng/^,  July  ,3.  ,^^7. 

of\'mrl''TV^"'^^^°\J^\'>''  ^^^-:^  and  another 
oi  >oa)s,  Aprd  .^th,  wuiun  theie  two  or  thne  weeks,  to- 
gcLher  wuh  your  ilonori.s  R.ggius^   Tor  which   we   ar     ^I 


much 


NvT     .-v./.^.  -W  '-v  ..  ri 


-.■■■..A      .■•;';. 


Ltt.  173.  To  Mr  Spang.  255 

much  obliged  to  yonr  great  pains  in.    That  bufiacfs  whicli 
vou  To  earncflly  recouiniendcd   to  Mr  David  Dickfon  and 
ine,  war,  not  fcallblc,  had  wo  ufed  all  polliblc  diligence  :   but 
the  truth  is,  although  I  believe  ye  know  my  wilHngnefs  to  ■ 
do  to  my  power  in   tilings  that  concern  you  kfs  than  you 
write  that  matter  did,  yet  it  i'ell   fo  out,   that  1  could   w^c 
little  diligence  to  fpcak  of;   for  your  letter  about  that  pur- 
pofe  came  not  to  my  hand   till   near  three  months   aher  it 
was  written  ;  and  when  it  came,  our  wliole  town  of  Kil- 
winning were  kept  up  upon  loine  fulpicion  of  the  plague  ; 
fo  I  could   have    no   cdlcMual    comrni;nication,   neither   by 
word  or  writ,   with  any  :,  and  iherefore    I  came    to  Edin- 
burgh.    That  matter   was  fettled  on  Mr  Arnot,  wlio  had 
divers  of  the  chief  I-ords  of  the  .Scition  to  fulicit  for  him. 
For  the  great  ficknefs  of  your  good  hoivjft  wife  I  am  for- 
ry ;  but  glad  for   her   grice  and  puience.     Thcfe  matters 
of  England  a.re  lo  extremely  deJperate,  that  now  twice  they 
have  made  me  lick.     Except  God  a  rife,  all  is   gone  there. 
The  imprudence  and  covv'ari.iice  of   the   belter  part   of  the 
city   and    parliamciit,    wluch    was    triple   or    fextuple    the 
greater,   has  permitted  a  coir.pany  of  iilly  rafcals,   who  call 
themfelves  yet  no  more  tiv.ni    34,030,   horle   and   foot,  to 
make  themfelves  mafiers  of  the  King,  parliament,  and  ci- 
ty, and  by  them  of  all  England  :  lo  that  now  that  difgra- 
ced  parlianicnt  is  but  a  commiriec  to  act  all   at  their   plea- 
fure,  and  tlie  city  is  ready  to  fright  the  ptrliament  at  eve- 
ry firft  or  fecond  boaif  from  the  army.      No   human  hope 
remains  hut  in  the  King's  unparalklled  v/ilfulnefs,  and  the 
army's  vumieafurable  jiride.      As  yet  they  are   not   agreed, 
and  fome  write   they  are   not  like  to  agree  :    for  in  out* 
particular  I  expec^t  certainly  they  will   agree   well  enough, 
at    what   dillance    foever    their    affections    and    principles 
fland,      Ab.vays  if  the  finger  of  God  in  their  fpirits  Ihoidd 
lo  far  tlemcnt  them    as    to    difagree,   1  v.ould    think  there 
v.-erc  yet  fome  lire  in  the  play  ;    for    1   know   the   body  of 
England  are  overweary  long  ago    of  the   parlianient,    and 
ever  hated  the  fer:aries,   but  nuich  uiore  now  for  this  their 
imexpedted  treachery  and  oppreiiion.      On  the  other   part, 
the  King  is  much  jMticd  and  dLllred  ;   fo   if    they  give  him 
not  contentment,  he  v/iii  o\  crthrow  them.     If  he  and  they 
agree,  our  hands  are  boimd  :   we  will  be  able,  in  ovu'  prc- 
fent  poilure,   and  himiour  of  our  highly  dillraiSted  people, 
to  do  nothing.      And   v/hom    Ihall    we    go   to  help,   wliea 
V-onc  calls  ?   but  the  King,  parliament,  and  city,    as   theijr 

mailer^ 


256  To  Mr  Spang.  Let.  173. 

maRcrs  commnnd,  are  ready  to  declare  againfl  us  If  we 
fliould  oflcr  to  ;;rn-i.  Hut  if  the  King  would  call,  I  doubt 
not  of  rillnjT  ot  tlic  beft  army  ever  Ave  had,  for  the  cruihint' 
of  thefc  rerjiciKs,  criciuics  to  God  aud  man.  David  Lcily 
has  gotten  all  lila,  and.  old  Coihitrocli,  without  ([uartcrs. 
He  is  now  over  to  INIull,  aivd  j)urpofe3  within  a  fortnight 
to  return,  havinjv  no  niore  to  do  in  thcfe  bounds.  That 
tliin?js  go  Avcll  abroad,  it  is  a  comfort  to  us.  That  Leo- 
pold lays  a  little  t'le  French  pride ;  that  all  the  Dutch 
princes,  e\C!i  Bavlcr,  tiuA  the  llcclcfiailiek  Elector,  Jxavc 
left  the  liiupcroi-,  I  am  glad  ;  but  counts  it  a  ftrangc  prank 
of  inor.uliude  in  Ijavicr,  and  of  tmklndnefs  in  the  Sv/ede5 
tow.u-d  the  poor  ]\ilatinc,  at  whole  cJiai-gc  moR  that  neu- 
trality, I  fear,  be  concludeci.  I  think  your  ftatcs  wife  in 
taking  peace  wlih  Sp.iin. 


174.   To  a  friend  in   Kilvjinniiig.     Edinburgh^   /lugvjl   20. 
Friday  night. 

London,  and  tlie  afi'iirs  of  England,  lie  fore  on  tlic 
heart  ot  m:iny  honcll  men  ;  yet  the  profperity  of  our  ov.-n 
affairs  here,  both  of  cf.urch  and  flate,  gives  us  fomc  re- 
lief. Mr  Cireciiy  lent  us  word,  that  he  was  detained  at 
Newcaftle  ;  Avhich  did  much  perplex  us;  for  our  ftate- 
meetiug  did  depend  upon  his  meliagc.  It  plcafed  God  to 
naake  his  detainers  let  him  go  bci'ore  the  melienger  of  our 
flate  came  to  demand  him.  AVhen  he  came,  he  gave  us 
a  lull  inlorniation  how  all  affairs  in  England  ffood.  The 
inclofed  papers  will  ih.ow  the  incredible  change  that  a  few 
clays  wrought.  TJie  city's  declaration  and  dinrnal  declare 
in  what  a  brave  poflure  both  the  city  and  parliament  once 
were  in.  The  other  papers  Ihew  how  foon  all  was  ovcr- 
lurned.  The  army  marched  llirotigh  the  whole  city  by 
way  of  trimuph  \  but  ilaid  not  in  it,  did  no  violence  to 
any;  onlv  three  or  fotir  regiments  kecji  the  forts  about 
Wellminfcer,  and  guard  the  parliament  Irdl.  For  all  that, 
the  Iloufe  of  Commons  vote  liindry  tilings  conti-ary  to 
the  mind  ot  the  army.  ITow  long  that  courage  will  re- 
niain,  1  cannot  fiy.  It  is  thought  that  people,  when 
they  haA'e  felt  a  little  the  burden  of  the  army,  will  break 
that  yoke  by  one  mean  or  othei-.  The  army's,  mind, 
much  ol  it,  may  be  icen  in  their  pi'opofitions,  a  paper 
which  I  purpofed  to  fend,  but  j,)o\s'  it  is  fallen  by.  Jjv  it 
I  they 


.\  ,''■ 


■  Let.  174*  To  a  friend  in  Kilwinning.  257 

f 

i  they  are  clear  enough  for  a  full  liberty  of  confclence,  a 

[  (leftroying  of  our  covenant,  a  fetting  up  of  bilhops,  of  in- 

\  thralling  the  King  fo   far,   as   in   my  judgement,   lie   and 

I  they  will  not  agree,  albeit  many  think  they  are  agreed  al- 

f  ready.     If  this   were,  our  cafe  were   very  hard.      Never 

!  more  appearance  of  a  great  difeord,  both  in   our  churcK 

\  and  ftate,  fonie  few  days  ago  ;  but,  bleifed  be  God,  the  ap- 

I  pearances  are  now  much   changed.      Never  ailembly  moi'e 

J  harmonious  than  this  yet   has   been.     Our  declaration  to 

I  England,  a  very  good  piece,  is   palled   without  a  contrary 

i  voice.      An   act  againil  vaigers  [ftrollersj  from  their  owa 

f  minifiers,  and  a  large  direction  for  private  worfhip,  drawn 

\  by  IMr  Robert  Blair,  for  the  correcting  all  the  faults  ia 

f  Worlliip,  which  offended  many  here,  is  pad  the  commit- 

I  mictee,  without  a  contrary  voice ;  and,  I  think,  fliall  pafs 

I  the  aiTembly  alfo,  no   lefs  unanimoullyj    which  deinon- 

i  ftrates  the  truth  of  what   I  faid  in  my  allembly-fpeech, 

i  "  That  for   all  the  noife  fomc  made,  yet   truly  there  was 

**  no  divifion  as  yet  in  our  church." 

Yefterday,  and  this  night,  our  flatc,  after  much  irre- 
concileable  difference,  as  appeared,  are  at  laft  xnianimouf- 
ly  agreed  to  fend  the  Chancellor  and  Lanci'k  to  the  Kin^ 
and  parliament  of  England,  to  comfort  and  encourage 
both  to  keep  our  covenant,  and  not  to  agree  to  the  pro- 
pofitions  of  the  army.  No  appearance,  as  yet,  of  any 
ftirring  in  hade  in  this  kingdom,  &c. 


175.  To  Mr  Spang.     Edinhiirghy  September  I.  1647. 

Coufin, 

London  has  lien  like  a  millflonc  on  my  bread  now 

of  a  long  time.  The  fird  week  we  canie  to  tliis  town* 
my  heart  was  a  little  reheved.  I  thought  God  had  an- 
Avered  our  prayers  much  fooner  than  I  expected,  and  had 
put  London  in  fo  good  a  podure  for  averting  all  our 
fears  as  1  could  have  wilhed  ;  but  that  joy  laded  not  lull 
eight  days,  ^kapleton  and  Hollis,  and  fouje  others  .of  the 
eleven  members,  had  been  the  main  perfuaders  of  us  to 
remove  out  of  England,  and  leave  the  King  to  iliem,  upon 
affurance,  which  v/as  mod  likely,  that  this  was  the  only 
means  to  get  that  evil  army  diiLanded,  the  King  and 
peace  fettled  according  to  our  minds:  but  their  bcnt  exe- 
cution of  this   real  intention  has  uadoue  ihcm,  and  all. 

Vol.  II.  Kk  till 


.r.,:M 


von  {\i 
,  ■.v>; 


258  ^<?  ^I>'  spang.  Let.  175.  ■ 

lill  God  provide  a  remedy.     Wc  were   glad  when   Lcflic  | 

was  recalled  from  hisLiciucimncy  of  Ireland,  a  creature  of  ';; 

Cromwell's,  who  got  that  s^jreat  triitl  for  no  virtue  at  all  but  ": 

his  ferviccablenels  to  that  fa(^iion.    This  was  the  firll:  fenfible  [ 

grievance  to  that  army.     The  iecond  was  the  employing  of.  1 

Skippon  and  Mafiie,   in  the  Irilh  command,   and  giving  to  \ 

Fairfax  fuch  a  command  in  En^i,land  :is  niade  him  not  very 
formidable.  But  wiien  the  third  ftroke  came,  of  dif- 
banding  the  nioft  of  the  ieclaries,  antl  cailiiering  of  their 
officers,  this  put  them  on  that  high  and  bold  defign, 
which  as  yet  they  lollow,  as,  I  think,  not  fo  much  on 
great  preconcei)tion,  as  drawn  on  by  the  courfe  of  allaii-s, 
and  light  heads  of  their  leaders.     Vane  and  Cromwell,   as  | 

I  take  it,  are  of  nimble  liot  lancies  for  to  put   all   in   con-  I 

f\ifion,  but  not  of  any  deep  reach.     St  John  and  Pierpont  [ 

Trf-e  more  flayed,  but  not  great  heads.     Sey  and   his   fon, 

jjot J  albeit   wiler,    yet   of   lo   didl,    four,    and 

fearful  a  temperament,  that  no  great  atchievcment,  in 
reafon,  could  be  expee'ted  from  them.  The  reft,  either 
in   the  army   or   parliament,  of  their  party,  are   not   on  ] 

their  myfteries,  and  of  no  great  parts  either  for  counfel 
or  aclion,  fo  far  as   I   could  ever  obferve.     The  folly  of  ' 

our  friends  was  apparent,  when  at  the  army's  hrft  back- 
in, irth,  and  refulal  to  diflxuid,  they  recalled  their  decla- 
ration againft  their  mutinous  petitions.  Eafdy  might  all 
their  deiigns  have  been  crulhed  at  that  nick  of  time,  with 
one  ftoui  look  more ;  but  it  v/as  a  dementation  to  fit  ftill 
amazed  at  the  takiiig  of  the  King,  the  accufation  of  the 
eleven  members;  the  army's  approaching  to  the  city.  Here, 
Lad  the  city  agreed,  and  our  friends  in  p.n-liament  iliewed 
any  refolution,  their  oppoiites  counfel  might  even  then 
have  been  ealily  overturned  ;  foi"  all  this  while,  the  army- 
was  n'jt  mtieh  above  10,000  ill-armed  foldiers.  But  the 
irrecoverable  lofs  of  all,  was  the  ill-managing  of  the  ci- 
ty's brave  engagement.  Plad  they  tb.en  made  faft  the 
chief  of  tbc  fjctaiiaxi  parly  i.)  both  Houies,  and  ilopt  their 
llight  to  the  army  ;  had  i^iaiiey  and  Waller,  with  any 
kind  of  mafctdine  activity,  made  ufe  of  that  new  trtifi:  com- . 
niittcd  to  them  ;  Mr  Marshal,  and  his  ieventeen  lervants . 
of  the  fynod,  for  all  Foullis  and  Gib's  ftibornation, 
ihould  never  have  been  bold  to  ofier  that  deftru(ftive  peti- 
tion to  the  lloufes  and  common  council,  which,  without 
any  capitulation,  jnit  preienriy  in  the  army's  power,  "the 
parliament,  city,  and   all   Kngland,  without   the  iaft  con-, 

.tradi<^lioii. 


;:  w(;  ;..;-•  n.  !■  ;.•  ,    o 


r    :lj  i  ..  /  > 


.-J.uu'qo    r 


Let.  175-  "^  ^^  ^^''-'  ■     ^^^     ' 

ti-adiaion.  An  example  rarely  parallelled,  if  not  of  trca- 
chen'  vet  at  Icaft  of  childiih  improvidence  and  bale  cow- 
nrdice.  '  Since  that  time  they  have  been  abfolute  maik-rs 
of  all  \Vhich  way  they  will  nfe  this  unexpected  iovc- 
vcio'nty,  it  will  quickly  app^-ar.  As  yet  they  are  ietthng 
ihcmfclvcs  in  their  new  faddle.  Before  they  got  up,  they 
rave  the  King  and  his  party  fair  words  •,  but  now,  when 
ail  is  their  own,  thev  may  put  him  in  a  harder  condition 
'than  yet  he  has  tafted  of.  Their  propofals,  a  part  of 
their  mind,  give  to  the  King  much  of  his  delire  in  bring- 
in^  back  binKips  and  books,  in  putting  down  our  cove- 
innt  and  preH^yt^-rv,  in  giving  ca!c  to  malignants  and  i  a- 
pifts  i  but  fpoil  hini  of  his  temporal  power  lo  much,  as 
many  think,  he  will  never  acquiefce  to-,  albeit  it  is  ipo-. 
ken  loud,  that  he  and  they  are  fidly  agreed. 

Our  ftatc   here,  after   long   expectation   to   have   heard 
fomethir."  of  the   King's   own    mind   and   dehres,  as   yet 
liave  heard  nothing  from  l.im  to  account  of.    Although  he 
fhould  employ  their   help   againft  his   opprellors,  yet   he 
being   ftill  akoocthci-  unwilling  to   give  us  any  latistaclioii 
in   the   matter  "of   our  covenant,  we  are  uncertain   wnat 
courfe  to  take ;  only  we  do   rcfent   t;^   our   commifhoners 
to  oppofe.  the  proposals,  and   to   require- a  lai-e-conduct  lo 
the  Chancellor  and  Lanerk  to   come  up  to  the    Kmg  and 
parliament.     It  coll  many  debates  before   it   came   to   this 
conclui'ion.     Our  great  men  are  not  like  to  pack  up  their 
diflerences.     Dtike  Hamilton  and   his    friends  would  have 
been  thought  men  compuied  of  peace   on    any  terms,  and 
to  have  call  on  other  deiigns  of  embroiling  Scotland  m  a 
new  war.     But  when  all  were  weary  ot  jangling   debates, 
the  conclufion  whereto   the  committee   was   brought,  was 
To   far  to   efpoufe  the   King's  quarrel  on  any  terms,  that 
Araylc  and  Warifton  behoved  to  proteft   agamft  our   en- 
gaacment  on  any  fuch  terms.    To  avoid  invidious  protefta- 
tions,  both   parties  agreed  to  pais   an   aCt  ot  not  engage^ 
mcnt.     The  proceedings  of  fome  are  not  only  double  and 
triple,  but  {o  manifold,  that  as  no  other,  lo,  in  my  mind, 
ihemfelves  know  not  what  they  finally  intend.     U  hey  who 
jnade    thcmfelves    gracious    and    ilrong,    by    marling    the 
world  believe  that  it  was  their  oppofites  who  had  brought 
the  country  in  all  the  former   trouble,  and  would   yet  a- 
pain  bring  it  into  a  new  dangerous  war,  when    it   came  to 
The  point','  were  found  to  precipitate  us   into  dangers,  anu 
ihat  in.  fuch  terms  as  few  with  comfort  could  have   under- 

K  k  2  taken.v^ 


2^0  •  To  Mr  Spang.  I^et.  175, 

taken.     We  Iiave   it  from  divers  good  hands   at  London 
tJiat   fomc    here   kept    correfpondence   v/ith  .Sir  Tjionris 
Fairfax      whicli    to    me    is    an    intolerable    abomination. 
Ihc  preient  fenfe  of  many   is   rids:    it"  the   Kin?  and  the 
army  agree,  v'c  muA  be  quier  and  look  to  God  t  if  they 
agree  not,  and  the  King  be  willing  to  ratify  onr  covenant 
we  are  all  as  one  man  to  rcilore   him   to   all  his  rights    o- 
die  by  the  way  :    if  he   continue  refolute  to  rejcc^t  our' co- 
venant, and  only   to   give  us  fome   parts  of  the  matter  of  r 
Jt,  many  here  will   be   for  him,  even  in  thele  terms;  but             \ 
fivers  of  the  bell  and  wiicft  are    irrelolute,  and    wait  till             \ 
God  give  more  light.                                                                                    i 
David  J.cflic,  with  a  great  <!cal  of  fidtHtv,  atftivity    and            ^ 
fuccels,    lias    quieted    all   our    highlands  'and    iflcs     and 
brought  back  our  little  army;  which.,  we   think,  fhall   be 
quartered  here   and  there,  wiihoiit  dilh.andino,  till  we  fee 
more  of  the  Engliih  athiirs.     The  pcitilence,  Tor  the  time. 
vexes  us.     \n   great  mercy  Edinburgh  and  Lelih,  and  all 
about,  which  lately  were  ailliaed   with   m.ore  of  this   evil 
than  ever  was  heard  of  in  Scotland,   are  free.     Some  I'ew            ' 
infections  now  and  then,  but  iluy  fprcad  not.    Ab-rdecn              '^ 
Brechm,    and    other   parts   of  the   north,    are   milerably             ! 
wafted.     8t  Andrew's  and   Glafgow,  without  threat  mor- 
tality, arc   fo   threatened,    that   the   fchools   and   colleaes 
now  in  all  Scotland,  except  Edinburgh,  are  fcattered.   "" 

While  1  had  written  thus  Lxv,  by  the  packet  this  day 
irom  London  1  karn,  that  the  aimy  daily  noes  higher  and 
higher,^  whicJi  to  me  is  a  hopeful  prefage  of  iheii^ quicker  ■ 

rum.  The  chiet  fix  of  the  eleven  members  were  comiufr 
to  you,  Stapleton,  Efler,  Mollis;  tJie  fecond  gentleman" 
for  all  gallantry  in  all  England,  died  at  Calais.  I  think  it 
will  be  hard  to  the  parliament  and  city  to   bear  thefc  men  ^ 

long ;  and  I  hope,  if  all  men  were  dead,  God  will  arife  a- 
gamft  them.  JNiunfter  is  not  like  to-be  a  fchool  to  them 
Jong.  Cromwell  and  Vane  are  like  to  run  on  to  the  end 
of  Eecold  and  KnippcrdoUing's  race.  Northumberland 
has  feafted  the   King   at   Swa-houi'e;  hence   he   went   to  - 

Hampton-cotut.    They  ipeak  of  his  coming  to  Whitehall.  \ 

If  he  agree  no  better  with  the  feaaries  than   yet  he  does,  ^ 

that  journey  may  prove  fatal.     He  is   not   likelyto  come  \ 

outot  London  willingly;  and  if  the  army   ihoulddraw  | 

hnn,  that   violence  may  waken  fleeping  hounds.     If  they 
*et     nm   come   to   London,  without   alllirance  of  his   ac-  ^ 

cord  with  them,  they  arc  more  bold   and  venturous  than  [ 

■     '    ■  '  wiie  J  ' 


I'  ,'•(  )i|i   ■:  -y^r. 


I      i'!    ■).>?'■  'I    •  •  :;'i-^ 


o-    ■  "acri  :..-n' 


J.et.  1 7^,'  To  /l/r  Spang.  2-61 

wife;  and  if  the  King  agree  to  their  fcatc-dcilgns,  I  think 
he  is  not  fo  confonant  to  all  his  former  principles  and 
pradice  as  I  took  Iiim. 

I   kn.ow   you    expect   Tome    account    of    car    aflenibly. 
Take  it,  if  you  have   patience   to    read  what  1  have  fcrib- 
b'ed  in  hafle,  on  a  very  ill  Ihcet  of  paper.     I   Jiave  no  lei- 
fure  to  double  \   for  our  conunifiioncrs  enter  every  clay   at 
fcvcn,  arid  we   are  about  publick  bufmcfs  daily  till   hue  at 
night.      At  our  full-  n'leeting,  there  was   clear  appearance 
of  forined  parties  for  divifion  j  b\it  God  has  turned   it   To 
about,    that    never   au'euibly   was    more    harmonious   and 
peaceable   to    the  very  end.     The  Lift  year,  a   minifter  in 
the  Mcrfe,  one  Mr  James  Mimfon,  whofe  grandfire  was,  as  I 
take  it,  an  uncle  or  brother  to  famous  IMr  Patrick  of  Stir- 
hng,  a   forward,  pious,  young    man,  being    in    fult  of  a 
I'eligious  dainfcl,  fiftcr   to   iNlr   J. ones  Guthrie's  wife,  had 
kept   with  Mr  James  Guthrie,  and   others,  Ibme    private 
meetings   and  cxercifes,  wdiich  gave   great   otlence  to  ma- 
ny.     When  they   came    before  the   laft    general    allembly 
and  commilhon  of  the  kirk,  Mr  David  Calderwood   and 
fundry   other   very   honeit   men,  oppohte   to   malignants, 
were  much  grieved,  and  by  that  grief  moved  to  join  with 
Mr    William    Colvil,     hlr    Andrew   Fairfoul,    and    fuck 
whom  fome  took  to   be   more  favourable    to    malignants 
than   need  were.     Thefe    two   joined    together,    made   a. 
great   party,  efpecially  when   our   fratefmen    made   life  of 
them  to  bear  down  ihofe  v»'iio  had  fwayed  our  former  af- 
femblies.     The  contell:  was   at   the  chullng  of  the   mode- 
rator.     The  foremeiuioned   party   were   carnefl  for   IMr 
William  Colvil.     ?>rany  were  for   me;  but   I   was   utterly 
unwilling  for   any  fuch  unfit  charge,  and  refolved  to   ab- 
fent  mylelf  from  the  firft  meeting,  if  by  no  other  means 
I  could  be  fliitted  the  leet.      At  lali,  with  very  much  ado, 
I   got  myfelf  off,  and  Mr  Robert  Douglas   on   the   leets  ; 
who  carried    it    from   iMr   William   Colvil   only   by   four 
voices.     God's  blelling   on   this  man's  great  wifdom   and. 
moderation   has    carried  all  our  affairs  right   to   the   end  ; 
but  Mr  David  Calderwood  having  miffed  his  purpofe,  has 
j)refled  lo  a  new  way  of  leeting  the  moderator  for  time  to 
come,  that   puts    in   the   hand   of  bafe    men   to  get  one 
whom    they   pleafe,  to   our  great  danger.     We   fpcnt    a 
number  of  days   on   fdly  particulars,     hlr   Gillefpie  came 
liome  at  our  fn  ft  downlitting.     He  and  I  made  our  report 
to  the  great  fatlbfa6\ion  of  all.     You  have  here  what  I 

fpokc. 


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■i'',l:,   :;.-  >    ;jjit!;.-  j(    "iO    c>   :>'   ■•r'^r.  >. 


'^'■"V 


262  To  Mr  Spang.  Let.  lyj'.  ] 

fpokc.     ISTr  Caldcrwood  was  much  oflx;ndecl   with  what  I  1 
had  fpokcn  in  the  ciul ;   but  my  apology   in   private   fatis-  | 
lied    hiin.     He,    and    others   of  his   actpiaintancc,    came  | 
with   rcfohitiGn  to  make   great   din   about   privy  meetings  | 
and  novations,  being  perfuadcd,  and  vi-illing   to   perfuade  | 
others,  that  our   church  was    already  much    peftered  with 
fchifn^.     INIy  mind   was  clean   contrary  :   and    now,  when 
v/e    have  tried  all   to   the  bottom,  tluy  ai-e    found   to    be 
much   more   mifiaken   than   I  ;  for    they  liave    obtained, 
with    the  hearty  confent  of  thcfe  men  whom  they  count- 
ed  grcatefl  patrons  of  icbifm,   all   the  avfts  they  pleafed  a- 
gainfl  that  evil,  wherein  the  wifdom  and  authojity  of  Mr 
Blair  has   been  exccetling    ferviceable.     'J'his   yielding   on 
our  fide,  to   their  dchres,  drew  fi-om  thein    a    quii-t   con- 
fent to  thefe  things  we    intended,    from  v,  hlch  ai  lirji  tb.ey 
feemcd  much  averfe.      We  agreed,  vcmiuc  coiitradhcntc,  to 
that  declaration,  wliicli  was  committed  to  Mr  Gillefpie  and 
me,  but  was  drawn  by  him  alone  ;    alfo,   after  much  de- 
bate in  the  committee,    to  the  Confefiion  of  Faith  ;  and  to 
the  printing  of  the  Directory  for  governnient,  for  the  i-xa- 
mination  of  the  next  general  afiembly  ;  of  tlie  Catechihu 
alfo,  when  the  little  that  remains  iliall  come   down  ;    like- 
wife  for  printing  to  that  fame  end  two  or  three   fliects   of 
Thefes  againil  Eralfianifm,  committed  to  ISlr  Gillefpie  and 
me,  but  done   by  him    at    London    at  Voetius's   n:iotion ; 
which  we  mind,  when  approven   here,    to   fend   to    him  ; 
who  is  hope^ul  to  get  the  conient  of  your  univer'fitics  and 
of  the  general  allembly   of  France    to   tliCni,    which   may 
fcrve  for  good  purpofe.     We  have  put  the  new  Pfaker  al- 
fo in  a  good  v>'ay.' 'V/e  have  this  day  verv  happily  end- 
ed our  alfembly  with  good  concord  \  albeit  ]\Ir  David  Cal- 
dcrwood, lerving   his    own   very  unruly  humour,    did   oi't 
very  much  provoke.     He  has  been  fo  intolerable  through 
our  forbearance,  that  it  is  like  lie  Ihall  never  have  fo  much 
refpect  among  us.      His   importunity  forced   us,    not   only 
to  a  new  ridiculous  way  of  chufing  the  moderator,  but  on 
a  conceit  he  has,  that  a  minifter  depofed  Ihoidd  not  again 
be  repofed  almoft   in   no   cafe,  he  has  troubled  tis  exceed- 
ingly .about  the  power  of  the  commiflion  of  the  kirk  to  de- 
poie  a  minhler  in  any  cafe  ;    yet   we    carried    it   over   liim. 
We  have  obtained  leave   to   print   all   our  Englilh  i>apers, 
Catechifm,  Confcilion,  Pjopofitions,  and  ]3irectory  for  go- 
vernment and  ordination,  our  debates  for  accommodation 
agaiiift  toleration,  our  papers  to  the  grand  comfnittcc,   the 

propohiions 


Let.  175."  7<J  Mr  Spang.  '  '  ■  262 

nropofuionf;  for  government,  albeit  pafled  both  hi  our  af- 
k-mbly  and  parliament  1643.  ^^^'  I^-'^^'i'^^  oppofcd  vehe- 
mently the  printing,  and  his  grand  followers,  Mr  John 
Smith  and  Mr  AVilliam  Colvil  with  him,  becaufe  they  held 
forth  a  feflion  of  a  particular  congregation  to  have  a  ground 
in  fcripture,  which  he,  contrary  to  his  vVltar  of  Damaf- 
cus,  believes  to  have  no  divine  riglit,  but  to  be  only  a 
comminion,  with  a  delegated  power  from  the  prcfbytery, 
tolerated  in  oin-  church  for  a  time.  With  great  diflictdty 
could  we  get  the  printing  of  tbat  paper  palled  for  his  im- 
portunity, but  at  lafl  Y/e  got  all. 

An  exprefs  from  London  this  day  tells  us,  tliat  the  ar- 
my's parliament  prcfs  tlie  concurrence  of  ovu'  commiflion- 
ers  to  lend  to  Hampton  court  the  propolitions  to  the  King. 
This  feems  to  import  the  King's  refuial  of  the  propofals, 
and  difagreeing  yet  with  the  army.  And  what  they  will 
do  with  the  King,  if  he  refufe  the  propohtions  alio,  we 
know  not;  only  their  laft  remonftrance  Ihews  their  refolu- 
lion  to  caft  out  of  the  parliament  many  more  members, 
and  to  take  the  lives  of  fome  for  example.  The  i'pirit  that 
leads  them,  and  the  mercy  of  God  to  that  opprelVed  peo- 
ple, will  not  permit  thefe  tyrannous  hypocrites  to  reft,  till, 
by  their  own  hands,  they  have  pulled  down  their  Babel. 
1'he  Lord  be  with  you.  Let  me  hear  of  the  receipt  of  this, 
and  help  us  with  foreign  news  more  liberally. 
Your  Couhn, 

Robert  B.iillie. 


176.  To  DTr  Spaug.     Edinburgh,  051ober  13.  1647. 

• AVe  gave  in  this  day  to  the  ftates  a  remonftrance  of 

the  liazard  of  religion  and  covenant,  if  our  army  ihould 
difband.  Wc  hope  that  plot,  long  hatched,  and  with  too 
great  eagcrneis  driven  on,  fhall  this  day  or  to-morrow  be 
broken.  Our  dangers  of  farther  confullon  are  great,  if 
God  be  not  merciful.  The  pcrfecution  at  London  is  very 
intolerable.  I  am  very  contiden.t  th.it  party,  fo  much  op- 
pofite  to  God  and  man,  cannot  long  ftand.  Ere  long,  at 
my  Icifure,  I  may  give  you  a  particular  account  of  all  our 
afltairs.-- — 


177.  Z.;V^^ 


'r   :>:-on 


(.•:.:     yr    ..v\V.O    ,;i.v^^-''.sA'  \      .^iu^'\^  •^^^   ■•' 


z64  Ccn.  BailUc  on  the  haitlc  of  KiJJyth,      Let.  177* 


177.  Lieutcnant-Gencral  Bnillni^s  vindication  of  hlmfclf  for 
the  part  he  acled  in  the  battle  of  Kilfyth.  To  Mr 
R.  Baillie, 

Sir,  ■        •  '-  . 

At  your  being  here  I  did  coTiceivc  you   v/ere  dcfirous 
to  know,  amongll  my  other  misromuies,   how  I  came   to 
be  ciiiployed  in  my  countjy's  ilrvice  agaiuil  James  Graham, 
and  the  other  rebels   wlio   infeilcd    this   kinpdom   at  that 
time  J  and  what  I  coukl  alledge  for  caiifcs,  or  rather  means 
and   midfes   of   his   viftories   and   my  misfortunes  in  iliac 
employment ;  wherein,  for  your  faiisfaclion,  you  fliall  be 
pleafed  to  know,  that  1  believe    that   God   Almighty  doth 
ohen  fufllr  the  wicked  to  prolpcr,    or  go   on   fuccefsfidly 
in  their  wicked  way,   lor   their  greater   punilhment  when 
their  cup  is  full,  and  for  rechiiraing  or  his  own,  whom  he 
futiereih   for    that   end    to    be    afihcled  by  them  ;  in  both 
which  he  is  often  pleafed   to    ufe    ordinary   means.     And 
therefore,  by  his  Providence,  after  the  battle  at  Longmer- 
fcon,  and  the  intaking   of  Newcaftie,    I  returned   to    thi,' 
country  for  doing  my  private    bufmefs,    and    thereafter  I 
v/ent  back  into  England ;  but  being  within  twelve  miles  of 
Newcaftie,  at  Dattle-cafrle,  I  was  overtaken  by  an  e.xprefs, 
with  letters  from  the  committee  of  eftates,  from  the  Gene- 
ral, and  iome  of  my  noble  friends,   retpiiring   my  return 
to  Edinburgh,  for  giving  advice  in   buhnefs  wherein   the 
kingdom  v/as  much  concerned.     I  immediately  obeyed  the 
order  i  arid  at  my  coming  I  found,  that   neither  the  IShtr- 
quis  of  Argyle,  nor  the  Earl  of  Lothian,   could   be   per- 
fiuided  to  continue  in  their  employment  againft   thefe   re- 
bels,   nor  yet  could   the  Earl  of  Calendar  be  induced   to 
undertake  the  charge  of  that  war ;  for  which  I  v/as  preil- 
cd,  or  rather  forced,  by  the  perftiafion   of  forne  friends, 
to  give  obedience  to  the  ellate,    and   undertake  the  com- 
mand  of  the   country's   iorces,  for  ptn-fuing  its  enemies  : 
but  becatife  I  would  not  confent  to  receive  orders  from  the 
iSIarquis  of  Argyle,  if  calually  we  ihoidd  have   met   toge- 
ther, after  I  had  •eceived  commillion  to  command  in  chief 
over  all  the  forces  witliin   the   kingdom,   my  I^ord  feemed 
to  be  difplcafed,  and  expreired  himfelf  lb  unto  fome,   that 
if  he  lived,   he  Ihould  remember  it ;  wherein  his  JvOrdihip 
indeed   haih  fupcrabtuidantly  be,n  as  good  as  his  word. 
I  •      Now, 


■  ii.'. 


'  ./  -.1:0     I 


Let.  177.       Ccu  BalUlc  on  the  battle  of  Kilfyth.  16^ 

Now,  though  the  finding  and  ruuV.n;',  of  thefo  rebels  have 
been  talked'of  as  cafy,  yet  you  Ihall  know  Sn-,  that  I  was 
.cv  r  enabkd  to  do  the  lan.c,  neither  by  the  fo.-ces  given 
me,  nor  the  provifions  made  unto  me;  I  never  hav.ng  at: 
oc  °nd  to.aher  2000  foot,  nor  above  300  horfcmen 
before  my  h.ft  difaftcr  at  Kihyth,  nor  noartd  ery  at  al  ht 
for  intaking  any  ilrong  houfc,  though  ottcn  demanded  by 

me  of  the  eftate. 

Immediately  after  my  unhappy  engagement,  I  was  com- 
manded  to  march  with  all  the    infantry   towards    Argyle, 
^vhither  the  rebels  had  gone-,  but  when  we   were  at  kol- 
ncath,  the  Marqui.  'of   Argyle    hearmg,    that  they  ^v^v^ 
marcbed  to  Lorn  and  Lochaber,  dehrcd,  that  m  rep^rd  of 
the  feafon,   (which  was  in  the  bcginnmg  ot  January)^  and 
fcarcity  of  victuals,  a  part  of  the  foot  only  n^'Slj^be  gwea 
to  bina  to  pine  with  his  own  m  thefe  parts  ;  whilk  [o  iooa 
as  ordered  by  the  committee  was  obeyed  by  me,  gmng  to 
my  Lord  Marquis  fixteen  companies  ot:  foot    conhft.ng  ol: 
1  x^oo  men  -,  and  returning  with  the  re(t  to   Perth,  for  th. 
fecurity  of  thefe  parts,  as  was  commanded  by  the  comnnt- 
tee      This  p.rty  was  ruined  with  the   lofs   of  many  good 
gentlemen  more  at  Inverlochy,  about  Candlemas     as    you 
have  heard.  In  the  end  of  March,  the  rebels  returned  through 
Murray,  Aberdeenibire,  Msrns,  and  Angus,  to  Dunkelu. 
Before  whilk  time,  Sir  John  Hurrie  was  lent  ^'-"^^  ^^^  ^^^ 
fervewith  me  as  General-Major;  which,  though  I  doubt- 
ed  nothing  of  bis  honeity,  I  fo  diillked,  that  to-  (ome    e-- 
ven  then.  I  told,  that  I  would  not  have  reccmmend.d  him 
to  the  ftatc  and  to  their  fervicc  for  my  right  hand    which, 
if  1  were  Riperftitious,  I  might  attribute  to  ^^^^^ X^k 
having,  fmce  our  overthrow  ativulyth    learned,  that  v. hci 
:         t>>  unto  Perth,  he  was  deured. 

he  was  fent  over  to  untoi-ciui,  ,^,;,,,^,. 

bv  fome  to  take  heed  lel\  any  thing  might  be  ^t^h.  xec 
where  I  was  prefent,  whereby  I  might  have  honour;  v.  lea 
did  appear  clear  enough,  by  his  not  cha.  gmg  the  icbe  . 
with  om-  whole  hovfe  at  their  retreat  from  i.nnucc  ,  no.^ 
yet  would  bi-ing  tbem  up  to  me,  h-om  whence  the  i.t... 
Light  have  be^n  charged  in  Hanks  notwitl^ltanding  I  dul 
require  him  to  it  at  f.veral  times  by  the  Land  of  btod.e 
sind  Mr  Patrick  Pitcnirn,  as  they  witncllcd  thereafter  unto 
the  parliament  at  Stirling;  and  yet,  notwuhll.uuhng,^  he 
^vas  konercd  there,  and  I  charged  lor  then-  efeape.  i.oc 
long  after,  bv  order  of  commiciee,  he  was  ent  to  .n- 
Ve3-nefs  with  fome  laco  foot  and  160  horie,  where  ad  i.e 

\   01,.    il-  ■*''     * 


-r:-i    .^U;-, 


'■i    .■•••,   ,V'«v;    '-  '^, 


■26^  Cai.  Bailllc  on  the  battle  of  K'llfyih.      Let.  17-^, 

foot  pei-Ifliccl  at  Oldcarn  •,  and  I  after  that  war,  returned 
from  an  iinnecciTary  voyage  into  Athol  by  order  of  com- 
mittee. I  was  appointed  by  them  to  go  the  fame  way  with 
about  2000  foot  and  loa  horfc.  It  happening,  as  we 
learned  thereafter,  that  the  fame  day  that  1  eroded  Cairn 
in  the  Mount,  liurrie  Was  beat  in  Murray,  I  was  apnoint- 
ed  to  leave  with  the  Earl  of  Crawford  his  own  reiMment 
with  Caihls's  and  Lauderdale's,  for  the  deivnte  of  tlie  low 
country;  and  the  fame  day  that  thefe  100  horfe  joined 
with  me,  I  marched  from  Cronrir  towards  Strathbopic, 
where  the  reoels  were  arrived  the  night  before,  and  Ge1i.^ 
Major  Hurric  joined  with  me  about  a  mile  from  thence, 
with  I  eo  horfc,   who   had    faved   thcmfelvcs   with    him   at  t 

Oldcarn.      yVt  our  approach,   the  rebels  drew  unto  the  pis-  : 

ces  or  advantage  abcmt    the   yards    and  dikes,   and  I  ftood  ' 

embattled  bevore  them  from  four  o'clock  at  night  till  the 
morrow,  judging  them  to  have  been  about  our  own 
itrength.  Upon  the  morrow,  fo  foon  as  it  was  day,  we 
found  they  were  gone  towards  ]3alvenv.  We  mraxhed  im- 
m.-dute!y  after  tliem,  and  came  in  l^ht  of  them  about 
Oh'nhvat,  bc-weft  Balveny  fome  fe\vrnilcs-,  but  that  ni^ht 
they  outmarched  us,  and  quartered  fome  fix  miles  from 
us.      On  the  next  day  early,   wc   found   they   were    diilod-  -; 

gcd,  but  could  iind  no  body  to  inform  us  of  their  march  ; 
yet  by  the  lying  of  the  grafs  and  heather,  we  conjectured 
they  were  marched  to  the  wood  of  Abcrnethy  upon  Spev. 
ihithcr  I  marched,  and  found  them  in  the  en.try  of  Bad- 
5^enoc]i,  z\\v\  llrait  country,  wjieiv,  botli  for  inaccell:- 
ble  rocks,  wood.;,  and  the  'interporuion  of  the  river,'  it 
was  impoJiible  for  us  to  come  at  them.     Here  we  lay,  look-  '■ 

ing  one  upon  another,    (the  enemy  having  tlieir  mJal  from  ^ 

Luthven  m  Badzenoch,  and  lle/h  from  tlie  counti-y,  wliere- 
of  we  faw  ronej,  until  for  want   of   meal,    Mother  vie^tua's 
we  had  none),  the  lew  horiemen  profelMng'  they  had   not 
eaten  m  forty-eight  hours,  I  was  necciiitatc  \o  march  north- 
ward to  mvernels  to  be  iupplied  there  ;   wluch  done,   1  re- 
turned,  crofied  at  Speymomh  in  boats,   aiui  cam-  to  New- 
ton ni  Garioch.      Here    J  lurrie,    pretending  indifpofition,  ? 
l^il  me.       i  here  I  was  mlormed  the  rebels  had  been  as  £ir  • 
louth   as   Cupar  in  Angus,    and   were    returned    to   Cur-             I 
g'li-ile,  upon  the  head  of  Strathdon.     At  that  time  I  re-  f 
ceived  letters  from  fundry  of  my  friends  of  the  conuniuee  \ 
ct  elhues,  ilicwmg  me  how  I   was    cenllired    for   mv  ilow 
prosecution  of  the  wur,  (wiiiiout  conlidcration  had  of  tl/-: 

piacc'r 


JLet.  177.      Cm.  BaiU'ie  en  the  hditlc  of  KVfyth.  'i6j 

places  they  were  to  be  found  in,  and  of  tlie  forces  and  o- 
ther  provifions  given  me  to  lind  them  out  v.'!t!\)  :  thcv 
lliewed  me,  my  friends  were  wound .d  through  my  ikks  j 
and  that  to  be  wary  was  comiViend.iblc,  but  tliat  del  lys  in 
fubduing  the  rebels  was  a  real  and  ipeedy  ruin  to  the  comi- 
try,  my  fricntls,  and  myklf;  whereby  I  conceived  they 
\vould  have  perfuaded  me  to  tliink  myfclf  eithei-  a  pol- 
troon, era  traitor,  or  both-,  wdiercupon  I  dilired  .Sir 
Charles  Arnot,  Lieutenant-Colon-l  to  my  kord  Klclio,  who 
was  going  fouth  foi-  his  pri\ate  bufmers,  to  prav  niy  Ijord 
Crawford,  and  lome  others  of  mv  iriends,  to  deal  with 
the  Aate  to  give  the  conduct  of  their  forces  to  foaie  other, 
and  rcc.d  me.  l>y  my  letters  iiliewifc  I  returned  anhvcr, 
that  I  was  in  no  ways  enabled  to  perfoi-m  that  wliich  they 
requii-ed  of  me  ;  th;U  I  wa-.^  altogether  unv.  illing  to  ruin 
the  forces  conim.iited  to  my  ch,n-;.!e  in  ways  both  af:,ainil 
realon  and  con";mon  fcnie  j  and  liieietore.  my  humble  in- 
treaty  WHS,  that  1  might  be  recailud,  and  ibme  one  em- 
ployed who  would  undertake  more  ami  perform  belter. 
The  next  advice  I  h;id  v>ms  Ironi  tlie  Jknd  or  Crav/rord,  to 
meet  him,  with  the  lorccs  that  v/ere  with  me,  at  the  mills 
of  Drum,  upon  Dee;  wliich  I  did;  and  there  his  Lord- 
lliip,  with  tlie  Earl  ^ilarifchai,  and  iVJajor  \Vinram  of  Jvib- 
berton,  produced  the  refolution  and  order  of  the  great 
committee,  for  employing  the  Mai-quis  of  Argyk,  (who 
was  one  of  the  llgner?  of  my  order),  in  purfuanee  of  the 
rebels  llirough  the  hills,  or  wf.it!''.erlo„\er  tlieylihould  go; 
■^niX  to  tliis  jiuipoie,  appointed  mc  to  lend  to  his  J^ordinip 
thofe  whio  were  ct)mc  h-oni  irehm'J  with  Col.  ilume,  who 
were  then  fonie  1 100  Uiong,  the  Ikirl  of  Crau'tord  and 
Lauderdale's  regiments,  with  fome  four  or  live  companies, 
upon  the  braes  of  IV'rth  and  Ang^ur.,  aiid  1000  iialearris 
horfc;  whereunto  he  vras  to  join  all  lucli  rorees  as  he 
could  raile  hinilelf  in  the  highLmds.  in  exchange  where- 
of, 1  was  appointed  to  take  imto  me  the  Earl  of  Call!  b'a 
regiment  of  loot,  fome  400  ftrong;  whereby  1  was  r.ihi- 
ced  to  betwix-t  i2CO  and  i  ?oo  foot,  and  about  iGo  hoiie- 
nien  of  the  I^ord  lialcarras  and  C(;l.  Ilalket'i  regiriiLnts  ; 
wherewith,  by  the  fame  ortler  of  tlie  great  coimmace,  i 
was  appointed  ro  guard  the  low  country  {rom  the  djwn-, 
fallings  ot  the  enemy,  'ibis  divrllon  bemg  made  c  )'.-!form 
•to  the  order,  the  Loi'ds  v.'ent  froin  mc  louthward.  Tiie 
I\larquis  of  Argyle  retufeel  the  employment.  Mis  rj  :f  jni 
I  ki;o\v  not.     The  Earl  of  Crawford  was  lent  \vi;.lv  lii-le 

J'  I  ^  toicci 


U    ■'<:.>    •{•:,}  I. 


;.'.(;  > , 


:\      .-l 


268  Ccn.  Baillie  on  the  battle  of  KiJfyth.      Let.  177, 

forces  dcfjgned  for  purfuing  ilie  enemy  into  Athol ;  and 
J,  by  a  lottcr  from  ihc  committee,  was  commanded  of 
new  (without  regard  liud  of  my  weakncfs)  to  find  out  the 
rebels.  For  which  purpofc,  (and  for  a  conference  betwixt 
Seaforth  and  the  Lord  iialcarras,  which  failed),  I  march- 
ed into  the  Engzie,  and  from  that  back  to  the  kirk  of 
Keith,  where,  in  the  evening,  the  rebels  coming  from  the 
hills,  prcfented  thcmfelves  to  fight ;  and  I  drew  our  fmall 
forces  in  order  above  the  kirk,  in  a  place  of  advantage,  to 
attend  their  approach  ;  but  they  advanced  not;  but  on  the 
morrow  marched  unto  Aliord,  where  I  arrived  within 
two  days,  and  was  neceflitate  to  buckle  with  the  enemy, 
who  were  a  little  above  om'  firength  in  horfemcn,  and 
twice  as  flrong  in  foot.  The  Lord  Balcarras's  horfemcn 
%vei-e  divided  in  three  fquadrons  ;  himfelf  charged  gallant- 
ly with  two  of  them  upon  the  enemy's  right  wing,  where 
the  horfe  were*,  but  the  third,  appointed  for  referve, 
when  I  commanded  them  to  fecond  my  Lord,  and  charpe 
the  enemy's  horfe  in  the  fiank,  they  v/ent  flraight  up  in 
their  comrade's  rear,  and  there  fi:ood  until  they  were  all 
broken.  Olu- foot  flood  with  myfelf,  and  behaved  thcm- 
felves as  bccanic  them,  until  the  enemy's  horfe  charged  in 
our  rear,  and  in  front  we  were  overcharged  with  their 
foot;  for  they  had  fix  in  file,  did  overwing  us,  who,  to 
equal  their  front,  had  made  the  half  ranks  J>dvance,  and 
fo  I'eceived  the  charge  at  three  deep.  The  enemy  had  like- 
wife  two  bodies  of  referve,  and  thir  were  they,  who,  by 
God's  providence,  did  ruin  mc,  as  m.ay  be  prefmned,  for 
want  of  thel'e  men  who  \i-cre  formerly  by  order  taken  from 
|ne ;  and  if  fuch  provifions,  and  other  forces,  as  fincc 
liave  been  plentifully  furnilhed  to  others,  whereby  they 
Jiave  had,  through  God's  bleliings,  happy  and  wifiied  fuc- 
cefs,  mine  n;ight  have  been  no  lei^s.  Immediately  there- 
after I  went  to  the  parliament,  then  to  meet  at  Stirling, 
where  I  had  an  exoneration  and  approbation  for  what  was 
pafl ;  yet  in  this  llurrie  vvcnt  before  me.  I  would  have  de- 
mitted  my  charge  there  ;  but  was  not  fulTercd  imtil  the 
parliament  ihould  come  to  St  Johnllon,  or  Perth.  Many 
orders  were  lor  firengthening  the  forces,  for  the  better 
purfuing  of  the  rebels ;  but  to  fmall  purpofe  :  all  were 
ruined  but  thofe  who  had  been  in  Atiiol  with  the  Earl  of 
Crawford,  and  of  new  none  were  brought  in  but  fome 
300  by  the  Lord  Chiincellor,  the  Earls  of  Cafiils  and 
Glcncalrn^  and  fome  60  horieineu  under  Col.  JIarry  Bar- 
clay. 


Let,  177*       (^'^n.  BaiUie  on  the  baitk  of  Kllfyth.  269 

clay.  In  the  time  of  the  parHament,  the  rebels,  with  their 
whole  forces,  came  to  the  wood  of  Methven,  and  I,  with 
the  forces  th^t  were  with  me,  (whereunto  were  add  d  three 
new  regiments  out  of  Fife) ;  and  the  whole  noblemen  and 
gentlemen  convened  there  marched  towards  them  from 
the  bridge  of  Ern.  Upon  fight  of  us  the  enemy  retired  to 
the  hills.  I  gave  Hurrie  orders  to  advance  with  B.ilcarras's 
horfemen  \  bm  he  was  neediefsly  fo  long  in  crolhng  the 
Powe,  that  I,  with  the  foot,  was  as  Toon  at  the  lord  of 
Almond  (where  the  rebels  croilld)  as  he  with  the  horfe. 
After  our  return  *,  upon  conlidei-ation  of  the  many  con- 
tefts  and  hot  dil'putcs  which  were  at  every  meeting  betwixt 
the  prime  men  ol"  parliament,  whereby  1  thought  the  coun- 
try's fervjce  might  iiilier,  I  demiitcd  my  charge  ;  and  in 
open  parliament  it  was  received  of  me.  I  was  of  new  exo- 
nered  and  approven.  Nevcrthelei's,  the  parliament  delired 
I  ihould  continue  with  their  forces,  without  commiihon^ 
until  the  S'tli  of  Scpteaiber;  which  I  would  have  rcfufed, 
alledging,  that  whereas  I  was  fo  overchai-ged  with  afper- 
fions  wliile  I  ferved  them  with  a  commiffion,  if  any  thing 
now  fliould  mifcarry,  I  wanting  commiflion,  and  ferving 
as  it  wei-e  at  difcretion,  my  cnt-mies  would  undoubtedly 
take  occafion  to  charge  me  far  more.  This  was  not  fatif- 
fat^lory  to  the  parliament;  and  my  befi:  friends  did  advlfe 
me  to  condeicend  to  the  parliament's  defire  ;  which  I  did, 
more  for  their  latisRiiTllon  than  my  own  ;  wherein  I  mud 
acknowledge  God's  providence,  and  ycni  lliuli  find  what 
followed  in  thefe  other  papers. 

My  Lords  and  Gentlemen,  In  obediejice  to  your  com- 
mand, whereby  I  was  required  to  inforni  you  of  the  con- 
duct of  your  forces  fince  my  demifiion  at  Perth,  until  that 
unhappy  day  at  Kilfyth,  your  Lordihiiis  fiiail  be  pleafcd 
to  know,  that  at  the  acceptance  of  my  denfillion,  the  JIo- 
Jiourable  Houfc  of  Parliament  defired  me  to  attend  their 
forces  luitil  the  coming  of  thefe  appointed  to  fucceed  un- 
to me  ',  whilk  I  endeavoured  to  evade,  and  that  becaufe  I 
being  fo  highly  fcandalized,  while  I  had  charge,  and 
ferved  the  eftate  by  commifiion  \  if  then,  ferving  as  it  were 
at  difcretion,  any  thing  fhould  mifcarry,  or  fall  out  amiis, 
undoubtedly  the  afperiions  of  the  malicious,  and  my  fuf- 
ferings  would  be  doubled.  This  proved  not  fatisf.ietory  ; 
and  therefore,  yielding  unto  tlieir  prcffings,  I  was  con- 
tent to  wait  on  their  fervice  a  fortnight  ;  in  wiiith  tinic, 
fuch    as   were    appointed  for   the   ch.u-ge,  as   I   imagined, 

•  .yicre  the  three  Fife  legincius  dlfb.intlcclj  and  wen:  home. 

might; 


;:-:n: 


•270  Ccn.  Bnif/u'  en  the  batik  cf  KUfyth.      Let.  177, 

might  both  be  advertifcd,  and  repair  unto  them,  if  dili- 
gence had  bccji  iifcd.  Immediately  thereafter  the  j-ebels 
returned  from  the  hills  into  Logiealmond ;  and  I,  v/ith 
confent  of  the  Lords  and  otiiers  of  the  committee  ^vho 
were  then  pi-efcnt,  marclied  to  the  fo\uh  iide  of  the  bridge 
of  Lrn,  hopeful  the  regluicnts  of  Fife  ihould  liave  join- 
ed with  us  tf.erc.  L^pon  the  fecond  day  thereafter  tlie 
relx'ls,  having  croiTcd  Krn  at  or  above  Dinning,  pre- 
fented  thi;ml"el\es  before  our  quarters,  which,  with  con- 
fent of  thole  v.'ho  -were  of  the  committee,  I  had  caiifed 
fortify  as  well  as  tiinc  v.'ould  fulTer,  for  which  the  rebels 
r.iarchetl  up  to\'/ards  the  hills  on  the  right  hand.  Upon 
the  mon-o\v,  the  rebels  marched  into  ilio  hills  of  Forth; 
and  I,  by  advice  of  the  conimiitee,  brought  their 
forces  that  night  to  Lindorcs,  and  on  the  morrow  to  the 
hill  of  Rolue  ;  where  the  regiments  of  Fife,  for  \vhom  the 
Earl  of  Crawford  hid  ridden  to  Cupar  the  night  before, 
did  join  with  us.  That  night,  with  advice  of  thefe  of  the 
committee,  we  lodged  near  imto  Burleigh.  The  next 
day,  by  their  advice,  I  marched  and  lodged  that  night 
betwixt  Saucliie  and  the  bridge  of  Tullibody.  Upon  the 
morrow,  hearing  the  rebels  had  crofled  Forth  above  Stir- 
ling, thefe  of  the  committee  then  prefent,  advifed  we 
ihould  crofs  above  Stirling.  And  a  litde  above  the  park, 
.upon  the  fouth-v/cfc  fide  thereof,  I  halted  with  the  rive 
regiments,  until  thole  of  Fife  were  brought  up,  liearing 
tlie  rebels  were  marched  tov/ards  Kilath.  After  the  up- 
coming of  thofe  regiments,  the  Marquis  of  Argyle,  Earl 
of  Crawford,  and  Lf)rd  Burleigli,  and  with  them,  ii"  I 
iriidake  not,  the  Ivirl  of  TuUiiiardine,  tlie  Lords  Elcho 
and  Balcaj-ras,  with  fome  others,  canie  up.  My  Lord 
.  INIarquis  aiked  me  what  was  next  to  be  done  ?  I  anfvver- 
cd.  The  diree'Hon  Ihould  co;ne  from  his  Lordfliip,  and 
thefe  of  the  committee.  My  Lord  demanded  what  rca- 
fon  was  for  that  ?  I  anfwercd,  I  found  mivlelf  fo  llighted 
■in  every  tbdng  belonging  to  a  command^;r  in  chiel-,  that 
for  the  ihoi-t  ti;v,c  I  was  to  ftay  with  them,  I  wou'tl  abfo- 
lutely  fubmit  to  their  direction,  and  i-"ol]ow  it.  The  Mar- 
quis defired  me  to  explain  myfelf ;  which  I  did  in  three 
particulars,  fuillciently  known  to  my  liOrd  INLirquis,  and 
the  other  Lords  and  gentlemen  then  prefent.  I  told  his 
Lordlhip,  PiiloneiS  of  all  lorts  were  exchanged  without 
my  knov.dedge  :  the  tr.il^lckcrs  therein  received  pafles  ironi 
ptlicrs,  and  ibmctimcs  palling  within  two  miles  of  me,  did 

neither 


V',     >/-,^-0;') 


i      .-.1.    ,■     ' 

1       ■.      ::i--i 


'    ii     li 


Let.  177-      Ccn.  DaiHic  on  the  hntth  of  KiJfyth.  '27T   . 

neither  acquaint  mc  with   their  bufincfs,  nor,  at  their  re- 
turn, where,  or   in   what   poflurc  they  had  left  the   ene- 
my.     2.  While  I  v/as   prcfent,  others   did   fometinies  un- 
dertake   the    command  of   the  army.     ;^.  Without  either 
my  order   or  knowledge,  fire    was    raifcd,  and   that    de- 
ftroved   which   mi^^ht   have  been    a  rcconipence   to   foaic 
good  defcrver,  for  which  I  would   not   be   anrwerable  to 
the  publick.     Which  confidercd,    I    fliould    in    any    tliin:; 
freely  give  my  own  opinion,  but  follow  tiic  jud^^cnient  of  the, 
committee,  and  the  rather  becaule  iliat  was  the  laft  day  of 
my  undcrtakini^.     From  that  our  march   to   the  brid2,e  or 
Denny  was  agreed  upon,  and  from  that   to   the  HoU.nul- 
bufli,  where  we  lodged  that  fame   night,  feme   two  miles 
and  a  half  from  Kilfyth  •,  where  the  rebels  quartered  like- 
wife.     On    the  next   morning,  the    Marquis  came   to   the 
head  of  our  quarter,  accompanied  with  the  Lord  Burleigh, 
or  fome  other,   of  whom   1   do   not  v/ell  remember.     Ills 
Lordlhip  enquired  of  the  rebels,  who,  1  told  him,  were 
at  Killyth.      His  Lordihip  alked,  It  we  might  not  advance 
nearer  them.     1   anfwercd,  we   were    near   enough  if  we 
intended    not  '  to    fjght,    and    that    his    Lordihip    knevr 
well    enough    how    rough    and    uneafy   a   way    that    v.'as 
to  march  in.     My  Lord  replied,  v.'e   needed  not  keep  the 
liighway,  but  march  over  at  neareil.     I   delircd   the   Earl 
of  Crawford  and  others  might  be  called,  who  were  in  the 
next  tent  •,  who,  v/hen   they  came,  confented   to   our  ad- 
vancing, and  I   marched   v.-ith  the  regiments  through  the 
corns  and  over  the  brats,  till  the   unpaifable  ground   did 
hold  us  up.     There   I   embattled,  where   I    doubt,  if  on 
any  quarter  twenty  men  on  front  cotdd  either   \\.wc   goivc 
from  us  or  attack  us.     At  the  upcoming  of  the  noblcmea 
and  others  of  the  committee,  whom  I  do  not   fo   well   re- 
member, it  was  aiked  me  by  the  Lords,  but  by  whom   la 
particular  I  have  forgot,  if  we   could  not  draw  up  to  the 
hill  on  our  right  hand  ?  I  fiiewcd  them  I  did  not  conceive 
that   ground    to   be    good,    and    that    the    rebels,    if    ilic.y 
would,  might  poliefs    tlicmielvcs  of  it    before   us.     'Ilwir 
Lordlhips  then  delired  that  lome  might  be  fen.t  10  villc   iho 
grotmd  •,   which  was  done.      In  the  mean  time,  1  v.cnt  with 
my  Lord  Llcho  and  m.y  Lord  Burleigh   to   the    right  hand 
of  the  regiments.    Not  long  after,   1  was   ieiit   for   by  the 
other  noblemen,   and  I  dchred  the  Lords   Llc!\o  and   Bur- 
leigh to  go  with   mc,  conjciiciu-ing   they    v.'ould    prcls   our 
•  i-emoving  j  which  at  our  coming  they  did,  alledglng  the 

ivdvaniapc 


27^  <^^«'  BaiU'ic  on  the  battle  of  Kilfyth.      Let.  177, 

advantage  might  be   had   of  the   enemy  from  that  field 
they   being,  as   they  fuppofed,  ah-eady  upon   their  march 
^vcftwards.     I  hked  not  the  motion.      I   told  iheni,  if  the 
rebels  (hould  feek   to   engage  us   there,  I   conceived  they 
fliould  have  great  advantage  of  us  ;  farther,  if  we  fliould 
beat  them  to  the  hills,  it  would  be  unto   us    no    great  ad- 
vantage :  but,  as  I  had  faid,  upon  like  difputes  near  unto 
Methven  and  the  bridge  of  Ern,    to  us  the  lofs  of  the  day 
v/ould  be  the  lofs  of  the  kingdom.     This   was  not   fatis- 
factory  ;  and   therefore   I   gathered  the  voices  of  fuch  of 
the  committee  as  were  there,  namely,  the  Marquis  of  Ar- 
gyle,  the  Earls  of  Crawford  and  Tullibardine,   the   Lords 
Elcho,   Burleigh,  and  Balcarras  \  who  the  rell;  were,  I  re- 
member not  •,  but  all  agreed    to   draw  unto  the  hill  except 
Balcarras.       Tliis    rcfolution    was    immediately    followed. 
The  commanded  men,  with   the   horfemcn,   marched   be- 
fore ;  the  regiment  on  the  right  hand,    facing  to  the  right 
hand,   and  fo  the  reil:  advanced  to  the  hill  j  where,  I  fup- 
pofe,    that  was  done  by  me  wliich  v.-as  incurnbent  unto  ms 
in  all   that  the  Hiortnefs  of  time   would   fuller   before   we 
were  engaged.     Whereof,  and  of  what  was  done  with  or 
againft  orcL'r,  your  Honours  may  be  pleafed    to   confider, 
by  the  figure  in  this  other  paper.    If  I  was  either  the  lail:  in 
the  fight,  or   the  firfl  in  the  ilight,  I  leave  to  tlie  teftimo- 
iiy  of  the  Marquis's   oilicers   and   Col.  Elume's,  and  unto 
General-Major  ilolbourn;   u'ith  whom,  after   thefe   three 
regiments  were  broken,  I  came  otF  as  on  the  rere  of  thefe 
horfes  of  the   rebels   who   broke   the   Earl   of  Crawford. 
Thus  your   Lord  (hips    have,    to    my   beil   remembrance, 
what   you  did  require  of  me,  whereby  I  hope   it   Ihall  be 
evident,  that  I  did  nothing  of  confeciuence  at  no  time,  but 
either  with  the  alTent   or   advice  of  thefe  members  of  the 
committee  of  flate,   whofe   advice   I   was  obliged  to  take, 
and  who  had  power   to   call  me  to  an  account  for   my  ac- 
tions, as   likewife   to    govern   the   arj-ny,   v/hicli   they   did 
praiSlifc  and  make  ufe  of,  even  when  by  comini;lion   I  v/as 
in  charge.    Mow  dangerous  then,  1  pray  your  Honours  to 
conilder,  had  it  been  for   me,  being  without  commiilion, 
to  have  flighted  their  advice  and  counfel,  yea,  even  though 
no  prejudice  Ihould  have  followed  therctipon  ? 

My  Lords  and  Gentlemen,  i3eing  appointed  by  your 
Honours,  at  your  laft  meeting,  that  I  ihould  enlarge  my 
relation  concerning  the  advancing  and  engaging  with  the 
rgbels  near  unto  Kilfyth,  iu  all  the  circumltances  and  pil- 


-H 


I  let.  177.     C en.  Ba'ilUc  on  ihc  battle  cf  kilfyth.  273 

t 

I  fliges   thereof,  and  ol:  every  man's    particular  behaviour 

\  thcreintill,  in   fo   f.ir  as  I  could  remember  ;    you  fh;dl   be' 

I  pleafed  to  knov^,  that  in  my  former  paper,  I  iliewed  your 

I  Honours,  that   conform  to  the  rcfolution  of  thefe  of  the 

t  committee  ^v]lO  v/ere  prefent,  1  feat  the  commanded  muf- 

\  keteers   to  the  hiil,  and  deiu-ed  Major  Halden  to  be  their 

I  guide  tuuo   an   inclolure  ^s'hich  I  pointed  out  unto   liim  > 

f  he   did   it.     J    followed  them  immediately  Vv-ith   my  Lord 

I  Balcarras  ami  the  horfemin,  giving  order   to    the   foot  to 

I  follow   us,   as  I  mentioned   in   iriy   liril    paper.      I    dehred 

I  my  Lord   Baicarras,  that   the    horfemen  n^iight   ftay  near 

I  unto    the     conmianded     mulkercers  ;    whiclx    was    done. 

I  I  advanced  mylclf,  where  there  ilood  a  number  of  gentlc- 

I  inen   on   horlcback,  where  I  found    live   ratt   muiketeers, 

{  more  than    a   nuill:et-lhot   at   random  before   tlieir   body, 

I  without   any  order   from   me.     The    Earl   Cr.iwfoid,  my 

\  Lord  Burleigh,   and    I,   gallojied  over  the  brae    to    fee  the 

•  pofturc  of  the  enemy,  who   were  embattled  in   the   mea- 

I  doiv,    and    fundry   of   them    dilbanded,    were    falling    up 

j  the  glen  throu;>,h  the  bulhes.      At  our  return  to  the  brae- 

I  head,  we    found    the  i\Lirqul3  of  Argvle,  v/ith  fundry   o- 

\  thers,   and   we   fiiv.'  Major  Halden  leading   up   a    party  o£ 

I  mufketeers  over  the  field,  and  towaj-d  an  houfe  near  the 

!  glL'n,  without  any  order  from  me  ;   neither  did  they  come 

\  off  v/hen   I   ient  Col.  Arnot,  and  thereafter  iloutmafcer 

I  Blair,  to  r\Iajor  Maiden,  for  th  u  pin-polc  :   wherefore  fee- 

ing the  rebels  f.dl  up  ui-ong,  I  delired  them  to  retire,  and 
the  officers  to  go  to  their  cliargc.  iMy  Lord  Balcarras  and 
I  galloped  back  to  the  regiments.  lie  alked  me  what  he 
Ihould  do  ?  J  delired  hint  to  draw  up  his  regiment  on  the 
right  hand  ot  the  Earl  of  Lauderdale's.  I  gave  order  t6 
Lauderdale's,  both  by  mylcU"  and  rn/  adjutant,  to  face  to  the 
riglit  hand,  and  to  march  to  the  ioox.  of  the  hill,  then  to 
face  as  they  Avere  •,  to  iiume  to  follow  their  fteps,  halt: 
when  they  halted,  and  keep  difrance  and  front  with  them.. 
The  Marcpais's  INlajor,  as  1  went  towards  him,  alked  what 
lie  ihould  do  ?  1  told  iiim,  he  Ihould  tlraw  up  on  Hume's 
left  hand,  as  lie  had  Cv^iwc  b.-fore.  I  had  not  ridden  far 
from  him,  when  looking  b;'.ck,  I  find  Huinc  had  left  the 
\vay  I  ]iad  put  him  in,  and  was  gone  at  a  irot,  rir,ht  weft, 
in  among  the  dikes  and  amor.g  the  enemy.  1  followed  as 
fafc  as  1  could  ride,  and  jueeiing  the  adjutant  on  the  way, 
dellred  him  lie  llioidd  bring  up  the  Lirl  Crawford's  regi- 
men' to  Lauderdale's  Lfi  Iiand,  and  caufe  the  GwU.-Ma- 
VoL.  IL  IM  ra  jor 


274  ^^^^'  J^^-^f^'^'  ^^^  ^^^i  battle  of  KiJj'yth.     Let.  177. 

jor  Lefllo  cU-aw  up  ilu;  i-egimcnts  of  Fife  in  rcfcrve  as  of 
befoi'e :  but  before  I  coulil  come  to  Hume,  he  and  the  o- 
ther  two  repimcnts,  vi/.  the  Marquis  of  Argyle's,  and  the 
three  that  were  joired  in  one,  had  taken  in  an  inck)furc, 
from  which  (t!ie  enemy  being  fo  near)  it  was  impoflible 
to  bring  them  oil'.  I  rode  down  on  the  rere,  and  return- 
ed on  tlicir  front.  The  rubers  foot,  by  this  time,  were 
approached  to  the  next  dike,  on  wliom  our  muiketiers 
made  more  hre  than  I  could  have  wilhed  ;  and  therefore 
I  did  what  I  could,  with  the  ahlftance  of  I'uch  of  the  of- 
ficers as  were  kriown  unto  me,  to  make  tliem  fparc  their 
fliot  till  the  enemy  came  to  a  nearer  diftance,  and 
to  keep  up  the  muiketiers  with  their  pikes  and  colours  \ 
but  to  no  great  puipole.  In  end,  the  rebels  leapt 
over  the  dike,  and  wiili  down  heads  fell  on  and  broke 
theie  regiments.  The  prefent  oflicers  whom  I  re- 
member, Avere  Hume,  his  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  I\L\- 
jor  of  the  J>Lux]uis's  regiment.  Lieutenant- Colonel  Camp- 
bell, and  JNIajor  JMenzies,  Glencairn's  ferjeant-major,  and 
Caflils's  Lieutenant-Colonel,  with  fundry  others,  who  be- 
haved themfelves  well,  and  of  v/hom  I  faw  none  careful 
to  fave  themfelves  before  the  routing  of  the  regiments. 
Thereafter  I  rotle  to  the  brae,  where  I  found  General- 
Major  Holbourn  alone,  who  iJiewed  me  a  Iquadron  of 
the  rebels  horfemen,  who  liad  gone  by  and  charged  the  horfe- 
rSien  with  Licutenant-Co'oncl  iNlurray,  and,  as  I  fuppofed, 
did  afterward  rout  the  Earl  of  Crawford,  and  thelb  with 
him.  Holbourn  and  I  galloped  through  the  inclolures  to 
have  found  the  referve ;  but  before  we  could  come  at: 
them,  they  were  in  the  llight.  At  the  brook,  that  not 
long  before  we  had  eroded,  we  ONertook  JNLijor  Inglis  of 
Inglifton,  Captain  I^Iaitland,  and  fome  other  oflicers  of 
the  File  regiments,  who  with  me  endeavoured  to  make 
oiu-  people  ftand,  and  maintain  that  pals  ;  but  all  in  vain. 
Thereafter  we  rode  otf  together  till  we  paft  the  bx'idge  of 
Denny  ;  where  we  parted,  and  Holbourn  and  I  went  to  Scir- 
hng,  where,  in  prefcnce  of  the  Earl  of  Tullihardine  and  ths 
Lord  Burleigh,  I  dealt  with  the  horfemen  that  were  there, 
to  have  gone  v/iih  me  to  Chdeldale  ;  but  loll  my  labour  •, 
for  they  iinding  tlie  bridge  lliut,  cron'td  the  river  at  tht; 
ford  of  Dripp,  except  the  oflicers,  who  thereafter  went 
in  with  us  into  the  town  ;  where,  by  a.dvice  of  the  Earl  oi 
Crawford,  the  other  Lords  and  Gcntlcmcu  that  v.'crc  there, 

thi 


,  ,  •  *  -  i ;  V  ,  ■  •   I , 


'i:':'0  J'j'it. 


■It    )A      .,,^-- 


!       V  ■  J       J  I  • 


d-}' )  i.>ri.  i.     .'.A  VJi. 


I  Let.  177.     Cm.  BailUc  on  ihc  hattk  of  KUfyth.                27 J 

I  {.he  befl  couiTe  was  taken  that  miglit  be  for  tliat  time,  for 

f  fcciiring  that  town  and  caftle. 

I  It   is   ohjcctcil    againft  mc   only,  as  if  no   other   officer 

I  were  to   give  an  account,   neither  for  regiment,  company, 

I  nor  corporah'liip,  that  on  this  our  unliapjn'  day  there  were 

*  no  hgliicd  baits*  among  the  mufquctry.    The  lire  given  by 

I  the  iirfl  live  regiments   will   fulliciently  anfwcr   what   con- 

I  ccrns   them  ;  and   for   the   other  three,  I   humbly  intreat 

I  your  Honours  to  inlorm  yourftdvcs  of  General-RIajor  Lcf- 

\  lie,  the  adjutant,  and  ihc  chief  olhcers  of  the  fevcral  regi- 

[  inents  :  if  they  do  not  faii^Fy  you  therein,  then  I  fl^all  an- 

I  fwer  for  luyfelf.      2.   It  is  alledged  we  llioidd  have  march- 

I  t(^  from  the  oncgrovmd  to  the  other  in  battle  :  which  was 

f  impofilblc,  in  rcg;ird  of  the  g''ound,    and  otu-  large  front  ; 

y  ncitficr  coidd  wc  June  niarchctl  with  fingle  regiments  em- 

I  baitlv:d  fi-om  tlic  north  fide  of  tlie  v»'ater   to    the  hill,  but 

I  by  tin-ning  a  nairower  flank  of  fix.   deep  unto  the   enemy, 

\  agalnH:  common  fenfe,   and   in   doing   thereof,   that   fame 

j  time  that  Ihould  liavc  been   lofl  drawing  up  u]K)n  the   liill 

I  in  the  ground  defigncd   unto   them,   IJiould   likewife   have 

("  been  loft,  or  rather  in  ore,  at  their  imbattling  upon  the  v,^a- 
ter-fide.    Befides,  they  fliould  have  been   obliged  to   have 

,  wheeled  once  to  tlic  right  hand,  and  when  tliey  had  come 

\  into  the  grou.nd,  again   to   the  left  hand,  which  had  been 

\  a  motion  of  great   difficulty   in   that   rough  and  unequal 

I  ground  •,  wherefore  my  order  was,  as   I   efteem   it,  abfo- 

I  "lutely   the   befl,    il    it  have    your   Jlonoin-s    approbation, 

I  tliat  our  battle  which  {"rcMited    to   the  enemy,   and    v%'as    to 

\  march  off  to   the   right  hand,  iliould  by  the  feveral  regi- 

f  ments  face  to  the  )-ight  hand,  making  the  dank  the  front  *, 

I  fo  that  even  upon  our  march,  the  facing  again  to  the  left 

i  hand  fliould  have  put  us  in  our  former  pofture  and  battle, 

if  the  enemy  had  attacked  us   on  that  way.     3.  It  is  faid, 

I  I  did  neither  give  word  nor  flgn.     Wliereunto   I   anfwer, 

I  At  our  ihft  imbattling  it  was  not  yet  time  \  then  v.'e  faw 

!  no  enemy  but  the  outer   guard,  neither  was  it  refolved   to 

\  f'gbt,  but  mod    men  thought   the   rebels   were   marching 

i  weft.     After  we  left  our  ground,  we  had   no   time  to  im- 

;  •  battle  complcatly;  \-ohlch  Souldatti-\-  thinks  necclTary  to  be 

dons  before  the  giving  of  word  or  fign,  neither  had  it  been 

I  poffible  to  have  given  them  unto  all  the  regiments  in  a  point 

I  of  time.     Farther,  it  caiuiot  be  alledged,  that  the  want  of 

I  *  Matches.     Flints  were  not  tlien  in  ufe. 

i  t    '  "'O  vvyrds  not  clear  in  ilic  Mb.     Wlicilicr  printed  right,  uncertain. 

'  M  m  2                                   thcn\ 


r  ., , 


II  f'.iir  jot  OT' 
.'?•■    -j;.;  ..i  K 


076  Gen.  Balllic  on  the  haltJc  of  Kilfyth.     Let.  177, 


them  innde  lis  loTc  ihe  d;iv,  or   that    hy   the  enemy's   fifrn  5 

vvc  could  not  be  l:nown  one  iTOm  another.     No  ;  the  want  < 

of  points  of  forrnahty  was  not  the  caufe  of  llie  niisiortunes  | 

of  that  d.iy  ;   bur  God,  lor  our  otjic  r  llns,  did  lulier  us  to  * 

fall  before  our  cnen)ics>  wher-^oi  the  only  luean  and  occa-  V 

ilon  is  only  probable  to  hav..-  bt.cn  in  our  reniovin^j  from 
that  groiuid  whereon  we  flood  lirft  embattled,  being  fo 
lisar  an  enemy  who  had  fundry  advantages  of  us.  So  by 
this   and    my   former  proper,  your  Honours  n^ay  ju<lgc  of  ; 

my  walking  in  your  ier\ice  lincc  niy  diiuiHion  ;  and  if 
there  be  )et  any  th  it  I'.eliies  an  ncccnuu  of  the  dilpoiltlou  . 

of   things,    and    the    m my    miidoruuies   of   tb.e    country,  | 

Avhile  I  \/as  in  charge,   I  Ih.iU  not  fhtllv  r  n:\-iell'  ui'Ji    tliat  \ 

approbation  given  at  Htirling  and  Perth,  but    ihall    ejidea-  ; 

vour  to  fatisfy  your  defirc,  by  deducing  imio  you  of  new,  \ 

and  in  particudar,   how  liitle  1  was  enabled  iiM"  pi.  1  loi'ndng  ; 

\o  great  fervice  as  was  required  of  me,  and  lei:  you  lee  my  \ 

tare  to  have  prefrrved  loii"  tovces  wb.cn  little  eould    have  \ 

been  atchievcd  Avith  tb.ein,  in   regard  both  of  their   nam-  \ 

bers,  of  the  feafon,  and  of  the  pdaccs  where  the  enemy  was  \ 

to   be   fou.nd  \  and,   lajf  of  all,   f   am  confident  your  Mo-  f 

nours  iliall  perceive,  that  the  loiiLs  at  Inverlocby,  Aldearn,  | 

and  Alford,  were  not  procured   cither   through  rr.y  ricgli-  1 

gence  or  counfci.  ! 

I  being  informed,  tiiat  thcfe  noblemen   by  v/hom   your  \ 

forces  were  accompanied,  while  in  obedience  to  yo\ir  IIo-<  \ 

nours  dcfires  I  waited  upon  them  after  my  dimiilion,  have  •, 

given  in  to  your  Honours  a  ciucrv.     In  what  capacity  they  \ 

jliall  be  examined  anent  the  nv.sforrunes  of  i!iat  day  at 
Kihyth  ;   arid  not  knowing  what  can    be    for   tiieJr   ailvan-  ? 

tage,  except  it  were  tb.at  noblen-.en,  v/ho  by  their  birtJx 
l\yi<X  quality  are  mcrnbeis  of  the   ellato  and  jiarliau'ient,   or  ; 

the  chief  and  prime  t)lncers  of  an  army,  are  u.ot  fo  much  * 

concerned  in  the    country's  gf)od  or  evil,   nor  i"o  much   to  \ 

be  charged  for  civinsT,  counlcl  in  matters  io  much  concern-  i 

ing  the  publicl:,  when  tiiey  do  mifcarry,  as  member-j  of  a 
comn:iittee,  which,  I  iupjioie,  ieu'  or  none  will  ac'niow- 
ledge;   and  ihereiorc  1  conceive,   that  yoiu-  llonours   an-  i 

fwer  may  be  fuch,  ye  not  knowing  how  and  in  what  man-  ■ 

ner  Vv-e  did  live  together  lince  .my  dimiliion,  ;is  thereby 
lome  men  might  endeavour  to  inter  nay  pj-ejudice  \  \:\\k:vc- 
fore  my  hunible  intreaty  to  your  Honours  is,  that  before 
your  anfv.'cr,  ye  will  be  plcaled  to  take  into  your  conli- 
dcriuion,  that  if  there  was  any  acl;  at  Perth,    ordaining 

your 


a;  I  • . ;     i.f  ■  I  ;.;■    j  .■  (ij->^j  iv.     i  > 


yti    (■ 


m'    ::i:.i;r     n.i     -v    1 


i  Let.  177.       C'cn.  haUUe.  on  the  haiilc  of  Kllfylh.  277 

\  your  commander  ;n  cl/icf  to   be   abfclutc,   ni-.d  wlihovu  a 

I  comi:i-iittec,  that  this  c\Ct  conkl  in  no  v.T.ys   be   extended  to 

I  nie,  b'jt  rather  to  thcle  'ippoint^d.  to  Tuccccd  me  \   bccraife 

I  in  the  2.€t  of  my  dimiiTion  is  contahied  your  liono^irs  ac- 

I  ccptance,  and  defirc  \\vcVi  I  ihould  command  as  of  before, 

I  \\-hich  was  :ihvnys   with  n  conunitt.-e,    y.']io^  hr.d   power  to 

\  oovern  tho  arm/ ;  nciihcr  v.-.is  that  :icl  of  abfoUiie  power 

i  ever  intimated  to  mo.    ^Jcx^,  your  Ilonom-s  will  b^  pleafed 

(  to  confuler,  that  if,  iii  the  divirxon  of  the  army,  and  othci* 

[  things  of  confequcMce,   I  prcfiinied  not  to  do  ;iny  tiling  but 

\  by  advice  of  thj  commiti'.^c  Avhilc  I  \\^^\  conunifiion,   with 

[  a'gre;ji  d.^.d  of  moic  re.ifon  j];ould  I   njt   h.ire  marched  a 

I  foot  .wiih    your    foixcs   w.mlin;;   a  committee,  and  beinrj 

witliov.t  com.m:l;ion   emploscd   in    a    manner  :',t  dilcirtion. 
Moreover,  I  hope  it  is  witlior.t  ccjiiroverfy,  vli.it  thefc  no* 
blemcn  were  members  of  tbat  commitiee  ot  liate,  to  Ai'lion-!, 
in  the  vaca-.icy  of  parliament,  all  that  concerns  the  pubiiclc 
Were  inindfcd  \  witn^fs  Lieut. -Gen.  Leilie's  connniiiion  at 
his  arrival,    v/Itiioi;t   more   power   fj-oin    parliament   than 
what  th.-'v  had  wb/ilc  th.y  were  witli  me.     They  were  con- 
ftant'.y  with  me,  t!ioin';h  fometimes   in  greater,  fometimcs 
lefler  numbers,  even  from  the  eneniy's  coming  to  Logieal- 
mond  until  tliey  were  all  ruined  \  in  which  time  I  met  dai- 
ly with   the  m.     They  confulted,    difiHUcd,    and   determi- 
ned, in  evei-y  thing  as  in  committees:   Ip.liance,  the  relolu- 
tion  taken  at  the  Powfide,   after  dh'^pute   to   retire    to   the 
iov.\.]\  fide  of  Earn;   tipon  the  fouth  jiJe  of  Earn,  rcfolu- 
tions  taken    (if  I  have  not  forgot)   in  a  formal  committee, 
for  fome  bufa^icfs  of  confequcnce,  which  I  remember  not  ; 
a   refolution    taken    for   putting    our  (paarter  in   defence, 
and  keeping  the    forces  v/ithin   it  upon   the   enemy's  ap- 
proach ;    the    enemy's    marching   into    Fife ;    the    refolu- 
tion taken,  after  difpute,  to  march   to  Lindores  ;    there- 
after the  refolution  taken   at   the   houfe  of  Burleigh,  to 
follow  the  rebels  towards   Stirling  ;    next,    the  refohitlon 
taken  upon  the  muir  of  Tullibody  before   the   Cliancellor 
left  I'.s ;    next,  the   refolution   taken   above    the   park   ot 
Stirling,  after  Ibn^ie  difpute,  to  march  to  the  bridge  of  Den- 
ny, and  from  that  to  tlie  Holland  bulii ;   and  on  the   next 
day,  the  refohition   taken,    by   their  perfuafion,   to   draw 
nearer  the  rebels  wlio  were  at  Kilfyth  ;    and   after  our  im- 
battling  in  a  place,  apparently  of  furety,  the  relbltition  ta- 
ken  to   remove   into    another    ground;    for  qualificatioa 
>vl;crcof,  I  muft  lerndt  inyfelf  10  the  tefUmony  of  thclc 

f.img 


'S^S  Ccn.  Ba:Hic  on  the  batik  of  Kiljyth.      Let.  177. 

fame  noblcn\cn  and  gentlemen  who  were  prcfent  upon  the 
fevcral  occafions.  Ifow  ilien,  I  pray  your  Honours,  can 
they  he  millakcn  in  their  own  capacities,  or  alledgc,  that 
at  any  time  1  did  any  thing  without  them  ?  Did  they  not 
in  that  capacity  fometimcs  command  tJie  whole,  and  iomc- 
timcs  parties,  from  tl^e  army,  I  being  in  the  field,  without 
my  knowledge  r  yea,  and  fometimcs  fuch  a^Sts  of  hofiility, 
as  I,  without  a  fpecial  warrant  from  the  eftate,  though  I 
had  been  in  chai-ge  by  conimiiilon,  could  not  now  have 
anfwercd  but  at  the  rate  of  my  head,  as  matters  go  ? 

But  it  Ihall  be  fait',  there  was  not  a  cpiorum  on  that 
our  unhappy  day.  Pleai'e  your  Honours,  if  that  ihould 
have  been  objected  to  me,  it  the  fuccel's  had  been  good  j 
or  if  through  any  fault  of  mine  the  I'cft  did  not  wait  on, 
or  if  I  did  not  proteft  againfl;  the  going  away  of  ibme  of 
them  J  likewifc  your  Honours  ihall  be  pleafed  to  know, 
that  the  great  committee  has  fometimes  approven  things 
done  without  a  quorum  ;  infrancc  the  dlvifion  of  the  for- 
ces at  Rofneath  :  but  if  there  had  been  yet  two  more  to 
have  made  the  quortau,  and  thefe  two  of  the  Lord  Bal- 
carras's  judgement,  yet  the  major  part  bad  carried  the  un- 
happy point  as  it  went.  But  thotigh  your  Honours  fhoidd 
not  look  lijum  them  as  members  of  that  committee,  to 
whom,  in  the  vacancy  of  parliament,  the  kingdom  was 
intruftcd,  and  by  confequence  the  country's  forces,  which 
I  truft  your  Honours  found  judgement  will  forbear,  they 
are  to  be  confldcred,  either  as  noblemen,  or  as  the  prime 
officers  of  the  army ;  and  in  cither  of  thir  qualities,  if 
there  had  been  prefent  no  member  of  committee  for  ma- 
naging the  war,  I,  in  that  exigent,  the  propoiition  ilow- 
ing  from  them,  w  as  obliged  to  take  counfel  from  them ; 
of  the  one,  as  of  the  prime  men  of  the  ilate  and  pai'lia- 
iTient;  and  of  the  other,  as  the  prime  officers  of  the  ar- 
my, who  ihoulci  have  both  accufed  and  judged  me  if  I 
had  not  followed  their  advice,  my  Lord  Burleigh  only  ex- 
cepted;  who,  for  his  fmccrity  and  known  atfettion,  for 
want  of  charge,  fliould  not  have  been  flighted.  And  if  I 
had  flighted  the  counfel  given,  citb.cr  the  givers,  confidcr- 
cd  as  connuittee-men,  members  of  Itate  arid  parliament,  or 
officers  of  the  army,  I  leave  to  your  conllderation,  if  the 
enemy  had  marched  off,  as  molt  men  fuppofed,  if  this  day 
I  Ihould  have  wanted  accufers,  either  for  treafon,  or  pul- 
trony  in  the  liigheR  degree  ;  and  that  in  confirmation  of 
what  had  been  laid  formerly  of  me. 

If 


Let.  177*      Ccn.  BaiUic  on  the  batik  of  Kilfyth.  275 

If  nothing  of  all  this  can  juAify  my  proccdnrc,  I  will 
intreal  your  Honours  to  advert,  that  tlic  eflatcs  defire  to 
n>€  was  to  command  as  of  before;  and  of  before,  the 
great  comniittce  of  cftates  declared,  they  remitted  the  car- 
i-ying  on  of  the  war  to  the  Marc|nis  Argyle,  Earl  Craw- 
ford, and  myfelf,  which  fliall  be  qualified  upon  your  Ho- 
nours demand. 

So  being  confident  that  what  I  have  faid  fliall  be  taken 
hito  your  Honours  ievious  thoughts,  I  recommend  unto 
your  confideration,  whether  or  not  thefc  noblcmens  de- 
pofitions  ihoukl  be  taken,  as  members  of  that  great  com- 
mittee to  whom  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom  was  intruftecr, 
and  daily  coni'tdters  with  me  in  all  thijigs  of  confequence 
concerning  the  army,  whofe  advice  and  counfel  I  was  obli- 
ged to  take,  in  whailbevcr  capacity,  or  if  on  that  unhap- 
py day  only,  wherein  all  mllearricd,  they  are  not  to  be 
thought  on  in'  tliat  (lualicy  they  had  been  in  formci'ly  with 
me,  and  from  the  beginning  in  proJpcrous  lintcs. 


j^ci  of  approbailcn  to  Licuicnant-Gcncral  BaiUic. 

Perth^  tJ<c  4th  of  Augiift  1645. 
The  whilk  day,  the  Lord  Lieutenant  General  William 
Baillie  having  earnellly  defired  the  Honourable  eftatcs  of 
parliament  to  examine  his  former  carriage  in  the  late  truft 
laid  upon  him,  and  thereafter  to  be  pleafed  to  liberate 
him,  and  to  employ  fome  other  in  that  charge,  finds, 
That  he  deferves  thanks  and  approbation  for  his  carriage ; 
and  again  renews  the  late  acl  made  at  Stirling  for  that  ef- 
fect ;  and  do  alfo  liberate  him  from  that  charge,  and  ac- 
cepts of  his  dimifllon  ;  but,  in  the  mean  time,  defues  hinx 
to  continue  in  the  fervice  as  of  before,  until  the  8th  day 
«f  September  next.     Extract,  ^'c. 


y^cl  for  7nanari!ip-  the  luar. 

Perth,  $th  Jugvfl  1645. 
The  cllates  of  parliament,  ^c.  after  hearing  of  the  re- 
port made  by  the  committee  for  managing  of  tlie  war,  and 
after  debating  thereupon,  and  publick  voicing  in  the 
Houfe,  do  enact,  fiatute,  and  ordain,  That  the  directing 
•f  the  war  fltall  be   by  the  parliament,  oi*  committee   of 

parliament  j 


23o  Cen.  BaV.U'c  on  the  battle  ofKUJyth.      Lc^.  \'~n, 

parliamcm. ;  and  the  actual  managing  and  executing  of  tlie 
directions  to  be  by  llic  conunandcr  in  chief,  as  he  will  bo 
anfwci'able  to  the  pailianieat  or  ihcir  commitltec.  lix- 
traa. 

The  wdi  dotli  qualify  tlic  necefiity  of  a  committee  roinT 
along  vv'itli  the  arr.r/ ;  and  I  doubt  not  but  your  Plonourl 
jfhall  l^nd  it  A\iihcut  contro\  cify,  that,  by  this  act,  no- 
thing belonging  to  the  w.-r  is  !jU  to  the  commander  in 
chief,  except  tlie  direiplinc,  whiiix  does  chiedy  confift  in 
ordering  of  the  marchj  the  quarter,  and  the  battje.  The 
managing  of  the  v/ar,  \\v\<\  directions,  are  folely  intruded 
to  thefe  of  the  great  comn-.ittee,  wliol'e  dirccftions  the  com- 
mander in  chief  is  to  cxuciue  ;  and  tlierefore,  I  hope,  I 
cannot  be  condeniueii  for  conruliing  and  advifing  with 
fucli  of  them  as  were  with  me,  1  being  without  commif- 
fion;  and  I  will  leave  it  to  your  Honours  confideration, 
liow  it  fnould  have  fnited  with  the  truft  repofed  in  them, 
and  their  duty  to  the  country  and  caule,  if,  upon  any  oc- 
cafion,  they  iiiouhl  cither  have  refufed,  or  forborn,  to 
have  given  tlieir  faitiihii  and  beft  counfel,  yea,  even  the' 
by  me  it  had  uoi  been  reqiured. 


173.  Tg  Mr  U'llUmn  Spang.     March  27.  1643. 

Reverend  arid  Dear  Coufin, 

Ke  is  wii'er   than   a   man  who   can   inform  v/hat 


courfe  our  alTairs  here  will  take.  This  is  the  feventh  v/cek 
that  I  have  been  forced  to  attei^d  in  Edinburgli  j  and  yet 
we  fee  fmatU  appearance  of  any  good  concluiion  ;  but  as 
they  are  I  m.ake  you  this  accouiit  of  them.  After  the 
King  found  liimlelf  difappoinred  of  all  the  fair  hopes  made 
to  him  by  Cromwell  an.d  his  party,  Avhetiier  on  their  re- 
pentance, or  their  fear  from  Lilburn,  Kainlborough,  and 
their  levelhng  Iriends,  our  coiumillioners  made  more  fe-* 
rious  applications,  and  were  more  acceptable  than  beiore. 
At  the  lile  of  Wight,  his  INLijeily  did  live  with  them 
very  lovingly,  and  upon  great  hopes  on  all  hands.  TiM- 
quair.  Sir  John  Cheeily,  Callendar,  a.nd  all  that  came 
home  before  tl-.em,  gave  it  out  conlidemly  in  the  genera!, 
that  the  King  hat!  given  to  our  commiJiloncrs  full  f.uibfac- 
tion.  This  cauJ'ed  great  joy,  and  a  rea.lineis  in  ail  to  rile 
in  arms  quickiy  loi'  hij  dehverauce,  iiiit  v/hen  I  found  all 
I  bound 


.^•cil 


. .  .  •    "/   ■'■■■I 


Let.  17S.  To  Mr  WilVuvn  Spar.g,  if.\ 

bound  lip  by  oath,  not  to  reveal  any  of  the  parlictil.ir  con- 
ccHions  till  the  comininioncrs  rctnnied,  I  feared  the  fatif- 
faction  fliould  not  be  iound  fo  agreeable  as  was  Ipoken. 
The  too  ftrii^t  fecrecy  bred  jn\judices  in  the  ip.inds  of  the 
V'ifcft.  And  when  we  heard  the  );eport  from  the  Chancel- 
lor and  Lauderdale  at  their  rctur'.i,  our  Aifpicions  were 
turned  into  grief:  for  we  found  the  conceflion^  no  ways 
fatisfa^tory,  and  the  engagements  of  fonie  to  tlie  Iving  up- 
on them  fo  great,  as  did  much  blemilh  their  reputalioii 
with  many  of  tb.eir  intimate  friends.  Our  debates  foi* 
more  than  a  fortnight  were  to  come  to  the  bottom  of  thcfe 
offers,  and  to  fmd  a  way  how  we  might  be  free  of  therxi. 
We  were  malecontent  with  our  commiflioucrs  :  their  feu r- 
vy  ufage  by  the  parliament  of  England,  their  compafiioa 
of  the  King's  condition,  Lanerk's  power  with  Lauderdale, 
and  both  their  wtjrkings  on  the  Chancellor,  made  rhemi 
to  accept  of  lefs,  and  promife  more  to  the  King,  than  we 
would  thand  to.  They  \vcre  content  we  ihould  declare 
our  didalishu'tion  with  the  King's  o.rlei-s  as  we  thought  lit, 
both  by  the  church  and  the  llate,  on  condition  Ave  would 
confent  to  a  levy  againli  the  faction  of  iectaries.  To  this 
we  were  not  unv/illing,  providing  Ave  might  be  faiisfied  iii 
the  ftatc  of  tiie  queftion,  and  might  be  allured,  that  the 
army  Ihould  be  put  in  fucb.  hands  as  v,'e  uiight  confide  in. 
Both  theie  v/cre  promifed  to  us  in  private  ;  but  when  we 
found  no  perforuiap.ee,  the  buluicfs  is  retarded  to  this 
day.  Bjtwixt  the  Cirincellor,  Diike  Argyle,  Treal'urer, 
Lauderdale,  Lanerk,  Jial merino,  V/arillon,  I\'ir  Piobert 
Douglas,  Mr  George  Glllcfpie,  Mr  David  Caklerwood, 
Mr  Robert  lilair,  Mr  David  Dickfon,  Mr  Samuel  Ruther- 
ford, many  meetings  liave  been  had,  night  and  day,  pri- 
vate and  publick  ;  but  as  yet  our  dlfcoicls  increnie,  and 
arc  ready  to  break  out  in  a  fearful  rupti;re  botli  of  church 
and  Hate.  Our  mcetiuigs  v/ei-e  long  in  private  for  a  Hats 
of  a  queftion.  W'e  i-;<|uired  peremptorily  to  ftaiid  to  cur 
former  princi;)!es  and  coveiiant ;  *'  to  have  religion  iettleJ 
"  iuif-,  aiul  the  King  not  rehored  till  lie  had  given  fccuri- 
*•  ty,  by  liis  oarh,  to  confent  to  an  act  of  parliament  for 
*'  injoiiiing  the  covenant  in  ail  lils  doininiouo,  and  ftttllng' 
"  religion  accordiuf^  to  the  covenant.''  We  ftucl:  many 
days  on  t'lat  negavive  capreilion,  '*  The  King  not  to  be  re- 
**  llored  till  lie  had  fworn  the  covenant."  This  much 
had  both  owe  p.u  liauicnt  .i;iil  ahembly  prcHl-d  upon  liini 
at  Newcallk  :  yi.t  at  laii.  we  were  cciiti^nc  of  alfn-mative 
Vol.  IL  No  cxnrellions: 


^1.     /        jV 


282  To  Mr  WilViam  Spavg.  Let.  173. 

cxprcflions  :  "  Piclifi/ioii  and  tlic  covenant  to  be  fettled, 
^'  ;ind  thereupon  tivj  Iving  to  be  rcltored."  The  next  dif- 
ficulty in  the  qucfnon  was  about  the  ni;ilign:ints.  We 
•were  pcreniptory  to  have  none  oF  thcni  in  our  army  who 
ihould  not  take  the  covenant,  and  to  have  all  of  thcni  de- 
clared enemies  who  lliould  rile  in  arn"is  by  themiclves  for 
any  end  contrary  to  ourciiiife.  Mere  we  had  great  flrug- 
glinti.  In  ih.e  writ  whicli  wc  calK  d  an  agreement  and  cn- 
pagement,  the  King's  olTers  therein,  too  great  favour  was 
iliown  to  mahrnants.  We  refolvcd  to  bcv.'are  of  them  {o 
iuuch  the  more.     The  grcatcft  llop   oF   all   was    upon    tl'.e  , 

oath.  AW^  refohed  to  li,i\e  thcie  thing.-^  put  in  ;i  i'ormal 
oath,   to  be  taken  h'kiiudy  by  ail  tlie    inembvrs  of  parli.i-  i 

I'nent  and  olllcers  of  om-  army.  Tliey  declined  an  oath 
by  all  means.     While  we  wvc  like  to  coiuc    to    no    agree-  s 

iucnt  about  thcfe  things,   tlie  ptd[iiis  fountled  loud    againll  " 

the  dangers   of  malignants,    but  niore  Ibfily  againll   iecta-  \ 

ties.      We  prepare  alio  a  declaration   of    dangers    and   du-  ; 

ties,  wherein    we  prefs   to    the  full  our  dilLui^tacclon  with  ; 

the  Kiiig's  conceilions  in  luattcrs    c;!"    religion.     This   gave  \ 

great  oliencc    to    our   conuniilioners.      We   had  put   them  i 

to  it  to  give    us    in    writ    the  report   v>-hat    paffed    between  < 

them  aiul  the  King  concerning   religion  ;    lor    his    Majefty  f 

in  his  letter  to  us  had  laid,  he  had  okej-cd  to  tJiem  w]i;-.t 
he  was  confident  v/ould  give  us  fatijfaelion,   which  they  are  ; 

nccef^/itared  to  give  wz  in  writ  thcfe  private  conceilions,  and 
be  content  to  have  thcni,    and   oin-   reafons    againft    theiu,  I 

publifned  to  llie  world.     They  were  not   a  little  offended;  - 

but  there  was  no  remedy.     To  our  fenfe,    they  had  paiTed  \ 

the  bounds    of    their   duty,   though  botli  the  eomtnittec  o^  < 

elfates,  and  parliament  itfclf,   had,   in  a  fair  general,  with-  '• 

out  examination,  approved  all  they  had  done.  We  tliought 
It  deffructive  to  our  caulc  and  covenant,  and  oui  iehcs  ab- 
folutely  impeded  fro;u   all   motion  for  the  King    till   thefo  ; 

grounds  of  motion  were  ]iubiiekly  dii'clainud.      It  increa--  \ 

fed  our  oiience,  that  \o  many  nohk  nien  did  vex  us  with 
debates  and  \'o?es  openly  in  i jce  of    the    comr.ujlion,   after  j 

we  had  changed   in    piivr:ie,    for  the   facisfaLlion    of  the  i 

Chancellor  and  Jjauderdale,   many    p.-;lTir,es   of  our    writ  v  I 

alio  that  they  had  laboured  to  their  po'.ver  10  make  a  parry  \ 

among  the  minifters    to    oppofe    us,    Mr  .Vndrew  R.r.u.fiy,  \ 

IN'Ir  Andrew  Fairfoul,  IMr  iloliert  Laurie,  iNir  iiiidrew 
jAlllecl,    and   diveis    others;     but    efpeci;diy    Mr   "William  \ 

Colvil,  who  had  iu   private   objecied   agtinft  one  puku-e,  ! 

•  -        .  .  Jnferiiu^ 


I  Let.  178.'  To  Mr  IViUiam  Sp^tng.  2 S3 

f  inferring  the  neccflity  upon  confcicncc  to  rcftore  the  Kinir 

I  prcfcntly  to  the  excrcife    of   ]iis    kill  rc^'^al  power  in  all  his 

I  dominions,   notwithftanJing  of  all    he  had  done,    without 

\  any  condition,  cither   of  covenant,   religion,    or   propofi- 

I  tions  ;   that  v/e  were  obligetl  to  do  ihiii  diiiy  inuo  lum,  and 

I  never  more  to  oppofe  till  vve  found  him  abufe  this  ])ower  ; 

jmd  then  we  might  refifl-,  albeit  no  more  but  the  abufe  of 
tliis  pov.'cr.  I  tlid  think  it  en(High  in  our  fubcomndttee  to 
bring  him  to  acknowledge  fo  iliameful  a  tenet,  all  of  us 
thinking  he  would  not  have  the  boldnefs  any  more  in  pu- 
bliek  to  Ipcak  to  iurh  a  piujiofe  ;  yet  iii  the  face  of  the 
commifllon,  in  a  very  jeering  iniolent  way,  beiiig  a  Utile 
provoked  by  the  indil'creet  challenge  of  Wr  llutherford, 
he  olTered  to  reafoa  for  fitch  a  concluiion.  We  had  not 
failed  to  have  called  him  to  an  account  for  his  malapert- 
ncfs,  had  not  the  intervention  of  otb.er  greater  affairs  di- 
verted us. 

By  this  lime  the  parliament  was  {i:t.  Never  fo  many 
noblemen  pr^ient  in  any  of  our  parlianients  \  near  iir'iv 
Earls  and  Lords.  Amono-  ihem  were  found  but  eiuiu  or 
nine  for  oin-  v.ay  ;  Argyle,  Eglinton,  Caflils,  Lothian, 
Avburlhnoi,  Torp'aicbcn,  llofs,  iKiImeiano,  Cupn-,  Bur- 
leigh, and  iomeiim.es  the  Chancellor  and  Balcarras.  All 
the  red,  with  more  tlian  the  hah  of  tlie  Barons,  and  al- 
moil  tlie  half  of  ihe  Burgelies,  eipccialiy  tlie  greater  towns, 
Edinburgh,  Terth,  Dundee,  Aberdeen,  8t  Andrev/'s, 
Linlithgow,  ran  in  a  llring  akcr  Duke  Hamilton's  vote. 
That  party,  beiides  the  advantage  of  the  ntunljcr  of  two 
at  lealr  to  one,  had  likcwiie  the  moil  of  the  ableft  fpeak- 
ers.  Lor  us  nojie  did  f[>eah  but  Argyle  and  "Wari/ton, 
and  fometlmes  C.dnls  and  JJahnerino  ;  hut  they  had  the 
Didce,  tlie  Treafurer,  Lanerk,  Lauderdale,  Traqnair, 
Giencairn,  Cochran,  Lee,  all  able  fpokefmcn  ;  yet  the  o- 
ther  party  had  the  advantage  of  reputation,  having  from 
tiic  beginning  been  conifanc  in  our  canfe  :  alio  all  the  af- 
filtance  the  church  could  make  was  loi-  them.  The  fn- il 
bickering  war.  for  our  declaration.  NVJ^en,  contrary  to 
their  minds,  we  had  palled  it,  thev  v.xre  carnefl  it  miglit 
not  be  publiilicd  \  biu  we  had  given  orders,  as  ever  had 
been  our  cuftom,  to  print  it,  even  bet'oie  we  had  comniu- 
nicated  it  to  the  parliameiu.  They  had  Jivers  ptu-pofe?, 
ciihcr  by  j->eri\iailon  or  violence,  to  have  kept  it  in  ;  but 
\vc  let  it  go  out  on  INTonday,  and  ordained  it  to  be  read  o^i 
Sunilav  thereai'cer  in  all  ihe  kir.ks   of  F.dinburph,    and   a~ 

W  n  z  boutv 


V 


2S4  .     To  Mr  JVlIUam  Spang.  Let.  17S 

bout.     That  Avhicb  haacncc)  it  out  was   our  irritation  by 
the  Treaiurcr's  challenge  of  Argyle  on  the  Monday  morn- 
ingi  an  unhappy  accident,  that  was  ready  to  have  kindled 
the  dve  amongft  us  all,  had  not   God   prevented   it.     Ar, 
gyle's  enemies  had  of  a  long   time   burdened  liim,  amone 
jnany  flanders,  with  that  of  cowardice  and  cullionry.     On 
the  Friday  afternoon   in    parliament,    difeonrjino    merrily 
with  the  Trealurer,    he  faid,    '*  He   heard   of  a   meetini 
«'  whereat    the    Trcafurer    had    been    the    other    night" 
Speaking  a  little  of  this  purpofc,  he  apprehended,  that  the 
Ireaiurer  had  laid,  not   only    that   the    beft   men   of  the 
kingdom  had  been  at  that  meeting,   but  alfo,   that  himfelf 
was  a  better  num   than   he.     Upon  this,   Argyle  goes  out 
of  thel-Ioui;-    m   anger,   and    calls   for  Major  Innes,   who 
iat  at  both  then-  feet,  and  heard  their  difcourfe,  to  know  if 
he  had  heard  the  Treafurer  lay,   that  himfelf  was  a  better 
jnan  than  Argyle.      Innes   did  not   avow   the   words  ;   but 
bemg  fent  to  the  Treafurer  from  Argyle,  to  try  if  he  had 
Ipoken  fo,  he  faid,  ile  wotild  not  acVount  to  Argyle  what 
he  faid  ;   but  whaieAer  it  was,  he  would  make  it  good  with 
his   ivvord.     Upon    this,    Argyle   delired  him   to    appoint 
'    tmic  and  place;  and  on  the   Sunday,    a   publick   faft-day 
the  freafurer  fent  back  word,    after   both  fermons,    that 
on  Muhelourgh  links,   at  fcven  o'clock   to-morrow  morn- 
Jng,  he  fhould  meet  hinn,  and  bring  a  nobleman  for  a  fe- 
coiu'l.     Inn.s    albeit  no  great  friend  to  Argyle,  not  only 
offered  ..m.icif  to  Argyle  fur  a  feeond,   but   told   him,   he 
womd  relent  It  as  a  wrong  if  he   ^^cre   not   admitted;    fo 
Argyle,   wuh  no  lle/Ii  but  Innes,    the   Treafurer,   and  La- 
nerk  his  kcond,  did  meet.     Incontinent  all   were   miffed 
andjuany  ran  to  all  quarters  to  fearch  l^or  them  ;   and,   hv 
Ooas  providence,   beJore  they  began  their  plea,   fome  fell 
on  them,  and  made    them    part    without   a   ftrokc      The 
council  that   night,  witli  nuich   ado,  got  them  to  a  pro- 
feiieacoldnieiriendfjiip.      We  had  reiolved    in    the    com- 
nmlion  of  the  cluuxh,    to  liave  made  both  before  the  con-  ! 

gregation  acknowledge  their  fauh;  k,  much  the  more  as 
.Sinclair  and  David  Lefly,  Eglinton,  and  Glcncairn,  fome 
Clays  before;  and  iome  days  alter,  Kenmuir  and  Cranffon, 
had  been  on  the  like  engagements  :  but  other  matters  put 
that  out  oi   our  heads.  ^ 

The  ptiblifhing   of  our  printed  declaration  put  fome  of 

lae  iniriKuiiuu  on  many  hard  ihot^ghts  of  us ;   but  the  re- 

iult  of  all  was,  the  calling   of  iix  of  us  to  confer  with  fix 

.       ■    ■  ■  of 


)1  <'A 


Let.  178.  To  Mr  William  Spang.  aS^ 


I  of  their  great  committee  upon  a  ftate  of  a  qucftlon.     For 

!  ihcm    were,    La\idcrdale,   Lanark,  Iliimbic,  Lee,  Archi- 

i  bald  Sydforf,  and  Sir  Alexander  AVeddcrburn,    with  the 

I  Chancellor  :   For  us,   Mr  David  Caldcrwood,  Mr  D.  Dick- 

\  Ton,  Mr  G.  Gillefpie,  Craighall,    Libberton,  I,    with   ihc 

\  modcrtor  Mr  Robert  Douglas.      They   produced    to   us   a 

I  dr^.ught  of  a  declaration,  penned  with  a  gi-eat  deal   of  de- 

\  Jiberation,  by  the  counl'el  of  many,  but  efpecially  by  La- 

I  nerk's  pen.     They  bad  ilandered  us  exceedingly,   as  oppo- 

«  fite  to  all  war  with  tbe  linglHh  fectaries  on  any  terms.     To 

\  clear  that  miftake,  I  wrote,   and  put  in  divers   hands,   La- 

\  nerk's  among  others,    the   paper    which  herewith   I    fend 

j  you.     Their  drauglit  did  endeavour   to   give   pretty  good 

f  f;uisfa(Slion  to  moft  of  our  doubts  ;  yet  after  a  day's  advife- 

I  pient,  we  found  it  fo  uni'aiisiactory,  that  themfclves   were 

content  we  fliould  take  it  to  our  conlideration  to  be  cor- 
rected as  we  foimd  expedient.  Mr  Gillefpie  and  my  Lord 
Wariflon  had  drawn  an  oath  of  alTociation,  which  pleafed 
themfclves  well,  but  their  oppofites  extremely  ill,  and 
their  bell  friends  but  fo  and  fo,  when  bed  corrected.  la 
our  draught  we  took  fo  much  of  their  declaration,  and  our 
fi'iends  oath  of  afTociation,  as  we  thought  made  a  flate  of 
«  a  queftion  which  Ihould  be  fatisfactory  to  all  ;    and   here, 

to  my  great  joy,  were  we  on  the  very  nick  of  a  cordial  a- 
greement :  but  behold  a  moll:  ludiappy  accident,  which 
did  put  us  to,  and  yet  has  kept  us  in  a  dilcord  ahuoft  irre- 
concilcable.  There  was  a  great  defire  in  the  chief  that 
were  for  an  engagement,  to  feixe  on  Berwick  and  Carllile, 
both  for  the  extreme  great  advantage  of  thefe  places,  and 
alfo  to  begin  the  war,  for  the  encouraging  of  our  friends 
abroad,  and  wakening  our  people  at  b.ome.  This  they 
counted  no  wrong,  nor  invalion  of  England  ;  their  quar- 
rel being  only  again  ft  the  fecStarics  and  their  adherent?, 
for  vindicating  of  our  covenant,  for  the  refcuc  of  the 
King,  parliament,  and  opprelled  covenanters.  An  indie^ion 
needed  not  againft  this  enemy.  The  towns  of  England, 
for  our  paflhig  and  iafe  retreat  in  the  proleciuion  of  the 
common  caufe,  ought  to  be  patent.  Yet  the  moft  of  us 
"vvere  avcrfe  from  this  defign,  and  had  long  kept  it  off.  la 
a  few  days  wc  found  the  parliament,  two  thirds  for  one, 
othcrwife  affected  than  we  wiihed.  So  foon  as  it  was  cou- 
ftitutc,  there  was  an  inclination  to  make  a  dole  committee 
for  the  greatefi  ariairs.  Six  of  every  ihitc  v.'crc  named. 
3o  long  as  thciv  power  was  not  determined,  wc   were   not 

ftartled  > 


25<5  ro  Mr  JniUam  Span^,  Let.  178 

ftartled ;  but  fo  foon  as  they  got  an  abfolntc  power  to   do 
.^vhat  was  fitting  for  the  fafety  of  the  kingdom,  in  relation 
to  Berwick   -And   Carlifle,    incontinent   all   were  alarmed. 
Six  of  the  trufiiefl  members  of  parliament  proteflcd  apainfl 
that  vote.     The  proteilation  was   not   admitted  ;    hu"?  the 
proteflors  thereafter  kept  themlelvcs  together  ;    and  albeit 
the  leafl,  yet  they  kept  the  reputation  of  the  belt  part  of 
the  parliament.     Privately  and  publicklv  we  gave  warnin<i 
that  the  pairing   of  fuch   a   vote   would   break   us   irrecS 
verably;  but  we  were    believed    too    late.     MyLordCal- 
iendar's  party  were  To  furioufly  carncft  to  pollcfs  Berwick, 
.nnd  to  begin  action,  that  they  threatened  to  defert  Hamil-' 
ton  and  his  friends   if  they  delayed   the  vote  any  longer ; 
To  It  palled,    notwithftanding   our   earneft   in  treaties,  ^'ancl 
our  fnends  protefiaiion   to    the   con.trary.     TJie  illlie  was 
tve  refufcd  to  confer  any  more  on  the  ftate   of  a  queAion! 
The  protellois  conlirmed  their  union.     iMany  of  the  ihires 
fent  in  to  fupplicate  againfl  all  engagement,  unlefs  the  kirk 
were  latisfied  m  the  ftate  of  a  queltion.     David  Ldly,  Hoi- 
burn,  with  the  reft  of  the   oilicers,  declared  their  refolu- 
tion,  not  to  move  without   our  fatisi'.iction.     After  ibme 
days  conteft,   we  found  a   great  change.     The  Chancellor 
that  had  hitherto  been  loo  far  for  the   engagers,  ollended 
with  their  unrcafonable   proceedings,  came  almoft  wholly 
oft  than  to  us  his  old  and  beft  la-iends.     The  chief  of  the 
Dukes  fnends  came  to  intreat  us  to  accept   all   we   could 
dchre,  to  ftate  tlie  qucftion    according  to  our  mind,  to  be 
allured  to  have  inch  in  our  armies  and   committees   as  we 
liked,  to  gne  over  the  furprife  of  Berwick,  and  all  aclina 
.by  the  dole  committee.     Thefe   things,   b)    the  Treafure? 
and  others,  were  oft'cred  to  us,  wich   many   fair  and  ear- 
neft  expreftlons.     As   yet  we  are   not  latisfied  bywords, 
and  lome   of  our   leaders  are  likely  never  to   be   latisded, 
and  refolve  to  truft  to  nothing  that  their  oppolues   can  do' 
or  fay,  fo  long   as  this  parliament,    which   they   call   un- 
iound,  13  m  b(  ing.     The  danger  of  this  rigidity  is  like   to 
be  fatal  to  the  King,  to  the  whole  iile,  both  churches  and 
ftatcs.     AVe  n-.ourn  for   it   to    God.     ThoucTh   it   nroceed 
from  two  or  three  men  at  moll,    yet    it    feems   rcmedilefs. 
It  we  be  kept  from  a  iprelent  civil  war,   it  is  God,   and  not 
the  w.ldom  ot  our  moft  wife  and  beft  men,  which  will  fave 
lis.     I  am  more   and   more   in  the  mind,  that  it  were  for 
.the  good  of  the  world,  that  churchmen  did  meddle  with 
CCcleliaUick  ahliirs  only  5  that  were  they  ever  fo  able  othev- 

wifcj 


-:.,  .    hnc   -li- 


.■A  y;  .:   IV*I    '■'■■:       :'■»;  I'M 


'u(fr  .1- 


tct.  i']^"  To  Mr  WllHam  Spang.  '     %ii  , 

■^vifc,  they  are  unhappy  ftatefmen;  that  as  Eraftiarufm  iy 
hurtful  to  the  church,  fo  an  Epifcopal  papacy  is  unfortu- 
nate for  the  ftatc.  If  no  man  v/cre  wifcr  than  I  am,  v/c 
jhould  not  niake  many  fcruplcs  to  fettle  the  tlirone,  and 
pull  down  the  fee^aries.  Never  more  high  and  dangcrou:-. 
queftions  in  Scots  hands.  What  the  conclulion  ,\vill  be, 
a  few  days  will  declare. 

Wliile  we  are  iticking  in  tluTe   laby'rinthr.,    one   of   our 
number,  none  of  the  nioft  rigid,  j'alls  on  the    overture   to 
propone  the  comniifhon   of  the    general   aliembly's  deflre^i 
all  together  immediately  to  the  parliament,  w^herein,  if  v.  c 
'•'Ot  fatisfaiSlion,   we  were    to   go  on   as  they  defired  iij;,  to 
Icate  a  queftion.    The  motion  was  approven.    This  draught 
of  ciglit  articles,  after  iome  changes    of   it   to   tlie  worfc, 
was  palled,  and  prelenreil,   in  nanu;    of  the  commiflion  ot 
the  cl\u;-ch,  by  IMr  Robert  Blair,  Mr  Robert  Ramfay,  and 
I.     For  anfwer,  the  eighteen  of  their  hrfi:  great  connuittce, 
with  the  addition    of   lix   more,    tweniy-fotir   in   all,    the 
prin:;e  members   of   parliamer.t,    were    appointed  to  confer 
with  tis  oil  ihefe  our  delires.     The   conuuijlion,    to   theie 
feven  who  had  UiCt  before  with  the  lubcommlttee   of  par- 
Hanicnt  upon    their  declaration,   added   Mr  Robert   Blair 
and  Mr  Andrev/  Cant.     On   the  Thurfday,  before  noon, 
they  went  throtigh  the  fnfh  five   of  our   delires.     All   the 
flicking  was  oii  the  fiftli  •,  wherein  we  prelied  to  have  the 
malinnanis  who  Ihould   rife  ia   arms  by  themfclves  decla- 
red  enemies,  as  well  :is  iecranes.      i  nis  was  contrary  to  the 
King's  agreement  with  Ionic,    and  their   intentions,    wlio, 
without  the  help   of  malignants,  made  the  wcvic  impolli- 
ble.      At  lall  we  carried  the  article.      In  the  afternoon  wt 
had  ahucll  dillered  on  the  lixth,  the  King's  oath   to  con- 
fent    to    an    act   of    parliament    for   iujoining    the    lolcma 
league  before  his  reiiinition    to   the   cxercifc  of  the   royal 
power.     We  pre ffed  him  not   to   take   the   covenant;  but 
\vhatevcr  liis  confcience  was,   we   conceived  him  boimd  to 
confent  to  ilic  ncctliiuy  laws  of  the  kingdom,     'i  bus   Ins 
good-dan>e   Queen  IVJary  alicntcd  to  the  a*irs  of  parlianunt 
for   the  Reformed    religion.     This    alfo   did   pais   for   the 
ftibftance  ;    only   a   connmittee   was   appointed   to    imooih 
feme  cxprelfions  abotit  tb.e  King's  rcfiitution.     We  h?.d  no 
power  to  recede  from  any  word,   and  ib  would   not    be   at 
any  committee    foi'   changing  any  expreP.ion,   but  believed 
the  comminion  of  the  Icirk  would  not  iliek  at  words,   it  the 
natter  were  well  Tecured.    On  the  feventh  article,  fo.v  ur.i- 

iiaging 


•j     :-•    .      _..^  , 


'•'  :   ;  •'i;  ny,' 

i>:    I;,-;  .)-■'}    ■ 


fn. 


288  To  Mi'  irilliam  Spang,  Let.  17a.  ■ 

naging  the  war  by   conftant  hands,  there  was  not  much  ' 

debate.     We  could  here  fall   on   no  words  which   micrl^t  1 

not  be  granted,  and  yet  httle  for   our  advantage;  alblic  I 

this  was  the  greateft  of  all  our  difiicultics.     Upon  the  con-  \ 

flitution   of   the    army   depended   all   our  human    fafety  "^ 

hope,  and  fecurity  of  whatever  elfe  was  granted.  It  goes 
now  fo,  that  no  truit  remains  to  any  words  or  oaths  r'^ex- 
cept  therefore  force  were  in  the  hands  of  our  friends,  wo 
rclolved  not  to.  flir  ;  and  yet  we  could  not  crave  any  fuch 
particular,  but  had  neccffity  to  have  it  done  one  way  or 
other.  Some  underhand  did  move  to  have  the  Duke  Ge- 
neral. Callender  and  In's  Iriends  were  carefid  to  free  u^ 
of  this  fear;  for  generally  all  but  the  Dukes's  own  follow- 
ers doubted  much  the  iincej-ity  of  his  intentions,  either 
for   religion  or    the    King  •,  albeit   I   confefs,  whenever  I  i- 

heard  him  or  his  brother  ipcak  in  earnelf,    they  feemed  to  • 

111c  to  give  ample  fatisfacUon  ;  but  as  yet  they  have  not  the  * 

fortune   to    be    believed    by    many.      Ochiltree's    bufincfs  ! 

flicks  ftill  in  the  throats  of  fome.     Upon   too   great   pro-  \ 

bability,  Callender,  by  his  own   party,  which   is   great,  is  I 

wiflied  General :  but  his  inflexibility  to  ferve  againli;  Mont-  > 

rofe,  upon   the   fcnfe    of  private  injuries,  whereby   inde-  ; 

lible  marks  of  difgracc  were    printed  on  the  face  of  Scot-  i 

land,  and  his  very  ambiguous  proceedings   in    Faudand  at  i 

Hereford  and  elfewhcre,  make   us   that\vc    dare  not   put  : 

our  lives  and  religion  in  his  hands.     David  Leily  and  Hoi-  i 

burn  are  more  beloved  by  us.     The   old    General,  for  all  ^ 

Ills  infirmities,  is  acceptable  ;  alfo  Middleton,  and  the  ge~  ■ 

ncral  of  the  artillery,  will  not   be   refuicd.     In  private  we  j 

were  aflured  thefe  fhould  be   the  general  officers  ;  but  wc  ' 

will  not  be  affured  without  fight,  and  our  main  difficulties 
will  be  upon  the  committees  to  govern  the  iiate  and  army 
in  the  intervals  of  the  feffions  of  parliament.  If  herein 
they  permit   them   whom   we   count   trui'ly,  to    h;!ve   full  \ 

power,  v/hen  they  can  carry  what  they  wid  in  pariiament, 
it  will  be  a  great  wonder  ;  yet  if  in  t!vs   we    get  not  fiiis-  i 

fa^ion,  nothing  elfe  will  fttisfy.  \\'c  e:;peot1ittle  debate 
on  the  eighth  article,  to  have  an  oath  for  all  tliis  ;  but  here- 
in wc  were  peremptory,  and  hope  to  obtain.  It  was  my 
wifh,  that  only  the  p.u-li;unent  and  olhcers  of  ilie  army 
fliould  fwear,  and  that  the  body  of  the  land  Ihould  be  put 
10  no  more  oaths;  but  it  feems  this  affiociation  mull  be  no 
lefs  fvvorn  than  our  two  former  covenaius.  'vVlule  thus 
far  we  had  proceeded  on  Thurfday,  I  thought  we  v/ere  as 
2  iiood 


•  •■■■I      ;:,vj 


iri;K.o    r.'f 


I'  •  \    ,  "  ■)].'•  liii  I   .'.'J 


Lex.  178.  To  Mr  inU'iam  Spavc^,  2S9 

rood  as  agreed  ;  fo  I  rcfolved  to  2"  home  to-morrow  \  for 
the  opening  of  our  pro\incial  fynod  lay  on  nie  as  ihc  Lift 
moderator;  alfo  a  new  vci-y  dangerous  infe^liion  was  bro- 
ken tip  in  Glafgow,  and  conic  to  my  very  gates.  Upon 
thcfe  reafons,  aftei-  ciglit  weeks  ftny,  I  got  leave  from  the 
commiflion  to  retnrn  ;  albeit  very  hardly,  for  our  bnfi- 
nefs  was  not  fully  ckil'ed,  and  I  had  immediate  accefs  and 
trufl;  with  fundry  of  the  moll  leading  men,  with  wliom  I 
was  efteemed  to  do  no  evil  iervicc  •,  while  otliers,  by  their 
wav,  did  irritate  more  -,  alfo  we  hail  refolved  to  have  rea- 
foii  of  Mr  W.  Colvil  and  his  followers  for  tlieir  great  and 
dangcrotis  infolcncy,  not  fo  much  in  tlieir  open  contempt, 
neglecting  to  read  our  declaration,  as  in  their  feiinons  and 
private  negotiations,  both  witii  noblemen  and  minikers,  to 
frame  a  faction  for  dividir.g  oc  otir  churcl.,  wherein  the  pe- 
remptory rigidity  of  fome,  the  too  great  fnnpliciiy  of  o- 
tliers,  and  the  evil  talents  of  more,  gave  them  the  occa- 
fion  to  make  too  gixat  progrefs  ;  but  having  {laid  till  I 
declared  my  lenfe  al)undantly  againft  theie  men,  and  help- 
ed to  bring  them  low,  and  ptit  them  in  a  way  either  to  re- 
cant or  be  cenfured,  I  came  away  on  the  Friday  morn- 
ing, and  to  my  own  lioiife  at  night.  The  college  was  al- 
niofi;  totally  diflblved  for  fear  of  the  plague.  We  are- 
waiting  on  the  Lord's  pleafm-e,  what  he  will  do  with  Glaf- 
gow,  \vhether  yet  it  may  be  fpared  from  the  plague, 
T/hereof  1  am  not  defporatc  ;  and  what  Ihall  be  the  next 
avSl  of  the  long  tragedy  among  tis.  PJuch  fpcecli  oi  the 
Prince's  coming:  as  yet  our  aliairs  are  not  in  a  condition 
to  receive  him  as  I  cotild  wilh  ;  but  ere  long  he  may  be 
welcome.  I  cannot,  of  cei'tain  knowledge,  hear  any 
thiiir^  of  tliat  youth,  whereby  1  can  conjecture,  on  any 
hand,  v.'hat  to  hope  or  fear.  His  mother's  unkindncls  to 
the  C)uecn  of  Bohemia  and  her  fons  is  vifibly  retaliated  in 
the  eyes  of  all  I'.urope.  I\ly  bell  wiflies  are  for  the  refti- 
tutjon  of  King  James's  family.  Before  this,  I  fee  no  ap- 
pearance of  any  lolid  peace,  either  to  Germany  or  Bri- 
'tain.  This  long  letter  Hiall  be  a  grountl  of  a  challenge,. 
if  you  write  (o  rare  and  fo  iliort  as  this  while  bygone^ 
J/aj-ewell. 
-     Glafgo-^,  Manh  rS.  1648. 


Vol.  \h  '         O  o  179.  -Tx 


■  'h^i 


o    () 


m     ■  •      To  Mr  UVI!,,n  Sj^a,,^.  j^^t.  i^p, 

J79-   '^0  Mr  imiam  Spang.     June  26.  i6.]S. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Coufin 
Since    my  UH,    March  2Mh,    I    have    heard    nothln. 
from  you,  nor  Ong  bck.rc.     Our  afiairs  fincc  have  had  J 
great  progrcfs,  huL  not  an  inch  to  ,hc  better.      All  annl 
ancc  of  any   poillhibility    to   aoree.  dailv   does  more  and 
J^ore  evandlt.     A   ipirit  of  biturncis,  jcalouf,;  "n,  mu- 
contempt,  gro.s  on  all  hands,  and  the  flr^n.er  T- 
ty  ^s  begun  to  jK-rlccurc  the  v.caker,   and    that  cvil^is   hkc 
.Wlyo  mcreaic  cpdckly.    The  courlc  of  a.iairs  ma     d  ^ 
both  bchde  any  munnon    to    do    the   worft  of  that  which 
has  been  obiected  to  either  as  their  deiign.     The  ^U    '^s 
and  mahgnants  may  fhorrly  divide  the  tvhole    fle,  to     he 
great  danger  and  hurt  of  the  King  and  the  honeft   p' fb^ 
tct.ans  m  both   kmgdoms.     Our   llorm  is  vet  but  Maxinf- 
^vc;^can  make  but  iurali  judgenunt  of  its  end. 

l\hcn  I  doled    my  lait   to   you,   as    then  I  wrote     there 

k    k      ^Th  ;     "'^    ,"■  ;'  ^■'""^^"  ^'"  comndlllon  of  the 
i^uk       Ihcy   to   whom  the  confideration  of  it   v.-,3   com 
^Mtted,  looked   fo   narrowly  into   every   wore   of  i^     t' m 

e)  nt  cicuics  l.tiohcd.      xhis  much  the  commifilon  repre- 
sented m  a  new  paper,  added   a  new  dehre,  to  decl  ue  a 
gamft  the  negative  voice  of  the  Kiro     v'hich   ?,  '"'^'"  .^ 
Ijoners  papers  in   England   had   ib^m u  ^p-    ^d^"  Th  : 
d.-auguof  ^;r  James    Guthrie's,  in   the   iw' of  ^i; 
O.  Gillefp.e,  was   as   ill   taken  when   it  came   to  the  n. r 
J.ament  as  any  other,  and  fo  was  as  good  as  hid^fidc  ^  dU 
jn  the  large   declaration  they  gave  it^  an   anfwer      in   the 
nean  tune  they  put  out  the  act  of  poUure   ior   /btth^     H 
he  kn^gdom  n.  a  defence  again.fl  inva/ion  ;   but   in   a'f^w 
days   came   out   the    ai^t   of   lew     ^v^;^l      • 
hrmedall      Tl,  ^    r  a  ''    ^\hlch,  mcontujcnt,  a- 

Jhcivoiklkntw   dicre  was  no  danpcr  to  iis  from  tl>^„i 
i-- . hey  K.d  bca,  Wi.!,  „3  i„ lulinburs,;  a.-.d  .hch^rtel ;Hfe 
■  '  ^  -  ..         vpori 


I';,;']    J;     *  >  n-;;'7r    vr. 


rj.'l    ,i'  .^i!vr    , 


Let.  179.  To  Mr  WiU'iam  Spang.  2pr 

upon  Berwick  and  Carliflc  was  generally  believed  not  to  have 
been  underralcen  witliout  Ibnie  of"  our  priviiies.  The  atSl 
therefore,  before  publifhing,  was  helped,  grounding  our  levy- 
on  the  danger  from  the  ;inny  of  iectaries,  which  thefc 
lurprifes  would  draw  down  on  our  borders  ;  and  in  this 
there  is  like  to  be  no  falfe  propliecy. 

Here  it  was  where  our  diflei-cnces  began  firfl  to  be  ir- 
rcconcileable.  AVe  ftood  on  the  managers  of  the  war  as 
much  as  any  o:i'.:  thing.  The  committees  of  fhires,  and 
crowners  for  the  polture,  were  indilierent ;  but  when  it 
came  to  the  levy,  generally  all  the  trov/ners  of  horfe  and. 
foot  were  chofen  as  Duke  Hamilton  and  Callender  liked. 
Our  friends  here  got  very  little  of  their  will ;  but  the  cope- 
flone  was  put  upon  our  defjjair,  v/hen  we  found  Hamil- 
ton and  Callender,  hov/  much  conirare  loever  one  to  an- 
other, yet  at  lall,  after  there  had  been  much  fpeech  and 
dealing  of  either  to  join  with  Argyle,  and  that,  through 
whofe  fault  I  know  not,  had  mii'carried  at  iaf:  ;  I  fay, 
Hamilton  and  Callender  did  join  too  friendly  to  otn*  pre- 
judice, and  that  on  thefe  terms,  befidc  others,  that  the 
Duke  fl^ould  be  General,  and  the  Earl  his  Lieutenant. 
Both  of  them  to  that  time  had  been  0})p0iiie  to  the  em- 
ployment of  either  ;  and  fo  long  as  tJicy  had  any  hope  of 
our  compliance,  both  prolelled  a  great  deal  of  willingncfi 
to  continue  the  old  general  oflicers,  v.dtlioui  any  change, 
and  each  otfered  to  mar  the  employment  of  the  other  j 
but  when  tliey  could  not  draw  o;'.r  friends  to  engage  in. 
any  terms  liking  them,  then  peremptorily  they  icruck 
hands,  and  went  on  u  ithout  much,  mors  notice  ot"  us. 

With  threats  and  promifes  they  moved  old  Lcfly  to 
lay  down  his  place.  For  a  long  time  we  had  hopes  the 
army,  which  we  had  kept  from  diffolving,  ihould  have 
been  firm  to  us;  but  hJiddleton  ipoiled  that  our  luvpe. 
All  the  officers  had  -oined  in  a  lupplication  to  tlie  parlia- 
ment backing  the  dellrcs  of  the  kirk.  Had  tliis  been  Ifood 
to,  the  defigiis  of  odiers  had  foon  been  broken  ;  but 
-Middleton,  v/ho  long  had  lliifted  fubfeription,  at  lafr  was 
willing  to  join,  with  wa  addition  of  a  Ikort  poilfcript,  ot  the 
fnbfcribers  willingnefs  notwithflanding  to  objy  all  t!ie  par- 
liameni's  t-lirevitiwns.  Tiiis  commentary  ciid  io  enerv-.te  the 
text,  that  our  friends  periuadjd  tl\e  oilicers  U)  lay  afiJc 
their  petition,  a^.  that  whiclt  was  profitable  for  nothiiig,  be- 
ing clearly  cmafcuKite   by  the  potlfcript.     From   that   day 

()  o  2  >v<; 


a:>  ;..;.  ;:<Oijtf7/ 


'Jill    <.:..l. 


^  () 


^92  I'o  Mr  WiUldm  Spaiij^.  Let.  i^c^, 

wc  loft   the   army.       D.uid   Lofty,    by   much    clearing  of  I 

many,  was  made -willing  to   keep  his  jil.icc  ;  yet  afccrwavd  ; 

he  repented,  and  gave  it  over  •,  and  ft)  did  Holburn,  and  di-  ! 

vers  more  of  the  moft  gallant  of  their  ollicers,  when  they  \ 

faw  the  church's  advice  totally  neglci^ted.  ! 

Thcfe  th.ings  did  grieve  much  the  f'piriis  of  many,  and 
I  believe  few  more  deeply  tlian  my  own,  lo  that  my  hciiith  [ 

by  grief  for  muny  days  was  impaired  ;  yet,  by  the  impor- 
tunity  of   many,    I    was    (bcioix   fully    recovered)    drav.-u 
back  again  to  Edlnburgli.    Tlu:n   I   lound  that  n^atters  to- 
tally were    dcfpjr-it.e.     Jj.niderd.de    wiih    grief,   the   Tiea-  : 
furer,  with   many  tcaj's,   told   me   how    ibre  againft   their 
hearts  they  v/ent  the  way  ihey  were  in,   c;ifting  the   blame 
on  others,  who  yet    aiTurcd  ir.e,   for  their  parts,  that  they 
fotuid  never  any  truth  in  the  fair  general  ofters  was   made  ; 
theui,  when   it    came   to    any  particular.     liov/ever,   then 
the  dice  was  caft,  every  ftde  vvcre  eng:igcd    to    go    on   in  ■ 
their  own  way.                                                                                              t 
The   declaration,    long   and   well   ftudied,    and   penned           i 
moft  bv  Lanerk,  in    very  plaulVole    terms,   was   olFercd   to 
us.      We  appointed  a  conimi':tce  for  it.      It   was  my  advice 
to  be  Ihort  in  obferving,  and  to  pitch  but  on  the  main  ex- 
ceptions.     On   fundry  v/e  agreed,   and  wh.at  fomc   offered 
I  got  out  of  their  own  conceptions  ;  yet    being  obliged   to  \ 
take  phyfic,  I  was  forced   to   keep  my  chamber   ten   days.           j 
In  this  interval  Mr  Gillefpie,  without  much  conlradiclion,  -: 
got   in   his   reprefentation  whatever  either   himfelf  or  AV.  i 
or   C.  had    co!let5i:ed,   which    made   it   tcdioufty  long,   and 
in  fiuidry  things  needlefsly  quarrelfome,  and   to   come  lb  | 
late,  that  the  parliament,  alter  ten  days  waiting  for   it,  at  '. 
Lauderdale's  canker'd  motion,  commanded   their  declara-  ; 
tion  to  go  out  without  any  more  notice  of  wJiat  we  had  to           \ 
fay  againft  it.                                                             •  ii 
At  this  time  a  meftenger  went  to  the  parliament  of  Eng-  ( 
land  with  five  derr.ind^,   craving    iin    aniwer   peremptorily  ■ 
in  fifteen  days.     That  winch  they  feared  moft  was   to   en-  I 
■gage  in  any  treaty.    Tiiis  we  L\,er  prefled,  buttlicv  thought  | 
it  ncedleis,   ihice    they  qu.irrLlled  n(;t  \'.Mth  the  piriiament,  1 
but  with  the  aruiy  and    their  adherents,   v.'ith   whv)m    they            | 
Avere  not  obliged  to  treat,   and  loie  the  ieafon  of   ih.e  Kng-            ! 
lilh  motions  at  home,     'i'he   runiotu*  of  our  war  made   a    •        | 
great  ftir  in  many  parts  both  of  England  and  Ireland,  and  \ 
put  the  parliament  to  :dt.-r  uiuch  of  tluir  foru-er  \'.ay,  tc»  ! 

praut  I 


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■■'•  ! 


Let.  179.  ^0  Mr  JViHiam  Spang.  ^f/^ 

(Trant  London  their  militi:t,  the  tower  tlic  gnard  of  the 
parliament  as  before,  the  freedom  of  their  impriibncd  al- 
dermen, the  recalling  of  the  eleven  members  to  their 
places,  the  reftoring  the  impeached  Lords,  the  making 
Warwick  admiral  of  the  navy  :  the  army  alfo  was  forced 
to  divide  •,  Cromwell  to  Wales,  where  yet  he  is  ;  Fairfax 
to  the  north  :  but  in  his  march  he  was  recalled  to  fuppreis 
the  Kentillimen,  The  molt  of  the  lliires  were  on  their  feet. 
Had  not  our  unhappy  difcords  marred  our  expedition  j 
had  we  with  a  Imall  army,  with  any  vuianimiry,  but  ap- 
peared on  the  border  in  time,  appearingly,  without  ftroke, 
we  might  have  got  for  the  King,  for  our  friends,  for 
otu-felves,  what  v.-e  plealed  ;  but  our  fatal  difcords  were  as 
well  known  at  London  as  at  Edinburgh,  lb  leifure  is  ta- 
ken by  Fairfax  to  quiet  Kent  and  J'.iIlx,  and  by  Cromwell 
to  hold  down  Wales,  and  by  others  to  keep  in  Cornv/all. 
Lambert  in  Yorklhii-c  had  time  to  keep  back  Langdale 
from  York  and  Lancaihive,  aiul  great  yniins  are  taken  to 
join  the  Frelbyterians  and  the  Indei)endents  againft  all  the 
rifcrs  in  the  fhircs,  and  our  army,  as  againll  nialignants. 
If  this  conjunction  go  on,  the  King  and  our  nation  are  ia 
ii  hard  taking. 

In  the  mean  time  the  parliament  and  commilllon  pro- 
ceed in  their  paper-dilTcrcnces.  Their  declaration  and. 
our  reprefentation  are  both  printed.  They  go  on  to  acl, 
Ave  to  preach  againft  tlie  lawfulncfs  of  the  cnagagement  as 
it  was  ftated.  The  rendezvouies  are  appointed  for  the 
•ihires  againft  the  21ft  of  JNIay.  Many  jM-efoyteries,  {y- 
nods,  burghs,  Ihires,  gave  in  fupplications  the  ift  of 
Jinie,  to  delay  the  levy  till  the  church  got  fatisfaiStion. 
Our  poor  town,  ftilHlngular  in  that  \nihappin.efs,  is  made 
the  firft  example  of  iuilering.  All  of  us  the  town-mi- 
niftcrs  went  up  to  fupnlicate  the  Duke  in  Hamilton,  in 
tlie  name  of  the  preibytery,  to  delay  the  lii'ting  of  our 
people  till  our  lupplications  were  anfwered  by  the  parlia- 
ment. I  fpoke  oil,  aiul  at  length,  to  his  Grace  aiul  Excel- 
lency, as  moderator  of  the  preil:>yiery.  Vv'e  got  courteous 
and  civil  words  enough  ;  but  deeds  very  bitter,  incoiui- 
nent  all  our  magiftrates  and  town-couiicil,  that  fime  night, 
were  fnnnnoncd  to  anfwcr  to  the  parliament,  for  not 
keeping  witli  their  men  the  rendezvous  j  a  fault  common  to 
them  with  all  their  neighbour  towns  and  Ihires,  yea  with 
the  whole  kingdom  well  near  j  yet  they  were  all  caft  in  the 

tolbooth;, 


-\'    '.:A\ 


iir. 

. !  i' 


1   -U 


294  -To  ^Jr  JVilHain  Spa/i^.  Let.  17*7. 

tolbooth,  antl  kept  there  divers  dnys  ;  and  bccaufe  they 
profefied  fcruplc  of  confciciicc  to  furiher  the  levy,  they 
were  all  deprl\ed  of  tiieir  places,  and  a  commillion  fent 
to  the  old  council  that  before  v/as  removed,  to  elect  nc\7 
magilirates  ;  v.'ho  made  (with  lefs  rcru])le  than  I  with  to 
fet  down  and  name)  Colin  CanApbell  Provoll,  John  An- 
derfon,  James  Tran,  William  Ncilion,  Bailies;  and  thefe, 
for  a  council,  took  the  old  caihiered  men  with  a  very 
little  change  :  fo  great  grief  is  among  the  new  faction  in 
our  town,  and  too  great  contentment  in  the  old,  to  fee 
themfelvcb  reftored  to  their  places  by  the  fame  men  and 
jiieans  they  v/ere  caihiered,  the  parliament  ))utting  them 
in,  and  others  out,  only  for  following  the  advice  of  their 
miniftcrs  and  cop.iiniilion  of  the  church. 

But  this  is  not  all  otir  milery.  Before  this  change, 
fbme  regiments  of  horfe  and  foot  were  fent  to  our  town, 
with  orders  to  quarter  on  no  other  but  the  magilirates, 
council,  fefliou,  and  their  lovers.  Thele  orders  wer:; 
exerccd  with  rigor.  On  the  moil  religious  people  of  our 
tovvn,  huge  burdens  did  fall.  On  fome  10,  on  fome  20, 
on  others  30  foUliers,  and  more,  did  quarter;  who,  bo- 
lide meat  and  drink,  wine,  and  good  cheer,  and  whatever 
they  called  for,  did  exa*^!:  cruelly  their  daily  pay,  and 
much  more.  In  ten  days  they  coft  a  few  honeft,  but 
mean  people,  40,000  lb,  bclides  plundering  of  thefe 
•whom  necellity  forced  to  ilee  irom  their  houlls.  Our  \oh 
and  danger  was  not  l"o  great  by  James  Graham. 

No  relief  got  we,  but  a  greater  mifchief.  IVlany  yeo-^ 
men  in  Clydefd.de,  upon  tear  to  be  levied  by  force,  had 
fled  from  their  hotifcs  to  Loudon-hill,  and  there  had  met 
in  a  body  of  fome  hundred  horfe  and  foot.  Sundry  of 
the  foldiers  who  had  left  the  army,  joined  v/ith  them. 
Much  fpeech  began  of  a  refillance  in  tlie  welt.  Too  ma- 
ny miniilers,  both  eaft  and  wefl,  w^ere  faid  to  be  for  it,  if 
there  ihould  appear  a  likelihood  of  a  party.  For  myiclf, 
I  was  clear  againll  all  fuch  thing  :  1  thought  v/e  had  nei- 
ther a  juft  caufe  nor  a  good  authority  lor  any  fuch  mat- 
ter, and  the  farthell  we  might  go  v/as  no  more  thai\  fuf- 
fering.  While  we  arc  on  ihefc  debates,  Callender  and 
IMiddleton  come  weft  on  the  Saturday  the  loih  of  June. 
About  a  fortnight  bcirore  Argyle  hail  met  with  Judlnioii 
and  Caflils  at  Irvine.  Thi^  meeting  gave  a  Ihow  10  the 
talk  of  a  refinance  in  the  well.     Fife  alio  leemed   to  look 

that 


r.K,{    .:  Wii. 


I^et.  179.  ^<?  ^^/"  ^VlUiam  Spang.  29^ 

that  way  :  but  it  appears  now  well,  that  the  named  noble- 
men, whatever  they  met  for,  did  conchidc  of  no  fuck 
tiling;  for  Argyle  went  prcfently  home  to  Invcrary,  and 
Eglinton  declared  himfelf  willing  to  let  his  men  be  levied. 
Plowcver  Callendcr  made  haite  to  make  the  well  fecure. 
The  Clydefdale  men  came,  on  the  "Saturday,  to  IM.uich- 
linc  to  communicate.  Tliat  night  Cailender  lay  at  Paillcy. 
On  Mondny  he  matlc  a  rendezvous  at  Stewarton,  of  1600 
good  horfe,  and  above  2000  fotK,  at  ten  o'clock.  From 
thence  he  marched  to  Mraichline,  iending  Middleton  be- 
fore hin\  with  300  horie. 

The  noblemen  and  gcntlcn-icn  of  the  fliirc  of  Ayr  had 
fat  late  on  the  Satin-day  at  a  connnittce  in  Pviccartoun  : 
finding  that  Fife  had  yielded,  that  Argyle  was  far  off  and 
cjuiet,  and  Cailender  with  an  army  in  their  bofom,  they 
refolved  to  lay  afide  all  thouglus  of  refinance,  and  of  this 
advertifed  the  peojdc  at  iVIaucliline.  They  notwitliftand- 
ing  would  not  dillblve,  but  after  the  feianon  in  the  morn- 
ing of  Monday,  fomc  1200  horfe  and  800  foot  with  eight 
miniftcrs  go  out  to  JNIauchline  muir  ;  gentlemen  or  offi- 
cers very  few  were  among  tliem.  "W'hile  they  are  about 
to  chufe  jbme,  IMiddlcton  appears.  They  expected  no  e-» 
neniy  in  hade,  io  they  are  amazed  at  the  fight.  The  mi- 
niftcrs went  to  T'Jiddicton,  and  capitulated  for  the  fafety 
of  all,  except  the  foldlers  who  had  lei't  their  colours, 
whereof  were  100  or  2eo.  This  written  capitulation  the 
minifters  did  carry  to  the  people,  and  perfuaded  to  their 
power  their  difbanding.  Tl\e  moft  of  the  men  of  Ivylc 
and  Cunningham  were  content  to  go,  but  the  loldiers  and 
Clydefdale  men  would  needs  fight.  While  they  are  more 
tlum  an  hour  in  this  confufcd  uncertainty,  and  lundry 
crying  to  fight,  Middleton  makes  a  iew  of  his  horle  ro 
charge-,  but  the  people  prel'ently  fled.  His  Ibld.ers  ;ib- 
ftaincd  from  killing,  only  a  taking  horle,  aims,  and 
purfes.  A  troop  of  the  people  iieeing  to  a  brulgc,  and 
mifihig  the  Avay,  were  forced  to  ibuul.  T'l\ey  un  ned  on 
the  loldiers,  and  fought  very  fcoufly.  H.:i-e  \\  .is  the  moff 
of  the  ilaughter ;  near  forty  fell:  fome  fay  as  nnmy  of 
the  troopers  as  of  the  people.  Middlcron  himlclt  was  lore 
put  to  it  by  a  fmith.  He  got  fome  wcunds  ;  .md  confelles, 
had  he  not  ftabbed  the  fmith,  tlu.ugh  nor  deadly,  while 
he  was  bringing  on  him  too  gieat  a  f .  ;^  ;e,  he  had  un- 
doubtedly killed  him.  jNiany  cf  the  p.o^-lc  were  wound-^ 
cd.     By  the  time  Cailender  and  v.\c  ti^mj'  cf\ipc  up,  th? 

people. 

"     '•  •  \ 


296        -  To  Mr  JVilliam  Spang.  Let.  lyy.  • 

people  vere  difperfed.     They  fpcnk   as   if  the  Clydefdale  ! 

horfe  were  gone   to   Gallowayj  with  a  mhid  yet   to   iight ;  \ 

but  I  bcUcve    it    not.     There   is   indeed    in   our   people  a  { 

great  aniniofity  put  in  them,  both   by  our   preacliing  and  \ 

difcourfe  ;  alfo  by  the  extreme  great  oppreflion  of  the  fol-  : 

diers  ;  fo  that  it  fears  mc,  if  Lambert  be  come  to  CarHfle 
with  frclh  men,  and  liave  put  Langdale  in  to  the  town,  as 
they  fay,  fo  foon  as  our  army  ihall  be  entangled  with  the 
EnglifJi,  many  of  our  people  rife  on  their  backs.  To  pre- 
vent this,  they  have  pahed  a  fcvcre,  and,  as  I  think,  an  '  5 
unjuil:  and  tyrannous  atSl  of  parliament,  to  put  all  the  fub-  ; 

jefts  of  the  kingdom  to  fubfcribe  their  readinefs  with  life 
and  eflate,  to  further  the  execution  of  the  a6ts  of  this 
parliament,  meaning,  above  all,  the  ai5l  of  the  levy,  v.'hich 
the  chiu'ch  has  fo  much  contradicted  as  imlawful ;  alfo  to  \ 

declare,  that  the  execution  of  the  a(Sts  of  this  parliament,  : 

'arc  the  moil:  neceflary  and  liiteft  means  to  remeid  our 
troubles,  and  preferve  religion  ;  and  that  all  who  Ihall  not 
fubfcribe  this  much,  without  delay,  are  juftly  to  be  holden  ] 

enemies  to  the  ctmimon  caufe,  religion,  and  country.   We  ; 

think  tlic  befi-  part  of  the  land  will  never  fubfcribe  this, 
find  fo  that  all  of  us  who  refufe  fhall  be  at  their  mercy. 
If  I  be  put  to  this  fubfcription,  as  poflibly  I  may  Ihortly,  I 
think  I    may  once  more  come  to  you,   and  that  to  remain  ■ 

longer.     A  fervice  to  any  of  our  regiments,  or  any  com-  ^ 

pany  of  EngliHi  merchants,  will  be  very  welcome   to  me  ;  J 

which  you  will  be  thinking  of;  for   however  yet  they  let  -, 

ininifleis  alone,  and  I  have  as  much  favour   as   any  oiher,  j 

yet  I  think  oin-  troubles  may  fo   increafe,   that   I   may   be  | 

glad  to  be  out  of  Scotland.     It  feems  man.y  of  our  people  i 

may  incline   to   veiiturc  their  lives,  cither  alone   or  with  I 

the  Enplilh  army,  if  it  come  near,  apainft  them  who  now  \ 

are  employed.     I  am  not  for  any  fuch  matter.    I'or  fear  ot  \ 

feclaries,    we   have   not   joined   with   malignants.     If  we  j 

ihould  joiii  with  fcctaries,  it   would  be  to  me  abominable.  J 

We  who  refolvc  neither  to  join  with  malignants  nor  fecla-  ; 

rics,  may  fall  into  great  inconveniencies  ;  but   the   Lord's  '; 

will  be  done.  I 

Our  approaching  general  affembly  is  like  to  be   a  dan-  \ 

gerous  or.e.     The  moderator's  talk  will  be  hard.     I  am  iu  | 

doubt  if  I  Ihall  be  at  l\is  election.     The  laft  time  I  was  near  ! 

it.     1  am  feared  more  for  it  now,     1  incline  by  abfencc  to  | 

clchew  it.     You  have  here  the  poilure  of  our   affairs  as  s 

;iow  they  fland.     I  think  they  iliall  be  much  worfe  bcfoii^  \ 

a  iii^y         \ 


V..".,-    !):i-,/  It!       .   'i-n'i-'jri    .■.y.:>i\  -nuoi  u    !l 


■■■:r       I         T'lt'.' 


■    'itU     li..: 


Let.  lyp.  To  Mr  IVilliatn  Spniig.  297 

they  amend.  It  is  fomc  rcfivniment:  to  us  to  look  a  little 
abroad.  It"  Mcl.mder's  de.ith,  and  the  wording  ol'ilic  \\\~ 
varian  army  near  Aulbm-g,  be  true,  1  will  be  glad.  No 
prince  in  the  world  I  wifli  move  to  be  liunibled  thin  that 
wicked  fox  of  Bavaria.  I  pity  tlie  great  and  unexpcifled 
misfortune  of  Cuife  in  Naph-s.  What  mean  your  Zea- 
landers  to  diifent  from  tlie  {)eace  v.-iih  Spai:i  ?  Dream  . 
they  that  tlie  Frencli  wo'aUl  be  a  better  or  fo  goad  a  neigh- 
hour  ?  Yon  never  wrote  to  me  (o  rarely  as  thefe  twelve 
ir.onths.      Help  this  iault. 


I  So.  To  Mr  irJluivi  S/muj.     ylu^:;Jl  23.  1 6-1 3. 

PiCverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
.  What  is  become  of  you  fince  your  join'ncy  lo  Dant- 
2ick  :  I  long  much  to  hear,  defirlng  earneftly  to  know 
your  fafo  return,  and  underlbuui  hovv  ad'airs  go  in  thelc 
hounds.  J  low  things  go  here  luice  my  lift,  I  give  you 
tliis  account.  So  foon  as  t!ic  motion  in  the  weft  was 
cruflied,  which  now  1  find  had  proven  a  very  high  and 
dangerous  commotion,  had  C:dlcn(.l.u"  delayed  but  tvv'O  or 
three  days  to  fee  to  it,  the  Duke  with  diligence  did  draw 
his  forces  together  to  the  border,  both  to  cx^c  tiie  poor 
country  of  their  free  quarter  and  grievous  opprcillon,  as 
nlfo  to  put  Lambert  froai  hazarding  tlie  regaining  of  Ber- 
wick and  Carlifle,  Tlie  leaguer  lay  long  about  Penrith 
and  Appleby  before  the  Irilh  troops,  and  foot-regiments. 
from  the  north,  came  to  him.  At  laft  they  became  a  ve- 
ry confiderable  force  •,  the  greateft  that  went  from  Scot- 
land fuicc  the  begiiming  of  thefc  troubles,  though  far 
from  tlie  number,  as  I  conceive,  of  22,000  foot  and  8ooo 
liorfe,  which  common  report  made  them.  Never  an  ar- 
my v.'as  fo  great  a  charge  to  the  country;  tlic  foot-foldicr 
for  liis  levy-money,  cloaths,  and  arms,  cofcing  generally 
100  lb.  the  horfemen  300  merks,  and  their  free  quarter 
being  an  unlimited  plundering  of  many  very  good  and 
pious  people.  Our  ftate  has  now  foxuid,  wliicli  fcarcely 
could  have  been  believed,  that,  contrary  to  the  utm.ofi;  en- 
deavours of  the  church,  and  all  their  fiiends,  they  can 
raife  and  maintain  an  army,  and  do  what  they  will  at 
home  and  abroad.  The  wiklom  of  fome  of  us  has  made 
that  praclick  to  pafs,  and  the  myllery  of  o\:r  weakncfsi  ta 
be  divulged  much  ioonci^  tlian  needed.  Always,  what  i)»e 
Vql/II.  r  \i  end 


>M     !\U.,i     .r:;)v..d 


/V 


2cjS  To  Mr  ll'ilUdm  Spaug.  Let.  180, 

cncl  will  br',  a  little  lime  will  try.  They  arc  now  in  Lan- 
cailiii'c.  liciinbert  has  no  fjrcc  to  look  upon  them.  The 
trained  band^  of  the  (hires  join  not  with  him.  Crom- 
well, with  the  K  V,'  he  could  bring  with  him  from  Pein- 
broke  caltle,  havinp;  marched  mid-vvay,  is  lorccd  to  re- 
turn to  AVales,  where  the  Lord  Biroa  did  raife  a  party  i'o 
jbon  as  he  )iad  leit  it.  I'.iirfax.  is  yet  at  Colchefler.  Ic 
feemo  the  Houies,  city,  and  committee  of  the  flilres,  have 
of  purpoie  wiihdriwn  alliftance,  that  Fairfax  at  Colche-  ' 
fter,  and  Cromwell  at  Pembroke,  fhoukl  lie  till  their  for-, 
c-es  melt  away,  and  become  contemptible.  If  Ijondon  per- 
mit tlie  Piince  to  lie  fiill  in  the  lJo"»'.iis,  and  be  mafter  of 
their  trade,  it  cannot  but  bi-eed  gre.it  alterations  quickly. 
That  the  curled  airuy  o'  iectaries  llionhl  evaniili  in  hnoke, 
and  their  Iriends    in    tlie    llonies,    city,    and    country,  be  ^ 

brou'^ht   to    ilicir   w^U-deH  rvcd    ruin;    that  the  King  and  , 

his  family  Ihcidd  be  at  lair  in  lonie  nearnefs  to  be  reilored 
to  their  dignity  and  loi-mer   condition,    I   am   very   glad  :  \ 

but  mv  fear  is  '.neat,    th.it   his   reiliuuion    fliall   come    bv  ) 

thefe  hands,   and  be  fo   ill   prepared,  that  the  glorious  re-  ? 

foirnation    we   li.ue  fufiered  Jb  mucli  for,    ihall   be    much  ; 

f?ndangered,  and  th,e  jiiofi  that  lliail  be  obtained  be  but  an 
jEraftian  weal:  Prefoytery,  v/ich  a  toleration  of  Popery  and  I 

/Epiicopacy  at  cor.rr,   and  of  divei^s  feOts   elfewhere.      We,  i 

vi  who  might  have  been  the  chiei:   in'drumeiUs  to  have    fiOp-  j 

ped  this  evil,  arc  foi-   the   time   fo   far   at   odtls  with    oin'  ; 

ftatc,  army,  and  King,  that  the   def]/itc   wdiich    all    three  j 

liave  at  vis  is  like  to  further   much    that    c\il    in    England,  ■ 

and  draw  it  ere  long  on  .Scotlp.nd  al fo  ;  but    the   Lord  can  * 

eafdy  difippoint  our  h..ars.      Our   ftate,   on  'pretence  to  at-  \ 

tend  the  Prince,   whom,   by  niy  Lord  Lauderthde,   accord-  \ 

jng  to  the  agreement  at  t!ie    Lie    of  Wiglu,   they  arc  invi- 
ting hither,   but  really  to  keep  down  inlurre£lions  of  pco-  \ 
pic   in   tlie  wefi,  are  levying  i  i;oo  horfc  more.     They  ful-  "; 
pect  deadly,  that    the   dilTenters    in    parliament,    v^dth    the  | 
help  or    tiie  cfairch,   may  raife  the  country,   if  tlieir  ;u;r.y  • 
M'cre  once  deeply  engaged  or  v.'oriled  in  England.      Oi"  this  \ 
I  know  no  ground  ;   but  men   who  arc  confcious  of   occa- 
lioning  much  grief  to  many,   f.dl  in  needlefs   fear,    and  by              ■ 
tlie  means  of  jireventing,  draw  on   their  dcfer\  ing.s.      Our              \ 
condition  for  the  tim.:  is  fid  :     1  he   peuilence  in  (Jlafgow,          .     ; 
Aberdeen,   aiui  Kdinburgli  a!fo  ;   the  continuance  of   very  » 
intemperate  r.iin  upon  the  corns  ;    t!ie    irieconcikable   iKl-  • 
iereuces  of  church  and  f.:i:e,  iookh;g  towards  .1  very  greai              | 

periccuicio^ 


.1    /■■■'  iti   ., 


Let.  I  So.  To  Mr  JVillhim  Spang.  299 

pcrfccution  of  them  who  have  been  the  beft  iiiftniments 
both  of  cbui-ch  and  ftate,  are  ^vc.xt  llgns  of  tht;  wravh  of 
God;  cfpccially  x\\c  licarts  of  liic  body  of  tlic  people  being 
evidently  hardcneil,  and  the  minds  lilcewife  of.the  miniltjy 
diverted  from  p-.xlllng  that  luimiliation  and  mourning, 
which  the  times  tall  for  above  all  thinj^s  elie. 

But,  leaving  the  Hate,  our  general  alVcmbly  fat  down 
on  Wedncfday  July  12th.  On  the  Saturday  before,  I  liad. 
been  tormenied  with  a  pain  in  my  tooth,  more  vehemently 
than  ever  with  any  other  pain.  .  This  put  me  from  preach- 
ino  on  8un.day,  and  i-iding  on  the  Tuonday.  Thus  far  I 
was  i^iad  iu.it  I  had  a  true  exctife  for  my  not  appearing 
,the  lirtL  day  in  the  alilmbly,  whence  I  had  refolved,  how- 
ever, to  iiave  been  abfcnt,  Mr  Piobert  Djuglas  and  Mr 
Robert  Dlair  preached  at  the  fait.  The  allembly  iat  till 
near  tight  at  night  chuHng  their  moderator.  I'^'ery  man's 
addition  of  three  to  tl.e  motlerator's  lili,  albeit  an  equita- 
ble and  fatisfacflory  way,  yet  it  proves  very  longfomc.  Mr 
Robert  Douglas  narned  for  his  two,  Mr  Andrew  Cant 
and  Mr  GeJi'ge  Gillelpie;  the  allembly  added  IN^r  David 
Dickfon,  Mr  Robert  Jilair,  and  Mr  John  Smith.  I\hiny 
named  me;  but  1  was  wJll  away.  P-Tr  Blair  w.is  doubtlcis 
the  mecteft  n.an  ;  but  becaufe  lately  he  had  moderated,  he 
"ot  few  votes.  T^Ir  Andrew  Cant  got  two;  Mr  David 
Dickfon  none.  It  went  betwixt  Mr  George  Gillefpie  and 
Mr  Jo.  Smith,  Mr  George  did  much  deprecate  the  bur- 
den ;  as  he  had  great  reaibn,  both  for  his  health's  iake, 
and  other  great  reaibns  :  yet  he  carried  it. 

The  feflion  on  i'hurfday  was  fpent  on  the  nomination 
of  the  committees,  hi  all  prior  ailembiies,  lome  few  of 
us  met  the  niglit  before  the  alTenibly  in  Warillon's  cham- 
ber, with  Argyle,  the  Chancellor,  and  fome  others  of  our 
chief  and  wifelt  friends,  to  conhder  about  chufing  the  mo- 
derator, commutees,  and  chief  points  of  the  airembly. 
This  preparation  v/as  now  necelTarlly  omitted  to  our  hurt. 
Argyle  and  the  Chancellor  were  both  abfent  in  their  owu 
houVes,  to  cfchew  the  fubferlption  of  the  bond  of  mainte- 
nance. AVarilton  did  not  appear,  not  only  for  that  caule, 
but  alfo  left  he  Ihould  have  been  prelFed  to  have  pleaded 
againft  die  minifters ;  for  the  eight  minillcrs  prelent  at 
J\hiuchline  muir  were  fummoned  to  anfwer  as  raiiers  oi: 
that  tmntilt.  I\Ir  William  Guthrie,  Mr  JNlattliew  Mowat, 
and  Mr  Thomas  Wylie,  were  dilTuaded  to  appear.  Mr 
Gabriel   MaxwtH,    Tdr   John   Nevo,    Mr  Vrilliam  Ad::ii , 

P  p  2  ^ii- 


■<i  i 


-••    -■;!-'  -  '  ^.j<^r/.)     :.1  jMv/-v^  ^n^- 


■!./^ 


300'  '        '      7p  Mr  irHHajn  Spa/ig.  Let.  180.  ' 

Mr  Alexander  Blair,    appeared,    am!   under   tlieir    hand  \ 

protellcd,  that,   dirctlly  nor  iudire»^Uy,    they  had  perhia-  \ 

ded  the  people  to  meet  there  that  day.     "When    for   divers  j 

weeks  they  liad  been  pi\t  oil'  from  day  to  day,  they  were 
at  lad  dinnillcd  to  a  new  citation.  Always  the  good  ad- 
vocate being  refolved  in  his  mind,  if  he  had  been  put  to 
it,  to  have  pleaded  for  ih.-;  minifters,  and  not  againft 
them,  was,  with  much  ado,  moved  by  his  friends  to  lurk  : 

for  Tome  time  till  the  ftorm  went  over.  j 

The  v/atu  of  thef.'  private  preparatory  meetings,  which  : 

the  moilerator's  health  permitted  him  not  to  attend,  did 
make  our  allenibly  ]leedlc^•^ly  long,  and  \ery  tedious  :  for 
beiides  that  the  moderator's  way  of  incpiiring   at  fo  many  ,■ 

before  every  voice,  w;is  not  for  difpatcl),   his  unaccpiaint-  i 

ance  with  tlie  affairs  of  the  committees  before  they  came  ; 

to  the  face  of  the  alTembly,  made   the   reports  unripe  and  ' 

unadvifcd,  and  fo  oft  necdftil,  after  much   debate   in    the  I 

alTembly,  to  be  recommitted.     The   committee   of  prinie  ' 

importance  was  that   of   publick    afi'airs.     Upon   this    the  f 

prime  men  were  put  i  but  fo  mixed,  that  the  far  moil  part  \ 

were  of  the   mofc ,  rigid   difpofitions.     When   Mr  Robert  . 

Raiufay,  and  fome  others,  were  moved  to  be  added  to  the  : 

moderator's  lift  of  this  conuuittee,  it  was  peremptorily  re- ,         • 
fufed,  upon  this  pretence,  that  he  was  upon  another  com-  s 

inittec.     l\y  this   means,    were   got  out    of   that   meeting  •< 

whoever    the   moderator   pleafjd,     and    oa   it    vhom   he  | 

would.  \ 

For  examination  of  the  proceedings  of  the  late  commlf-  I 

fion,  Mr  John  INIoncrielF,  l\Ir  John  How,  and  ibme  who,  ' 

had  not  before  been   conmiiilionci  s,  were  named.     Upon     "       j 
the  fear,  that   they  who   l-.ad    coirupted   the    parliament,  ■ 

fliould  have  been   alike   attivc  to  ]ra\e   prociux'd   commif- 
fioners  to  our  :illl:nbly   contorm    to    their   niinds,    it    was  5 

carefully  provided,  tliat  in  all  preibyteries  they  lliould  be  \ 

chofcn  v.'lio  v.'cre  moft  zealous  for  the  covenant,  and  for  \ 

'   the  proceedings  of  the   commiillon  of   the  kirk,  and  for 
the  maintenance  thereof  :    fo   this   alTembly  did  confiil   of  ; 

fuch  wliofe  luinds   carried   them  moll  againfb  the  prefent 
engagement,  which  was   the    great   and   only  quLlfion  for  \ 

the  time.     The  ruling  tlders  were,    Cafliis,   Lothian,   Dal-  i 

merino,    Coupar,    Torphichen,    Kirkcudbright,    Angus,     •        ' 
Crcigh,    Moncrielf,    Netlicrpollock,    S-:c.      Sotitheilc    and 
]jOurc  were  alfo  commifhoners  •,  hut  Loure  appeared   not, 
and  iScuthelii  finding  himfelf  put   on   a   mean  committee, 

,  appeared 


I'  ■:  f     :■■     r, :)    [■ 


J,£t.  i8o.  To  Mr  Willi  dm  Spang.  ooi 

.-inpcarcd  no  more.     Tlic  cliicf  conteft  lictwlxt  us  and  tlie 

;  coiiimittee  of  ellates,  was   like  to  be   sihout   ihc   work   of 

•  litis  committee   for   the   commiiHon-book.     Tiiey  fcnt  in 

I  Cicncairn  to  defire  us  to  dc4ay  to  approve  the   proceedings 

I  thereof,  till  tliey  had  prepared  their  confiderations  againlr 

f  tlicm.     The  cullom   of  the   aliembly,    according  to  prior 

I  acls,  was  to  examine  with  the  firll,  adts  of  the  commiliion 

I  of  the  preceding  aflcmbly.     The  exceptions  the  ftate  took 

I  at  their  proceedings  were  fuch  as  made  their  perfons  inca- 

I  pable  to  voice  in  the  alTembly  till  tliey  were  cleared.     Now 

f  the  men  were  a  great  and  chief  part  of  this  aflcmbly  j  alio 

the  matter  in  queltion,    the  engagement,    was  of  a  great 

■  concernment,  and  had  for  many  months  been  in  agitatioa 
I  betwixt  the  churcli  and  flate  ;  lb  that  long  time  needetl 
I  not  to  fet  down  any  thing  concerning  it.     iSo  foon,  there- 

■  fore,  as  tlie  report  of  that  committee  was  ready,  it  was 
,"  thought  meet,  without  longer  delay  than  a  night  or  two, 
I  to  receive  and  vote  it.  All  without  a  contrary  vote  was 
I  approven.  This  angered  our  flatefnien,  and  made  them 
;  fee,  that  all  hope  to  make  the  afTembiy  divert  from  the 
f  v/ay  of  the  former  commiliion,  was  defperate. 

J  The   lirlt   ten   or  twelve   days  we   had  but   one  fefiloa 

,^  in  the  day,  the  afternoon  being  given   to   the   committees 

?  to  prepare  work  for  the  aflembly.     In  our  committee  for 

I  publick  affairs,  at  our  firft  meeting,   I  found   more   work 

I  cut  out,   and  put  in  otlier  hands,  than  I  v/ell  liked,     I  a- 

I  greed  we  fhould  go  on   as   far  as   the   commiliion   of  the 

i  church  had  done  againft  the  engagement;  but  I  wiilied  no 

i  farther   progrefs;    yet   it  was   proponed,   and  carried,  lo 

>  make  a  new  publick  declaration  againlT:  it ;  yea,  to  have  a 

declaration  to  England  for  the  fame  effect.  The  drawing 
of  thefe  was  committed  to  a  iubcommittee  of  llx,  where- 
of I  was  glad  to  be  none;  but  I  was  not  content,  when, 
to  Meff.  David  Calderwood,  Robert  Ker,  John  Smith, 
were  joined  JNIeff.  James  Guthrie,  John  Livlngfton,  John 
Maclelland,  Piobert  Blair,  and  David  Dickfon,  who  were 
afterwards  added  ;  and  I  was  required  to  be  added,  but 
peremptorily  refufed ;  for  my  mind  was  not  very  forward 
tor  the  writs  they  were  to  draw. 

Friday  and  Saturday  were  fpent  on  trying  the  com- 
miflions.  Tliofe  of  the  prelhyteries  of  Dunfe  and  Chirn- 
fide  were  rejected  ;  the  one  had  cliofen  x\h-  Samuel  Dou- 
glas moderator,  the  fame  day  that  a  complaint  of  iiiin 
had  come  to  them  from  the  commiilion  vi  the  chiirch, 
*'  for 


■      •'  :.,((.■.,: 


/    :    a    ;  . 


''     !  I'j*;:  ! 


■•i 


302  To  T\h'  JrUUdVt  Sjhv:g.  Let.  igo. 

for  hir.  never  r.ppcaj'ing   there   but  once,  and  that   to   dil'- 
fent   from    the    clmrch's   declaration    agahift    the    cngaTc- 
ment.     The   otlicr  prclLyici  y's  commillioa   was   rejected 
bccaiife  tliey  had  put  in  a  ridin^^  elder,  avIio  Jiad  entered  a 
writien  p)-oteltation  in  the  prelbytery  ap;ainft  the  caufes  of 
the  laic  fair,   3ci itins^   to    tlie    laic   engagement.     'Jlie  dif- 
affediion    oi    tliele   two    prcioyteries  was  nuith  fpoken  of ; 
therefore  it  was  thou;  lit  lit  to  appoint  a  viluation,  confin- 
ing ot  the  moll  zealous  bretlu-en  of  Edinburgh,  Lothian, 
and  the   Merfe,  to  cornofce  and  ccnfm'C  their  carria'fe  as 
they  lound  canie.     The   like  comic   was   taken   Avith  the 
preibyrciies  of  .Stirling  and  Dunkcld.      Tliey  had  not  been 
cxa(5l  enougix  in  trying  the  aliedged  malignancy  of  one   of 
their  number.     This  occafuaed  a  vilitation   of  them  like- 
wifc.     Mr-Harry  Guthrie:,   a  very  bold    man,   but  in    this 
and  the  late  ailemhlies  vei-y  quiet,    ga\c    in    a   petition    a- 
gainfl  this  eourfe  ;   but  railier   than  to  mal^e    din    in    vain, 
took  it  xip  again,      in  our  committee   Ave   h..d,   thefc   days, 
dome  realoniiigs  about  tlie    coriimiifions    from   boroughs  : 
none  of  us  \\ere  much  tor  the  thing,   but  all  for  tolerating 
of  them,  lo!"  fear  or  oifending  the  boroughs   at   this  time  j 
only   the   commillion  of  lidinbiu'gh  was   thought    to    be 
ivrong  ;   but  none  offered  ihemfelves  for  that    town.     'J  he 
difcord   betwixt    tluir    magilirates  a.nd  minifLcrs  was  much 
more  than  1  dellrcd  to  fee.     'i'heir   Jpleen    againfl    one    or 
two  of  their  miniltcrs  was  great.      The  wilftLinefs  of  fome 
raih  men  to  ha\e  oir  John  Smith  out  of  hi:,  place  has  coft 
us  dear.      Since    they    ha\e    t;ot   tf.e   niagiuracy   of  that 
tov.'n,   wdio,  to  their  pow..r,   have  carried  all    things  there 
to    the    mind    of    ihoie    whom    we   litile   alilcletl,    one  of 
their  great  cares  has  been,   to   keep  their  kirks    r.ithcr   va- 
cant,  than    to    plant    them  with  any  whom  they  liked  not. 
In  chufmg  of  rninilters  and  conmuiliojvers  they  took  a  new 
ivay.     Their  commililoners  ior   the   aliembly  they  named 
5n  their  town-coimti!  ;   alio,   as  patrons,   they  elected  their 
jniniflers  there,     'j'hey  were  content  to  projione    the    men 
defied,    to  the  iefiion    of   that  church  wlieie  tliey  were  to 
ierve,  but  to  no  other.     ISluch  debate  tliere  was  with  them 
in  a  committee  appointed  tor  tliat  end  ;  but  the  refult  waf, 
that  the  conimifllon.crs  elccud  hi  their  council  fliould  have 
the  confent  of  their  r.reat  ilrilion,  which  i^  their  nx  feiiions 
joined;   alio  the  miii  Iters  whom,    a.s    patrons,    thev  Jiame 
in  the  coimcil,   ihall  ha\c  the  confent  of  the   fix   lliuons 
before  they  be  prefciucd  to  the  prelbvtery  j  and  in  regard 

of 


■Jo      ,!M        .1/. 

.■■■ :  u  ;•!  \ 


• )  :  ■      ■     ■• ';     ,  f '  1 1  , .    ."/ 


I  Let.  180.  To  Mr  WiUicwi  Spanr:."     '  303 

f  of  their  ncslea  to  fupplv  thc'ir  vacant   places,    now  of  a 

I  lo'ncT  time,  the  alTembly  did  vole  fix,    v/honi   tliey   rccom- 

I  mended  to  the  great  rcllion    to   chufc   four   ol-   them,  and 

'  to  obtain  their  orderly  tranfnortations   from   the   con^inVif- 

f  ilon   of   the   church.     The   men   v/erc,   Mefl'.  John  IMac- 

[  Icllan,   George  iiuchcfon,   Hugh  Llackell,   James  Fergu- 

1  fon,  James  Naefmith,    and   Robert  Trail.      All    this    has 

I  added  to  the  town  of  Edinburgh's  ollence,  and  is  thought 

1  v>-ill  not  further  the  plantation  of  their  vacant  places.     One 

»  of  the  affembly's  committees  i  have  ever  been  againll,   tlio' 

f  yet  without  fruit.     The  city  of  Edinburgh  is  lupplietl  with 

\  the  ableft  men  of  the  kingdom;  their  chief  lervice  Ihould 

I  be  in  airembly-rime.     The  cuilom  ever   has   been,  that   fo 

I  Ion?  as  the  a'lembly  hts,  all  thcfe   men   are    idle,    and    all 
thefr  kirks  muu  be' provided  by  members  of  the   affembly. 

I  This   makes   many  weak   and   ill-acconnnodatcd   country, 
I  preachers  fill  tliefe  eminent   places,    :it    moil    conllderabic 

\  times.     This  made  the  pulpits  of   Kdinburgli   be   provided 

\  for  .on   the   Sundays,    and   week   thereafter,    worle   than 

I  needed. 

1  On  Monday  always  we  have  the  forenoon  free,   becaufe 

I  many  go  out  on  the  Sunday  to  the  chtn-ches  about.     That 

\  lime' rVpent  in  a  meeting   with   the    univerfitics,    and    got 

\  them  to  meet  twice   or  thrice   m.ore,    wdiere    wc   debated, 

j  and  concluded    the    moll    part    of  the   overtures,   whereof 

(    .      *     you  have  here  a  doable.     I  intreat  you  read  the  preface  of 
1  Burgefs  Dick  to  his  Logicks.     I  lind,  th.at  twenty  years  a- 

I  go,  "the  prcfellbrs  of  Leyden,  with  the  confeni  of  the   ly- 

I  nods  of  Holland,  have  agreed   on   a  courfe,  to  be  taug,lit 

I  both  in  grannnar-fchools   and   colleges,   which    the   nragi- 

i  frrate  ha's  commanded  to  be  every  v/iiere  but  one.     I  pray 

^     *  you  try  at  x\pollonius,    or   the    fchoolmafter   of   Midd'e- 

[  burg,   or  fome  other,   if  it  be  fo,^  and  what  that  courle  is, 

I  which  you  will   fet   down,    and  fend   over   here  to  me  in- 

\  your  Hrll  letter. 

I  The   three  or  four   next    feflions    were   fpcnt    much   of 

\  them  in  votes  and  debates  upon  papers  betwixt  us  and  thp 

(  ftates. 

[  Glencairn  and  others  prefented   to   us   a  petition    front 

the  Duke  and  the  army  for  uiiniifers,  which   they  iecond- 
t  ed.     LikeAvife  they  otlered  all  the  fectnaty  for  religion  they 

i  were  able  :  and  for  removing  the  prefejit  ditlerences,  they 

\  requi)-ed  a  conference  with  us.      To  all  thefe  they  reqviired 

j  a  prefeat  anfv/cr  i  at  leail;  before  we  pall:   on   the   trial,   in 

I  order 


! 

304  7b  Mr  U'iiUam  Spang.  Let.  iSo'.  \ 

order  to  tlic  apjv.-obation  of  the  commiflion's  book,  apainfl  3 

which  they  protelJcd  they  liad  divers  new  exceptions.     To  j 

all  thefe  \vc  gave  anfwers  in  writ.     The  proceedings  of  the  \ 

commiilion   were    unanimoufly    approven ;    a    conference  I 

was  appointed  ;  eight  minillers  named,  and  foir.e   eiders;  ^ 

the   army's   letter  was  referred   to   our  committee.     The  \ 

ftate  neglected  the  conference,  fince  we  had  a]-)provcn  the  i. 

proceedings   of  the   commifiion,  and    had   refolved,   that  i 

no  fecin-ity  to  religion  was  i)olTible   fo    loiig  as  the  engage-  • 

rnent  did  lland  ;  only  they  met   once  for   a    fafliion,    and  \ 

gave  in  a  paper,  craving  Icripture  fi-om  us  for  the   unlaw-  \ 

fulncfs  of  the  engagcmejit,  and  our  meddling  with  matters  • 

of  v/ar  and  peace.     This  paper  was  referred  to   our  com-  ' 

mittce.     In  an  afternoon    lome  few  of  us   met,    and   fet  \ 

do\/n  our  fciiprural  grounds   iov   both    thefe    points  ;    but  j 

thought  fit  to  put  them  in  the  dcclai'ation  rather  than  in  a  I 

feveral  paper.  | 

Mr  R.  iilair  and  Mr  J.  Smith  were  willing  to  draw  the  \ 

declaration,  left  it  /hould  fall  in  jMr  James  Guthrie's  brilk  \ 

hand.     I  obtcfiied  Mr  Blair,  that  he  would  be  careful   of  \ 

two  things;  one,  to  be  full  againft  the  fecTl-arics  ;  another,  • 

to  beware  th  it  his  draught   carried    any    thing  which,  di-  : 

rectly  or  indirei^tly,    might   caj-]-y  us  to  a  refiilance   of   the  » 

ftate.     I  knew,  that  the  moR  of  the  leading  mezi  thought  .  ; 

a  refiflancc  by  arms  to  tfie  ways  in  hand  ]awf(d  enough,  if  \ 

the  dilfciiters  in  parliament,    c)r   any   confuierable   part  of  * 

the  kingdom,  hatl  courage  and  probable  force  to  act ;   but  ■ 

it  was  my  greateft  care,  that  nothing  might  bear  any  fuch  '| 

thing ',    and   this   I   obtained    to    my    great    contentment.  \ 

There   were    two   points   fomev/hat  akin  to  this  that  I  ob-  ; 

tained  alio,  but   with   much    difficulty.     Sundry  at  divei's  \ 

times  moved  to  have  it  determined,  if  it  was  lawful  to  pay  '- 

any  monthly  maintenance,  fince  avowedly  it    was   prelfed 

for  the  ufe  of  the  army,  which  was   unlawful.     I  a\owed  I 

the  lawfulnefs  of  it,  as  of  a  tribute  agreed  upon  by  the  ftate  | 

before  this  army  was  in  being  ;    and    that    Cxfar    in   con-  , 

fciencc  muft  have  his  tribute,  let   him   employ  it   to  w'lat 

ufes  he  thinks  lit.      Alfo,  if  this  were  refufed,  the  cxcife,  \ 

the  portion  of   annualrcnts,    and   all   other   dues,    which  ; 

were  employed  for  the  fervice  of  the  army,  behoved  to  be  \ 

denied;  which  could  not  but  make  the  flate  to  take   it   by 

force,  and  the  people  to  fight   againll   their   fpoilers.     At 

lafl  we  agreed  to  lay  the   queition  afide.     It   was   likcwife 

much  prilled,   that  fucli  as  had  been   aclivc  for  t!ie  cn- 

I  Ijagemcnt 


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L-.v<.»v;;  I      .^'  ,-«^;i'JJf    /.:  'V 


i.iii  ,,.  iiMA  i. 


•J  '.■■--. 

^  Let.  1^0.  ro  Mr  JViUl^m  Sj-ang.  3^y 

..oc-mcnt  (liOuM   be   Iccpt  from  the  holy  tabic  ;  nnd     as  I 
t  Jidt'-ink,  thcclon-nof  ibra^  wis  to  liavc   our   kitcnca 

[  put  iHKlcr  cburch-ctnlurcs  tor  th/ir  diligence   in   this   en- 

^  f-ia^'ment.      Mv  mind  in  iliis  vou  have  in  a  paper  here    b/ 

1  itrTf      I  '^ot  it,'  by  mv.ch  ipcccli  and   private  dealmp;,  car- 

ri-^  accovclinc^  lo  my  mind.      But   other  things    ^vere    car- 
I  ."-d  over  mv'head.     It  %vas  moved,  for  the   farther  c!e.u- 

f  in-   of   the'Nvickedncfs  of  the   war,  to  make  acodechon 

1  {rom  the  commiiiioncrs  of  al!  the  preibytcries  or  the  chief 

'  inlb'-ncies  committed  bv  the  ioldiers  beirore  they  went  ironi 

5  rmonp-  v.s,   and  to  put   thefc    in   our   deelarano;t.     I   was 

\  willin-  they  Ihoukl  be  collected  to  be  complamea  ot  both 

!  to  ch?rch  and  ihue,   and  cenfuted   by  botii  io    ieverc.y  as 

^  poaible  ;  but  was  averiV  to  have  them  regUfrated,   tor  the 

I  infamy  of  the   very  nation,  into   our  inmhck  deeiav^ttion. 

1  In  this  I  was  not  heard.      Abo,   when   it   was  pixl.ed    tha. 

I  minifters  hlent,  who  did  not    preach    a;;amlt_,tae   engage. 

f  ■    ment,  ihoukl  for  this  be  depofed,   I  wiihcd,  _  ir   men   wue 

f  modeil,  and  ctherwife  oll\;nded  not.  tliat  nns  fau)c   m-nt 

i  carrv  no  nmrc  but  a  rebuke  ;    but   not    only   it    was    niade 

^  depoiuion,  but,  bv  the  motion    ot    f.vo   or^inree  men  at 

I  moh-,   it  WAS  carried  againft  my  mmd,  and  o,  uivers  otae.'^, 

I  that  the  prior  acts  againlf   depoled  minbfers  tor  nrmgnan- 

?  rv  Ihoukl  be  made  n-iore  ilr  tic:     i.    Ihat   none    of    tnem 

\  ihould  be  ever  adndt.ed  to  any  church   wheiiee  ^J^'^:;   'f 

mallenanrj  was  depnkd  ;     but   alio,    that  ^^^J^^^f^   ^''^ 
\  keptlVom  preaching  till   a    general  af  e.nbly  did    nid  tnem 

I  ilt  for  a  church  ;  aho,  if  atter  their  depoiuion  tney  med- 

l  died  with  any  part   oF   the   ilipend   or   g'ebe     iHhould  be 

■  excommunication  to  them.     It  was   prelied  by  .ome     tr.,... 

the  not  paying  ot  the  ftipend  to  the  next  mtrant,  Ihou.a 
\  be  cvom-n^mication  to  the  piitrons  or  tenants,  •  who,  up- 

1  on  the  act  of  parliament,   paid  it  to  him  who  was   ckpoieu 

for  adhering  to  tlie  ikue.     This  was  hardly  go:  avoided. 
■    It  was  a-^dnlt   the  minds  of  fundry  to  make  a  declara- 
f  tion  to  England   at   alU    but  this   behoved  to  be.     I  was 

1  f-ared  for  hir  James  Guthrie  his   hand,  and  ,o    i  lound  i 

I  Inul  rcatbn.      iiis  draught  was   wanting   ot   that   whu:n    i 

1  thou^^ht  was  the  chief  tidng  it  became   us  to   iay  to  tnem, 

f  if  ib"we  fdd  any  thing,  a  Iharp  compiamt  agamic  the  lec- 

\  tariui  armv,  and  the  parliament's   negligence    to   pert.nan 

\  their  part  of  the  covenant,  which  b.ad  brought    on   us  ail 

i  our  pieknt  troubles  :  allb  it  had  lome   dangermis   exprel- 

llons  which  I  thovght   in)poried   the   rock  i  denreJ  to  .- 
Vol.  II.  ^^4  -  ''''^' 


I        :    \;'  ■     \ 


'     •    •     I''-'      .  n-     -(;ii;  ;,    f. 


3o6 


Tfl  ISlr  William-  Spang. 


Let.  1 80. 


vlte,  culliiig  our  Tune,  "  a  fac'tion  •,  yea,  the  mixed  mul~ 
''  titiide  th:;t  cainc  o\it  of  J'-n)  jn -,  luit  the  diircntcrs  from 
•*  the  engagement,  l)ic  nation,  and  the  liVacl  of  Cod." 
AVIth  very  nnieli  ado  I  got  ihel'e  helped,  iome  in  the  com- 
mittee, and  otJiers  in  the  face  of  tlie  ailemhlv. 

I  fovJnd  the  l)ent  Jail  of  the  ipii'its  of  ionK-  fo  much  on 
the  rngageuHiit,  that  ail  ihings  elle  were  like  to  be  ne- 
gleftcd  ;  therefore  I  preiled,  that  the  dc)c-'i)inals,  as  moil- 
proper  for  us,  Avhich  tlie  lall  general  alienihly  had  recom- 
mended to  all  ihe  preibjteries,  might  he  iake\i  into  confi- 
oeration.  I  got  in  the  Catecliihn,  hut  no  more.  We 
paficd  tl)!:.,  boi'i  the  Larg(.r  .ind  the  Miort^ c,  as  a  part  of 
imiformiiy  ;  but  we  thought  the  .SIkhIci-  too  long,  r.nd 
loo  high  ior  our  eominon  j.eople  and  childien,  ami  10  put 
h  in  I\'Ir  Daxid  Dickkuf.s  lum;:':.,  to  drav\'  it  iliorter  and 
cleraer.  ()!-  ihis  he  was  c:;reiui,  and  preiented  us  with  a 
fraught  betore  tbvC  end  of  tlie  ailen-.b)),  v.hicli  truly  Avas 
very  good  ar.d  exae'c ;  bur  yet  i'o  high  and  long:,  that  it 
Y/as  recomir.in.ed  to  Wiv  John  iavinglton,  who  jiui-poicd  to 
remit  it  to  the  miiiillry  <j\  J Ahnlnngji. 

We  had  tliiee  :i.iiigs  moie  of  great  ecmconmcnt  to  ]■la^■e 
pafied,  and  mlilit  e,.liiy  have  eonLUKled  ilieni  ail,  h:ni  !)oi; 
pur  time  ixen  we.i  fe  ip^ni,  ihe  Dixeiory  of  g(Aernnunt, 
the'l'heorenis  agahih  i;i\;ri;.u!S,  and  the  h'lalnis.  Tiie  livii, 
a  \  Liy  exeellem  aiid  pi(;juaijle  jiieee,  the  lourth  part  of 
our  unHormiiv,  v  as  limli;.  d  by  through  ilic  pertinacious 
oppcl;aon  ot  I-jr  Ijavid  C'aUh  1  wooti,  ai.a!  two  or  three 
\vit]i  him.  hour  or  i\\c  things  \\c  all  a-'^reid  inilo,  except 
yn  tliat  ^rit  froui  our  eoiiieni  ;  Ivut  that  wJiiih  g^rieved  IVir 
.iJavid  was  ihe  ma'.icr  of  rh.ui  eh-feihons,  v/hieii  lie  iviain.- 
ta.ns  to  ha\e  lU)  dixiiiC  ri.dit  in  p/anietiiar,  but  to  be  only 
ns  a  tommittce  iiom  the  prefbytcry,  to  execute  tb'oi'e  aeis 
of  juiifd)ebc;n  wiiieh  tlie  pjcu.ytei-y  l]iin]:s  Jit  to  eommic 
thereto,  l.c!;,  int]iet.nd  o'i  tj.e  afienibly,  v.'l;en  n:any 
Vere  gone,  we  il.utiid  come;  10  Jo  gi  ave  a  dei>;ite,  or  ra~ 
Xh^r^  ieli  at  a  lime  of  curio  gieat  Juife  with  tlie  Jlaie, 
ve  1!  ouid  Ja.ll  .1  jarriiig  .imong^  om  icives,  it  was  thou;;hu 
Veil  to  reier  tlie  whole  wjit  to  the  next  ahenibiy.  Upon 
the  iamc  grouncis,  th.e'l  licoj-ems  were  .ilib  remitted.  Ti-.e 
Vi'dms  were  ofien  r(.\iii.d,  ;;;;dil:u  to  pri  fliyti  lic'.  ]h.d 
:t  not  been  Ic.r  ion  e  wiio  hi.d  irorc  retard  than  needed  to 
yn  Z.ieb.ary  i'.o)  d\  i  faiier,  i  ihini:  ihe)  ];;al  paflcd  ihj(,i!gh 
•A\  the  end  of  tlie  ..i^en.biy  ;  but  li.eic  aho,  vuh  ah;;oll  all 
..i  :'■■-.  ihu 


\!    -Jil/ 


! ; .  >  i  I  .'.  .^  ■  ■    ■(  ;■ . ;  ■  M  , .  <  I 


.;••""-' 


Let.  iSoi  To   Mr  iVilliim  Spau^.  ■  307 

the  references  from  the  former  afTcmblics,    Avcre    remitted 
to  tiie  ne.^r.  ' 

One  fefi-on  var.  fpcnt  in  encoiira;;^ing  Mr  D;ivi'l  Caldcr- 
wood  to  pcrfea  liis  Chnrch-iriirory,  and  to  conlldcr  Mr 
Andrew  Ker  for  hi^  good  and  gi-eat  fervice  to  thcm.^  Botlx 
got  n  teftimony  of  our  fi'.vour,  80c  11).  ycrirly  for  Mr  Da- 
vid Caldjrwood,  and  1000  lb.  to  Mr  Andrev/ Ker,  \yitk 
a  o-i^uuity  of  50CO  mcrks  for  by[j;ones,  were  appointed  by 
the  affirm'bly  to  be  paid  to  them  (>ut  of  the  church's  L.  5'X) 
Sterling  penJion  ;  but  we  cannot,  for  any  requeil,  t^'.t  one 
penny  paid  by  t.h('  Trealurcr,  and  have  little  hopes  to  get 
any  more  in  haite. 

Mtich  fpeecli  we  had  of  a  llory  of  th.e  late  troubles.  la 
every  province  fome  were  nametl  to  j'.ather  materials  to  be 
fent  in  to  fdr  John  Smitli.  Tbe  publirk  papers,  in  v/riu 
or  priitt,  were  deili'fd  10  l^e  dl  jHit  tos'.cther  *,  but  I  cx- 
^c6t  no  good  front  all  th.Je  motions.  If  you  would  go  on 
with  your  hilloi-y,  I  ilioidd  be  very  glad  of  it. 

We  were   troubled  with  the  opening  of  the   mouths  of 
depokd   miniacrs.      i'oor   Mr   Patrick   Hamilton,  in   the 
very  nick  when  the  aliembly  was    to    grant  all   his  deflres> 
Was  re;  iicd  by  his  own  unhappineis.     He  had  let  fall  out: 
of  h's  pocket  a  poem    too    invtiFlivc   againft    the    church'^ 
proceedinos.     Thi?,   by  mere  accident,   had  come  into  the 
liands  of  Mr  Mtir.go  Law,  who  gave  it  to  P»Tr  James  Guth- 
rie, v/ho  read    it    in    the  face  of  the  aliembly,    to    Mr  Pa- 
trick's confuHon,      Alfo   when    the    aficmbly  was   to   have 
at   laif,   after  three    or   four  year's  rcftdal,   iiiown    favo\ir 
to  your  old  colleague    Mr    Times   Row,   Mr    Patrick  Gil- 
lefpie,   and    his    own   coufms,   did    fo    far  mar  him,   upou 
tacit  furmifcs,   a",   I  fiifpcel:  c)f  imall  importance,  that  it  \s 
like   he   Ihall  ruver   be    permlited   to   pi-each;   yet   honefr 
John  GiUon  got  permiiTn.n  to  preach,   and  for  this  I  con- 
"fefs  I  was  forward  ;   for  the  man,  though  he  want   l^'\l^'i'--'> 
is  very  pious  and  well-gifted,  ai'id  ib\)ng  againlt   all  iL-cl.t- 
ries.     The  preparative  is  n  )t  dangerous,   for  I  believe  tew 
in    an   \\7C  will  fill  to  be  in  bio  cafe;   and  if  many  Ihoiddj 
I   wotdd  grant  them  the    like  favour,   though  fome  milm- 
tcrpret  it. 

The  aflembly  fpent  dlverr.  feilions,  for  fr.vdl  purpofe, 
tpou  tranfportations.  Tlicfe  1  love  daily  worie.  The 
moft  are  evidently  packed  bulinclTI's,  little  for  the  credit 
either  for  the  tianlporters  or  tranfported,  IMr  John  Li  - 
Ainpflon,  refuted  to   Gliigow,  and   deilgned   for   Lelar.d 


■.■:ii...  i;^ 


f  -. 


hliK    ,l\  .:.-j  I':  :i) 


3oS  To  jltr  Jnilidm  S[-.vig.  .Let.  ico.  j 

by  llic  Lite  aficnibly,   tlioxigli  c;irnt:n.ly  ruitcd    by  rny  Lord  j 

ol"  Airds,  and    much  ihitlc    to   by    my  Lord  Cailils,  wbo,  *r 

for   his    TLdpc'Ll',    liad    made    a    conilant    fiip'jiid    for   his   ,       1 
church,   moil  out  of  his  own  rent,   ihoxigh  his  pariHiion- 
ers   had    not    been  cited,  yet  was,   at    my   Lord  Lothiar/s  ; 

iuit,    tranfported    to    Ar.crum,    wl-,crc    tlie    benciicc    was  ■ 

great,  and  the  way  to  L(Unbur^;h  lliorf.     D.  Colvill,  call-  ; 

ed  by  Ldinbur^rji  lo  the  tbvinity   profcilion,  To   willing   to  \ 

conif  as  it  became  a  wiic  and  iiiodeil    man,    his   cc^llca'Hi'is  ? 

^villjng  t{)  diimibs  biiii  •,  yet   the    private    reipeets  ot  a  very  \ 

few,  ina^le  liisn  lo  be  Jixed  to  his  Ib.ition,   which  I   regret-  ? 

ted.  Mr  George  Hiittheron,  orderly  appointed  by  iiis 
prcibyteiy  to  go  to  Ayr,  yet  he  liking  better  to  go  to 
Burntii'Linci  or  r.dinburgii,   th  in  to  join  with  l^.lr  "WilllairL  5 

Adair,  and  Islr  V/ilii.nn  abfenting  bimillF  when  the  action  \ 

came  in,   w;;s  ajtpointed  to  abide  in  his  place.  5 

I    tliir,k  the  niiibidcr  of  rranfportalions   will  not  be  got  ; 

helped,   till  ii.n!:ie  honeil  nun  ]-)ei  v,mpU)ril\'  rehde  to  obey,  t 

which,  I  think,  at    iaiV,   foiae  will  <^^o  ;  einecially  fmce  the         '  \ 
iallin^*  of  io    many  placer,  is  reb;rreil  to  tiie  commillion  of  ' 

the  kii  k,    wii'i  a  power  almc;;!  arbitrary,   to  neglc(^t  all  the  : 

rules  belurc  appoin;:ed  by  r/'iieral  alleiuhlies  ior  tranlpor- 
lations.      ^Ve   A\ere    lalbed    Vvlrh    J-'atrick    Leily   oi:    Aber-  j 

decn.  L'ls  inlemperace  /.eal  ior  tlie  levy  had  nrade  him 
overhale.     I\]r  Andre'w   Cant  gave  in  a  foul   libel   againll:  ? 

Jiim.     He  gave  in  auoil-icr  a;>ainlL  the  minitlers.      It  cod  a  • 

cinnniittee  xcvy  jm;cb  d.iiij^cJU'e    to   get  this  matter  accom-  i 

modated  ;  for  it  u'as  manii'eil;  tliat  blr  Andrew  Cant  could 
JjarJly  live  in  Aberdeen,  il  iliis  man  were  enrag,ed  •,  fo  tor 
the  minifteis  caufe  lie  was  nr.u.ii  fpared,  and  that  matter 
packed  up  as  it  migbl  be.  SouiC  men  are  bc^rn,  if  not  to 
raile,  yet  continually  to  ;i\e  in  a  :;ie.  We  had  foine  de- 
bate in  our  comiiiittee  ahout  cota  cuticles.  Some  of. them 
we  hatl  hear(.l  oi  in  T'dinhurgh,  in  the  charac'cers  of  lefla- 
vies.  lir  Ixoberl  Knox  g'.t  tlicm  i;-;  to  my  great  content- 
ment; ior  I  foimd  lo:.ie  loo  I'parir.g  of  ihern  ;  and  yet  I 
fear  how  fir  in  ti'.eJr  oww  time  they  may  extend  their  du- 
ty of  mutu.d  (.dilication.  The  \\'IioIe  tv.  o  weeks  foUovv'ing 
were  t'peni  on  theie  th.ing.-.  'i'lie  moil  were  falhed  for  the 
moderatoi'b  wane  of  tlifp.itch,  and  too  nuieh  llleking  Vv'ill- 
fuily  to  iiis  ov/n  i'nle. 

JNlr  Uobert  I'lair  in  the  mo'.l,   K[v  Robert  Ramiay  In  all, 

was   of   my   mind.      IMr    llobert   ]3ouglas   miliiked    ibme 

jiicns  ca:"ria;^e.     The  aflcnxbly  of  divines  wrote  to  us  a 

».  reneral 


>  .:  .cm;      .;<■<   I. 


.r  jl  /ir;.  .  .'-i[;.'i  ?i. 


I  Ltt.  180.  To  Mr  WlU'iam  S/^ui:j.  ~ -jcp 

!  {reneral  letter.     To  this,  l\Tr  ]\.  Blair's   anfwcr  ^vas  good 

I  and   iinconi reverted.     The   rubfcribhir!;  of  the   bond   was 

I  niuc]!  aganil't  all  our   mhids ;   but  an  ^tt  was   drawn  up  a- 

i  cainii   it   in    my  abfence,  which   I    miich  niiiliked  ;   for   ic 

I  carried  ccnfurc    againll    t'ae   preUers  of  it.     'I'his   direcSlly 

I  aimed  at  our  ilatciinen,  the  contrivers  of  it;  but,  in   the 

I  face  of  tlie  a/Tenibly,  I  got  it  10  be  e.\poned  only  ad  futn- 

I  ra.     Some  of  my  nc:gi\bours  liefore  the  ajlenihly  were  fo 

[  far  in  love  with  this  fubfcription,  tiiat  I  was  forced  to  v/rilci 

f  to   thcni   argiimer.ts    againlt    ii,   as   you  may  fee  hercwitli. 

I  Though    in   fome    parts  of   the   country  the    fubfcription 

I  go  on,  yet  ia  the  chief  and  moft  parts  it  is  not  required  of 


any.— 


Our  adernbly  drove   on   to   the   end  of  the   fiftii 

I  week.      IManv,    dwelling    far   Oif  and    fuperexpLiidec!,  Aid 

I  away.     I   i'ufpec'ted  the  nioderator  drcv,"  ioi:!g  of  purpoie, 

i  waiting    for    a    letter    fj-on\    the    parliament   of   England, 

I  -which  came  not.     Yv''e   hear  now  the  lloufe  of  Commons 

f  paft  a  declaration   to   us  ;    but  the  Lords  conl'ented  iiot  to 

I  it.     I   did  not  love  to  liavc  any  correfpondcnce  with  them 

i  now,  but  others  loved   it   too  well.      Another  motion    in 

J  our  committee  I  loved  not,  a  letter   to   be   written  to  th^ 

\  ^'^ii^'S*     It  "^^''^^^  fathered  on  Mr  James   Hamilton  ;  and  the 

I  dravving   of  it   put  o\\  him,  though   no   cennmiflioner.     I 

\  .knew  there  would  be  a  lieavier  load  laid  by  us  on  liis  Ma- 

.-  j<-l^y  than   was   expedient  to  be  meddled   with  ;    alio   that 

I  we  iliould  not  cxprefs  fueli  a  fenfe  of  liis  unjiill  fuiferings 

J  as   the  world  v.ould  expecl  ;  and  fo  I  was  eai-neil  to  let  all 

f  alone;    but    the    moderator    carried    it:    and  though    the 

I  draught  of  that  letter  can^e  never   to   om-  committee,  but 

[  at  the  nrft  was  taken  in   to  the  alTembly,  and  fome  hours 

■  fpent  in  the  moderator's  publick  correlating  of  it,  yet   the 

\  tiling  behoved  to  p'als,   and  the  wording  of  it   to  go  to  the 

commiirion.     I\lany  good  overtures  agaiml;  the  lins  of  the 

times  did  likewife   pafs.      One  of   them    I   was   feared   for. 

It    was,    fird,    that   all    miniilers    eonverilng   v.'itli    malig- 

nants    IliOidd    be   cenfured   by    prelhvteries.      This    would 

have  fnared  marjy  ;  for  the  notion  of  the  malignants  nov/ 

by  the  engagement,  is  extended   to   very  many.     I  got  it 

fome  way  qualified,  but  not  as   it   will   be   found  neediuh 

That    which    lome    days    in    the    end    of   the    a;";cmhly 

troid)led  us,   v/as,   Mr    Andrew    ilamfay  and    IMr  Willi  i;u 

Colvil's  procef^.      iVlr    Andrew   liad,   in    preaching,  oiien 

iallen  out    in   divers  impertiivenci^s,   and    contradiiilion    to 

his  brethren  :   li.e  had  been  olt  admoniilied;  but  the  man'.-, 

v/caknci:i 


../I     u<t 


/J   'i  .1  /!.';f;     !■:,,.  I.;    :  ,    'V: 


I 


.'/     :     .'I  M  ■  J     ;.'■■;,*./ 


■r  .     (i 


.1         '■!       ,        «,      ) 


lo  ■        To  Mr  inilinni  S/anj.  Let. 


loo. 


weaknefs  and  age,  and  di\cr3  ^v]lo  rcTortcd    to    him,  per- 
mitted himt  not  rniicli    to    amend.     Not  only  Jic   had  Ipo-  ' 
ken  lor  the  cni^ap^cmcr.t  ;   but  in  prejudice  of  cur'proceed-            j 
ings,   and  Prcibytc'rian  government  iifelf.     I\iuc]i   he   dc-            i 
'nied  ;  nnich  avjs  pi-oven.     He  untimeoufly  had  hillen  on  [ 
an    unhappy   (jucliion,  The   mai^iliralcs    power    to    remit  f 
blood-      The  general  tiieles  which    he    proiclied    to   main-  i 
lain,     "   Tliat   the    l\iprenie    mai^!,iilraie,     when    tlie    fafe-  i 
*'  ty     of    the     commonwealth     does    require,     may     dif-  i 
•'  pcnfe  with    the  cxccuiion  of  juftice  a|.;ainit  Ihcddcrs  or  c 
*'  blood,"  many  of  Ub  declined    to   meddle  witli  ;   hut  the  I 
moderator  gladly  would  Jiave    h,ad    tiie    aflem.bly    detei-mi-  ; 
b'mw,  tjie  nei;^ati\e  exprefsly,  which  was  cichcwcd  ;   only  the  ; 
man    lor    his   dofrvine  and   carriage  was  lufpended  till  the 
next   ailemlily.      JMr  "William   Colvill   was   referred    to    us  ; 
only   for   his   fdence  about    the   engagement.     The    man 
Avas  generally  too  bufy  to  countenance  and  encourage  our 
llatcimen  in  their  \v,iy,   and  the  cliief  mover  of  P.Ir  Ram- 
fay  to  his  con  rl'e  ;   huA".-i'\er,   he    himfelf  walked  very  can- 
nilv.      1  was  indeed  oijinded    at    his   malapert   cairiage    in 
the  commiilic.n  oi  ilie  church,   and  foi-  it,   ;il!"eit  it  was  not 
libelled,   I  conilnted  to  h.is  fufjKnhon  ;   but   it    was  againft 
my  mind    that    l)r    i'arun    (bould  ha\e    been  cenltued  iur 
mere  liience;  ^et  it  was  carried. 

One  or  tv.'o  o'i  your  li  lends  in  our  pre{l~A'tery  had  been, 
for  their  hhnce  and  anibi;  tiity  about  tlie  engagcnicnt,  re- 
ferred to  the  al]em[)iy,  hatl  1  not  diverted  and  got  that  c- 
vil  kept  oir"  tlum  •,  ior  had  thty  come  belore  us,  pol]lbly 
they  had  ne\er  come  c-ii". 

We  appointed  vilitations  for  univei  riiies  antl  hofplta!?, 
and  put  on  iheni  the  liiarpell:  men  we  h.id.  Likeiy  I'^elin- 
burgh  will  not  kibmit  to  have  eirr.er  uni\  erfities  or  ho- 
fpitals  viilted,  thcmgh  they  hiive  moll  need  j  and  I  prelfed 
their  vihtation  before  any  other  ;  fince,  as  yet,  they 
Lave  ever  dei lined  it. 

The  cornn^.iuiouers  for  unilormity  with  England  were 
continued  wicliont  change  ;  only  Landeid.a'e,  to  my  grief, 
w.is  jnlliy  omliied.  i  was  Icarce  refolved  to  have  feea 
him  J  yet  my  Laciy  Warhton  lent  n'.e  to  him,  as  irulling, 
in  liis  Iricndliiip  i'.^v  Iur  h.r.iiMiui's  buiiriefs.  lie  told  me, 
that,  however,  to  h\,.  b.ll  knowleelge,  i.here  was  r.o  del^.;n 
cither  (;:i  his  place  <.r  jHi  ivjn  inr  the  ti;r.e  ;  yet  that  hc 
cotdd  not  anfwer  for  \^]nit  might  be  Ihortiy,  efpeeially 
^vhea  in   deb.iie   and   dilcourfe   tiiefc  thir.gs  tiii^ht  cfcape 

hinl   ■ 


.'' 


,  ;  ■  >   1  • 


.;  .-...n-^::'  !- 


,1     Mi'. 


S  -;T    r;'  "    v^iHi'MTT;:    'io^ 


-,  .■'...' 


>■   .1  ■'■. .    ^ 


I  J.et.  180.               re  Mr  inUhvn  Spang.                          311 

i  liim   which  mip.ht   irritate  them.       The   good  AVarlftcn, 

!  Jtft  by  liis  enemies  lie  might   he   brought  in    by    violence, 

f  jhoiiglu  meet    to   ixtire    to    Kintyre,  where,  for   ib.e    \m-c- 

\  ient/he    panes   Ills    time   with  Argyle.      Laiulercl.ile   eon- 

f  tiniies  kind  to   me,  :md   regrets   much  the  diiierence   be- 

I  iv.-ixt  us  •,  tears  it  become  a  fountain  of  great  evils,  either  the 

I  overthrow'  of  lire  delign  for  tlie  King  againli  the  feaaries, 

\  or   the   putting  up  of  "the   nialignant  party  To   high,^that 

'  ihcy  v/ill  luudK'   be  got  rr.led  j  at   belt  the  making  of  the 

!  novernment  of   tlie  cl;;"rcii,   as  we   exercile    it,   to    be    ab- 

I  horred  by  all  in  I^i-Jand   and  abroad,  and   intolerable  to 

I  our  own  jlate  at  home.      I    j:nd  the  Trealurer  in  the  iamj 

I  mind  \  bi'it  both  of  them  faft  enough,   for  ought  I  can  fee, 

\  vo  our  covenant  and  perlons,   except  to  one  or  two  v/hoei 

\  lliev  efieem   the   prime  caules  of  this    diilcrence.      In    Mr 
Vv'iiliam   Coh  ill's  eenfure,   Mr    D.ivid    Cahh-rwood   rallfiv 

f  h;id  faid,   "  he  w.is  the  painfudlell:  miniiler  of  j'Aiinburgh." 

^  This  the  m.oderator  exaggerated  fo  i'ar,   as   ibme    fpoke  of 

I  Ills  removal  for  cenfure.     The   motlerator  bi  lore   had    ta- 

\  hen  him  up  for  his  invjiei'lincncies   indeed  ;   yet  too  rotigh- 

\  Iv,  ar.d  more,  a.s  1  ihouglit,  than  becair.e.     After  this  ren- 

I  tounter,  iMr  Tiavid  went  home,  and  c.ime  no  more  to  the 

;  alfembly.      At  this  I  grieved  ;  it  may  do  harm. 

I  The  Uate,  on  the  Friday  before  v/c  1  ofe,  gave  in  a  large 

\  paper  of  obfer\ations   on   our  licclaration.     I   take   tluan 

I  10  be  Primrcde    their  clerk's  dranglit.      We    appointed  the 

-:  commiOior.  to  ht  and  auf^ver   them.     They   arc    but    poor 

I  ones,     'i'hat  lluue  day  we  renewed  the  commifiion  Oi  the 

8  church.     There  is  too  gre.u  a  change  of  the  perlons,   and 

f  too  preat  adtlition  of  men  who  never  luivc    been   member:i 

I  of  any  allLmbly  •,  alfo  their  power   is   too  much  enlarged, 

;■  even   to   pri)cefs  all  who  oppofe  tlieir  orders,   as  well  as  of 

';  the  general  affembly.      1    fmd  divers    in    the   mind,   that  if 

\  once  our  arm.y  in  England   had   got   any   fenhble   luccelj:, 

I  our  ftate  are  refolved  totally  to  fupprefs  the  commifiion  of 

1  the  cirurch,  as   a  judicatory    not   yet  eftabliihed   by   law  ; 

\  -  and  it  is  feared   they  will   trouble    the    perfons  of  Ibme  ot' 

I  us:   but  the  Lord's  will  be  done.     I   think  indeed  the  car- 

\  riage  of  Jome  is  too  b.igh  and  jiercmprory  j  but  it  the  ilate. 

!  begin  to  ti-oniue  any  of  us  with  imprilonment,   it  will  be  a 

I  great  ill  of  long  and  dau!>,erous  conlecpience. 

I  0;-i  S.uurday  Augult  J  2.    we   arole.      In   the  morning  I 

\  v.'cni    aw.iv,    cklirous,    after   niuch    toil,    to    be   at    liomo 

I  that  night,  tmw'iling  to  wait  on  the  commililon,  to  jangle 

I  '          "'                                                                                 more 


':.'    ;;!       .    .iy:,    i.:/ 


312        s  T'v  Mr  U'iULivz  S^n::^^.  Let.  i8o. 


.more  with  the  niodenitor.     I  was  glad  we  had   iiU  ended  \ 

\n  peace.     The  niatrcr  of  tliis  unhappy  enapemciit  I  hope  ; 

will   not    lail,   aiul    ib    the    [^vouiiJ  of  our  diiiercnce  with  ! 

the  ftate  fli  .fl  h:.  removed.     13ut  new  grounds   of  divifion  f 

iTiay    poiU'jly    arilc,     v.'hicli     may    make    our    contcmions  f 
prcater.     'ih'is   much  I    l^.r.vc   written    to   you,    to   oblipc 

von  to  write  oftener  and  lar;'cr;   \o  much  the  more  as  our  J 

iniercouril-  with  J^onJon  is  Jcoot,   and  we  kiu)w  not    wh:;t  \ 

3S  doing  cither  there  or  abro.icL      ^\  hat    yr)u    learn  weel^ly  ' 

by  your  gazettes,   I  pra.y,   once  in  tb.e    month    at    lead,   lee  I 

us  have  its  fin-n,  as  yon  fliall  h.ive  oceanon,  to  fend  it.     So  ] 

1  rcll,  your  coufin,   to  I'ervc  you.  \ 

l\oi!EK'r  J5aillii:, 

The  confequences  of  the   cngagcnicnt  were  fatal.     T'lc  j 

nrmy  was   totally  roured  in  ]>anca(hirc    by    Cromwell,   tlie  \ 

X)ukc  taken  priibner,  carried  to   London,  and  there  cxc-    .        i 

cutcd.  .  ■  ■  \ 

I 

■     I 
•     1 3  I.   Mr  inill^m  Sl-ang  to  DIr  Robert  nalllic.  \ 

Picvcrend  Coufm,  •  \ 

Since  my  lafi",  the  ihil;  letter  I  have  feen  of  yours  wa"?-  ' 

of  the  Jth  of  December,  vei-y  concite,   and   m';^  of  it   ia  \ 

complair.t  of  my  long  hleuee  j   of  wb.ich  you  iliould  ha\e  , 

had  no  ivafon,   if  thofe  to  whom  1  intrnfied  my  le:iers   tv)  ] 

you  have  been  honell.      I  never   let  any  occafion  llip   with  ' 

which  I  liave  not  written,  and  that  at  large.     I  am  afra.id  \ 

left  the  freedom  I  have  tifed  in  them  may  beget  trouble  to  ' 

me,  if  they  have  fallen  into  any  envious  hand  ;  and   then  \ 

what  I  wrote  was  but  a  r^hearial  of  the  judgement,   Avhicli 
the  godly  and  wife,  who  ever  allei^ted  our  ca.ufe,   did.   pro-  : 

feis  to  nie  both  b.y  word  and  letters.     Moft  of  my   letters  \ 

to   you  were  inclofecl  in  packets   to  Air  George  Gillefj^ie,  \ 

of  wliofe   death,   to    my  great  grief,   I   liave  lately   Iicard.  .| 

Certainly  he  was  as  able  a  mm  as  tnu"  kirk  had  ;   of  a  clear  t 

judecme'nt.     'J'hat  v/bich  fome  miflikeJ,  would  eafdy  h.ave  j 

been  bettered  by  experience  and  years.      I  fee    he   In.s  had  1 

:\  better  opinitm  of  tbeie  i'ectaries  than  he  v.'ould  have  h.ad,  ^ 

if  he  had  lived  till  no^\',  and  had  h.eard  their  vile  peijured  ) 

treacheries  againfi  all  bondis  •,   alfo   foi-    tivat    reproach  cad  ; 

upon  our    re^ligion,   and  the  truth  of   God,   by  thcle  mens  ■ 

imparallellcd  proceeding^;,  and   for   the   prcfen.t  d  nv;er  oi 
.     .      I  "  religion  ? 


A.'i'  .\'.l      !    ■'    t  :' 


/.  Mi^-    .;  ^  I 


;  .:;;    ,jV  :   "  O  ■'■.y;    ,-:  >0'rj. 


.  .  ..    \  .  ' 


f.i'.i:.^u- !  «.  3ti-J     ;.•//  ^  )Vn,'  J   • 


I  Let.  i8i.  Mr  Spang  to  Mr  Bailli^.  313 

I  religion   in   all  the  three  kingdoms  •,  yea,  and  the  civil  li-< 

Iberties  of  all  who  will  noL  run  to  the  lanic  cxcefs  of  mad- 
ncfs  with  them. 
Let  Scotland   chufe  what   fide   they  pleafe,  that  poor 
5  land  will  be  tlie  feat  of  war,  by  all  appearance,  this  fum- 

I  mer  j  for  a  conlklerable  army   is   marching  northward  a- 

I  gainft  you  ;  and  CromAvcll   allures  his  brethren  in  evil,  of 

I  a  more  eafy  conqucit  of  that  kingdom  than  all  the  Engliih 

I  kings  ever  had.     Mis  ground  is,  as  1  jiave  heard  from  one 

I  who  is  of  their  council,  that   the   bitternefs  betwixt  thofe 

I  who  were  fur  the  lair  engaL,ement  in   England,  and   thofe 

I  who  were  againil  it,  is   fo   great,  that  there  are  no  means 

I  left  to  reconcile  parties,  and  he  is  able  to  crulli  thofe  who 

[  have  authority  new  in  tlieir  hands,  if  they  be   alone  j  io 

I  that  our  doniellic  divifions  are  the  chief  Hay  of  that  party, 

[  and  which  will  make  us  to  fall  into  their  hands  as  a  con- 

;  queft,  or  hinder   us   from  being  able  to   do   any  thing   to 

i  purpofe.     They  encourage  themfelvcs  in  theje  their  hopes, 

by- an  allcdged  diilcnt  entered  in  by  fome  of  the  moft  cmi- 
t  nent  of  our  nobility  againll  the  proclaiming  of  our   new- 

king,  which,  though  it  be  moft  falfe,  yet  it  is  enough  to 
flander  thefc  noblemen;  and  becaufe  their  authority  is  {'o 
great  in  our  kingdom,  to  make  many  fufpedt  it  runs  not: 
lb  fmooth  and  fair  as  is  given  out  by  us ;  Co  nuich  the 
more,  fmce  no  publick  declaration  is  emitted  by  our  cler- 
gy, to  vindicate  themfelves  from  having  given  a  precedent 
which  thefe  perjured  Independents  have  followed. 

I  am  fare  it  has  been  a  matter  of  inconceivable  grief  to 
you  all,  when  you  heard  of  that  bloody  murdering  ol  the 
late  king ;  and  it  is  reafon,  that  follov/ing  the  example  of 
the  zealous  preachers  in  I^ondon,  you  tellii'y  your  utter 
abhorring  of  it,  that  there  may  be  an  extant  tellimony  to 
the  v/orld  of  the  loyalty  of  your  hearts,  whereby  the  toul 
mouths  of  Papiifs  ancl  m  ilignants  may  be  llopt,  as  Jacob 
did,  Gen.  xlix.  6. ;  and  D.ivid,  2  Sam.  iii. ':}5.  36.  37.  All 
the  miniders  in  this  province  do  puhlickly  declare  their 
utter  abhorring,  of  it,  and  many  have  cholcn  fclecl  texts 
for  th;it  purpofe,  and  evc)-  with  tliat  tender  refpect  to  our 
country  and  ilicir  proccctlings,  as  was  matter  of  joy  for 
us  to  hear,  uow  you  have  proclaimed  the  Prince  to  be 
Xing  ;  and  blelled  be  Cud  who  haili  put  it  in  yoiir  lie  irts  i'o 

10  do.    'i^his  makes  your  names  like  a  fr.igrant  Imeil ;  a.nd 

11  you  be  put  to  any  hai'.ard  for  ilie  maintainance  of  that 
adiion,  ii  you  will  manageyourcredlt  Vv-ell abroad,  ye  v>-ill lind. 
veal  iViends.  But,  firft  of  all,  I  wilh  care  v;crc  taken  to  ce- 
'    Vol.  H.  l\  r  ment 


-:  a 


Anderson-, 


8M                       Mr  SpangioIlJr  BdW;^.              Let.  i8r/  | 

nient   at  home  ^vith  you,  and   for   tliat    purpofc  remit  of  \ 

that  rigor,  m  the  v.'hich,  if  you  continue,  no  man  fees  hov/  ^ 

ye  can  lubfiil ;  lor,  be  allured,  th.c  pany  that  now  is  un-  ^ 

der,  will  rake  Iiell   to   vindicate  themfelvcs,  and   put  you  •  i 

to   that   ncccHlty,  tliat   you   uuift  join   your   forces   with  \ 

theie  murderers,  and  bring   them  again  iiuo  the  bowels  of  ' 

our  kmgdom,   yea,   and  to  be  fubfervient  to  them,   and  to  i 

recal  what  ]ias   been   done  with  fuch  abfolnte  aoreemcnts  ^ 

It   were   to   be   wiHicd   that   men  of  all   lldes  would   now  ^ 

Jearn  to  deny  themiclves,  if  they  would  approve  their  for-  ^ 

mer  profeliions  for  religion,   king,   and  country.  ? 

There  is  arrived  at  ilotterdanribnie  comiivlllon  -rs  fi-ont  ^ 

bcotland  to  the  Prince,   udou  tlie  zd  of  March     N    S     a  ■ 

monglT:  whom  their   is   one  Sir  Jolcph  Douglas]  who  "in-  \ 

treated  Mr  Alexander  Petrie  to  write   to    me    in    all  hafle.  I 

tliat  I  /hould  c.,n.e  thither,  or    to    the   Hague  unto   him  ;  \ 

tor  wl^at  errand  I  know  not  ;  yet  I  mind  to-morrow,    God  ^ 

wilhng,  to  go  thither,  io  much  the  more,  becaufc  I  hear  I 

my  Lord  Chancellor   is   upon   liis  way  tliitlier   in   a  iliip  * 

Vdiere,  li-  I  can  lervc  thciu  for  any  ufe, '[  fiiail  uur  be  fai'lnT  '    i 

The  good   God  comfort   and'  direct   vou    In   the   ri'p'hv  t 

way,  tluit  ye  may  enjoy  the  Aaiit  of  voui-  labours  in  ne£:c.  i 

It  the  kmg  will  not  take  .the  covenant,  and  feparatc'  Jiim-  \ 

,  ielf  from  the  councils  of  thofe  wlio  have  driven  lils  fn! •' 

to  that  milei-y,  I  forcfee  lie  and  us  all  Ihall   be   miferable  -    ^ 

-Let  our  eyes  be  towards  God  ;   he   rules  all.     To  his  mer-  I 

cy  ye  arc  recommended  by  your  coulln,  \ 

■      ^^  "'J  d^clling-pIacc,    -th  i\L:rih  1 6-|0. 


182.  Mr  R.brrt  BailUc    to    Mr  Sparer.       Edirburoh      F-^  ? 

hruary  y.  1649.  | 

4 

Coufin,  I 

Your  bygone  letter  of  the    12th  1  received,  and  thank  \ 

you  for  n.     1  ou    complain   of   my  long  hh-uce ;   but  ^iv. 

no  fatisfadion  for  your  lor.ger.      In    ^y   next   I  i],.,ll    %\^c  \ 

youcontentment  about   ail    your  iucp.'.rv.     Tins  is  upon  a  f 

particular  and  great  occaiion.      One  act  of  our  lan^emable  I 

tragedy  being  ended    we  are  entering  again  upon  tbe  fcenc.  \ 

O!   It   It   m.ghtbe  the  Lord's   pleafure    to   perform   mor.> 

liappy  and  comlortable  actions   than    h.ive   appeared   ihcle  1 

years  bygone.     To  the  great  joy  of  ail,   in  .l,e  nnd,v  of  a  \ 

very  great  and  univci-ihl  forrow,  ^ve  pruck.inre.l,  un  iAh)n-  I 

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■dfv    5; 


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Let.  1S2.         Mr  nohrrt  Baillie  to  Mr  Spang. 


Z^S 


day  laft,  ilie  Prince,  King  of  Britain,  France,  and  Le- 
land.  We  liavc  lent  the  bearer,  a  worthy  gentleman,  to 
fignify  fo  miich  to  his  iViajellyat  the  Hague.  We  inirpofe 
r,)eedily  to  fend  an  lionourable  cominiirion  fioni  all  cftates. 
The  dangers  and  diilicidties  wherewith  both  liis  INIaielly  and 
all  his  kingdoms  at  this  time  are  involved,  are  exceeding  s  reat 
and  many.  The  firCt  neceiTiiry  and  piiine  ,  le  ( . :  all  hei'C, 
v/ithont  exception,  conceive)  dotli  put  his  Majciiy  and  his 
people  both  in  a  hopeful  proceeding ;  and  his  Puajefiy's 
joining  with  us  in  the  natioiral  coven;inr,  fubrci-ihcvl  by  his 
grandfather  K.  James,  and  the  folemn  league  and  cove- 
nant, wherein  all  the  well-allecled  of  the  ilirec  kingiioms 
are  entered,  and  mull  live  and  die  in,  upon  all  hazards. 
If  his  ]\Iajelly  niay  be  moved  to  join  v.'ith  tis  in  this  one 
point,  he  will  have  all  Scotland  ready  to  lacrifice  their 
lives  for  his  fervicc.  If  he  refiife,  or  iliii't  this  duty,  ]iis 
beft  and  moft  uieful  Iriends,  both  here  and  elfcwhere,  will 
be  caft  into  inextricable  labyi-inths,  we  fear,  for  the  uuiix 
of  us  all.  We  know  Satan  will  not  be  wantirig  to  fiir  up 
ill  inftriuncnts  to  keep  him  olF  from  a  timeous  yielding  to 
this  ovir  moll  earneft  and  neccillu-y  delire  ;  but  as  it  is,  and 
will  be,  one  of  all  Scotland's  itrong  petitions  to  God,  to 
difpofe  1-iis  heart  to  do  his  duty  without  delay  ;  fo  we  will 
acknowledge  ourlelvcs  much  ctbUged  to  any,  v.'hom  the 
Lord  may  honour  to  be  the  happy  inllrumeius  of  his  per- 
fuafion.  Many  here  rcuiembsi-,  and  are  fenhble  of  your 
great  and  happy  labours,  for  the  clearing  of  our  proceed- 
ings, from  the  very  lirft  commotions  aiuong  us.  '\\''e  truft 
you  will  not  rei'-iife  to  be  at  any  needful  pains,  at  this  fo 
hard  a  time,  io\'  the  ierviee  or  God,  y>)'.'.r  King,  and 
coimtry,  and  all  the  cluu-ciies  here,  in  their  great  diftrels. 
I  wiih  you  niade  a  voyage  to  the  Hague,  and  dealt  with 
our  good  friends,  Dr  Rivet  and  Dr  Spauheim,  to  infinuatc 
to  the  King  their  wholefome  advices.  Some,  as  V^ofiius, 
ApollopJus,  and  others  there,  imderitand  ib  much  oi"  our 
proceedings,  that  a  fmr.il  deiire  h-om  any  intereils  would 
move  thcni  to  contribute  their  bell  helps  lor  his  iM.ijeity'ij 
infor. nation. 

1  recommend  it  tlicrcfore  mofl  earneflly  to  you,  tobcftir 
yourfelf  in  a  private  clanculary  v/ay  to  further  this  work. 
If  yotu",  or  any  oilier  mens  labi)urs  be  hlellld  of  God  to 
work  the  prefent,  yon  will  lintl  all  here  (I  ihall  r.niwer  \o'' 
it)  ready  to  acknowledge,  as  becomes  yotu-  pains,  bv  lucli 
«;i\im.ojde3,  in  due  time,    as   ihall   giv;c   vou  faiiifa-Tficiv 

U  r  ?.  V  WJiai 


31^  Mr  Koheri  BallUe  to  Mr  Spang.        Let.  182, 

What  you  do  mufl:  be  done  quickly  ;  for  every  hour's  de- 
lay prcjudgcth  (we  know  not  how  much)  his  Majelly  and 
uU  his  dominions. 

Your  Counn, 

Robert  Baillie. 


183.  71//-  Spang  to  Mr  Baillie. 

Tibi  foli. 

Revei-end  and  Dear  Coufin, 
After  the  clofmg  of  my  lad:  letter,  which  goes  along 
with  the  fame  bearer,  my  Lord  Conlervator,  1  received  a 
Icttei"  from  INIr  Alexander  Perrie,  requiring  me  in  all  hafte 
to  come  to  the  Hague,  and  that  in  the  name  of  Sir  Jofeph 
Douglas,  a  commifiioner  then  arrived  from  Scotland  with 
letters  to  the  King's  Majefty  ;  but  about  what  errand  he 
did  not  Avrite,  neither  would  he.  Though  the  weather  is 
very  unfeafonable  and  flormy,  and  my  health  not  tlie  beft, 
as  ufually  it  falls  out  with  me  in  Ivlarch,  yet  I  chufed  ra- 
ther to  run  thefe  hazards,  than  to  be  wanting  to  that  gen- 
tleman's defircs.  When  1  came  to  the  Hague,  I  inquired 
for  him,  and  alking,  v/hat  was  the  errand  for  which  he 
had  fent  for  me  ?  he  told  me,  he  had  brought  over  letters 
from  the  coiumiffioners  of  the  kirk,  and  delivered  them 
to  Mr  Alexander  Peiiic  to  be  fent  to  me.  80  I  fent  an 
exprefs  to  l\otterdam  for  thefe  letters,  which,  when  they 
came  to  my  hand,  I  found  tliem  a  packet  from  you  of  the 
7th  of  Febiuary.  Ye  defire  me  to  haften  to  the  Pfague, 
and  deal  v.-ith  fuch  who  are  like  to  have  credit  v.'ith  the 
King's  P/Iajeify,  for  perfuading  hini  to  do  what  you  re- 
quire of  him,  viz.  to  join  witli  Scotl.md  in  both  the  cove- 
nants. The  perfons  whom  you  deflgned  were  cither  ab- 
fent  out  of  Holland,  as  Dr  Rivet,  Apoilonius,  or  fuch 
who  are  not  of  credit  with  couriicrs,  or  fach  who  are 
known  to  m.^ke  uie  only  of  the  court-favour  for  their  pri- 
vate ends  ;  and  therefore  I  did  bethink  myielf  of  auoiber 
mean  to  ehc\'tu;.ic  lUr.t  end,  which  v/as,  by  addrelllng  my- 
ielt  to  the  I'riiKc  ot"  Orange  his  Highntfs.  For  this  pur- 
pofe,  I  took  pains  to  inform  myfelf,  the  befc  I  could,  of 
the  prefent  poUure  of  counfels  fuggefted  to  the  King's  Ma- 
jcfly,  and  the  reafor.s  for  them-,  and  I  found,  that  all 
vUtie  dcfigucd  by  our  late  Sovereign  to  be  his  four  coua- 

fcllors 


f        Let.  183.  Mr  Spang  to  Mr  BailUc.  '317 

J  fcllors  while  he  was  Prince  of  Wales,  viz.  Cottlngtoii,  Au- 
5  <lover,  Culpepper,  and  Hyde,  advifed  he  fliould  go  dii-e(St- 
I  ly  for  Ii-eland.  Tliis  did  janies  Graham  urge  alfo  with 
}  jrreat  vehemency  •,    and  if   that   would  not  prevail,  others 

\  were  of  advice,  that  the  King  was  to  come  to  Scotland  ar- 
l  inato.  vianuy    hecaufe   no   truil  coidd  be  given  to  fuch  who 

I  v.'ere  leading  men  in  our  parliament  j  partly,  becaufe  they 

\  thought  there  v/as  reafon  to  fufpe^t  the  linterity  and  reali- 

I  jy  of  Tome  v/ho  ufcd  fuch  a  fair  invitation  only  to  get  the 

,*  K'i"'g   i'l    their    power,    whole    advancement  they  thought 

I  never  more  to   procure  than  they  did  his  father's  ;   partly, 

I  becaufe  they  thought,  that  though  thefe  who    invite    him 

I         ■  do  really  intend,  yet  they  are  not  able  to  maintain  him  a- 
I  gainft  the  Englilh  ufurpers,  if  they  do  not  recal  their  late 

!  afts  againfl  fuch  who  Jiave  had  a  liand  in  the  cng;igemcnt, 

I  and  join   all   their  powers   together.     But  this,  fay  they, 

\  they  will  never  do,  and  fo  they  ihall  not  be  able  to  protect 

I  the   King;    but   being   ftraitened    by  the   Englilli,  will  be 

I  content  to  buy  their  peace  with  quitting  the   King.      And 

I  here,     to    make    this     )>robablc,     pregnant     inllances     arc 

'  brought   in    of  my  Lord    C]ianceIlor''s  papers  againll-  the 

I  delivery  of  the  King  to  the  parliament,  prelTed   by  unan- 

'•  fwerablc  reafons,  which  yet  were  neglected  altogether,   by 

delivery  of  the  King  within  few  months  after.  The  oth.er 
inftance  was,  of  the  treating  of  our  commillioners  with. 
the  late  King  at  the  Hie  of  Wight,  and  our  not  perform- 
ing our  promife  accordingly.  But  there  is  a  third  pai-ty, 
who,  though  they  be  not  of  the  King's  council,  yet,  out 
of  love  to  him  and  their  country,  rejeiSled  the  two  for- 
mer projefts  as  bloody,  to  the  utter  ruining  the  King  and 
all  Proteilants  •>  and  did  by  all  means  labour  to  peri'uade 
his  Majefly  to  go  to  Scotland,  upon  the  very  fame  terins 
they  did  require  ;  that  if  he  did  not  go,  and  that  haftily, 
with  a  refolution  to  feal  the  covenants,  he  would  alienate 
the  hearts  of  all  the  Protellaius  in  all  his  kingdoius  fi-on\ 
him  :  and  this  was  pveflcd  by  the  Earls  of  Jjauderdale, 
Callendar,  and  Lanerk,  with  {\.\c\\  evident  felf-denial  of 
their  own  interefts,  as  being  grievoufly  cenliu-ed  by  this 
prefcnt  parliament,  that  had  the  King  been  left  to  himfelf, 
it  Avas  thought  he  could  not  but  follow  their  advice.  Tliis 
honotn-able  carriage  of  thefe  three  noblemen  I  can  bear 
witnefs  uiuo,  a-,  having  heard  them  protell  it  in  private, 
and  underftand  it  from  others  alio,  who  are  our  enemies, 
and  do  curfc  the  hour  they  have  been  call  here   to   fpoJl 

the 


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'1        ■•>'!•      ii    ::      ;.' 


3iS  '_       Air  Spang  to  Mr  BalUlc.  Let.  18?. 

the  game  they  thought  fure.     Believe  me,    I  do  acknow- 
ledge the  good  providence  of  God  in  cafting  tlicm   here  at 
this  time.     They  have  done  more  good  than   if  they  had 
■  been  fitting  in  parliament. 

l\Iy  next  was,  to  find  out  whereto  the  Prince  of  Orange 
was  inclined.  For  this  p\irpore,  I  Avcnt  to  two  of  the 
•States  Generals,  of  whole  intimacy  with  the  Prince's  coun- 
cils all  men  did  fpeak.  I  found  them  not  only  clear  in 
their  own  iud'Tcment  for  the  Kind's  iToinp'  to  Scotland, 
and  embracing  the  covenant,  but  that  this  alfo  was  the 
Pi'ince's  mind.  From  them  I  went  to  fundry  others  •,  but 
from  none  did  J  get  furer  information  than  from  the  Lord 
Bcverv/eeri,  Governor  of  Bergen-op-zoom,  natural  fon 
to  Prince  Tdaurice,  a  nobleman  tndy  pious,  and  of  a  pu- 
blick  fpirit,  relblutc  to  employ  his  credit  for  religion,  and 
of  high  account  with  the  Prince,  in  whofe  councils  hs 
has  chief  iniluence. 

Now  having  found  vvhercto  the  Prince  inclined,  my 
next  thoughts  were  to  underdand  fo  much  out  of  his  own 
mouth,  and  to  conhrm  in  him  what  good  refohuion  I 
/hould  find  in  himj  cfpecially  to  remove  fome  I'cruplcs  and 
objections,  wherewith  niaoy  told  nie  he  was  daily  aiiauhed. 
For  this  end,  a  cotintryman  of  otirs  promii'ed  to  bring  me 
to  the  Prince ;  but  performed  it  not,  or  at  leall;  would 
liave  me  to  wait  fo  long  upon  it,  that  I  fliould  be  made  to 
,  think  it  fome  great  favoiu-  ;  for  this  court-policy  1  learn- 
ed, which  made  me  rclolved  to  go  in  my  old  way,  and  by 
the  mediation  of  one  of  his  Highnefs's  counfellors,  \  was 
brought  in  to  him,  and  had  the  freedom  of  a  long  hour's 
fpeech,  where  I  found  God's  afllfLance  and  blelling  ;  his 
1  alTiftauce,  in  enabling  me   both  v.'ith   words   and    matter, 

I  for  it  was  in  Dutch  ;  and  his  blefling,  in  making  the  Prince 

I  fb  attentive  to  what  I  faid,  fo  dellrous   to   know   the  true 

1  grounds  of  things,  lb  apprehenfive,  and  fo  fully  refolved 

i  •  with  us  for  his  Majeily's   going  to  Scotland  upon  the  con- 

I  ditions  proponed.     I  Ihall  give   you  a  lliort   and   compen- 

\  diouG  account  of  what  pailcd  then. 

\  After  I  had   thanked  his    Ilighnefs   for    his   favour   iii 

j  granting  me   fo   ready  audience,  and  dehred  to  know  if  1 

i  "■>>ght,  with  his  good  liking,  propone  what  I   intended  ia 

j  Latin  or  Engliiii,    1  ather   than  Dutch,    he    deUretl  me  to 

j  do  it  ia  Dutch.     Then  I  hrft  condoled  the  parricide  of  our 

t  late  King  his  f<ithcr ;   'Mhewed   how    it   v/as    abhorred    by 

j  *'  the  eltates  of  our  kingdom  5  hew,  contrary  to  our  co 

I     •     .  *'  venant. 


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I  ' 


Let.  I  S3.  Mr  Sj  ang  to  Mr  nnillie.  -    3^9 

»'  venant,  the  end  of  which,  among  other  t]ungs,_  was  the 
'«  fifety  of  the  King's  pcrfon  ;  how  not  only  ihc  Itaie  had 
«'  proclaimed  his  Ton   10   be   liielr  King,  but  tlie  mmiftry  ^ 
.«  in  the  kingdom   aHo,    according  to    their    phaces,    had 
««  done  their  duty,  and  had  given  afiurancc  of  then-   oyal 
<'  afleaion  to  our  prefcnt  King,  by  tlicir   letters   to   Invu,   . 
"  and  bv  their  care  tlv.it  he  may  be  pei  fuaded  to  ilixin  tJic 
"  wicked  counfels   whicli   drove   his   bite   fatlier   to^lueh 
«'  counfellors  ;  that  they  had  given  me  orders  to  deal  with 
"  all -who  co\dd  contribute  any  thing  to  the   advancement 
*'  of  this  nood  work  ;  and  that  I  could  look  upon  none  1  rent 
"  whom  I  had  rcafon  to  expec^t  more  good  than  his  High- 
"  nefs,  who,  by  being  inftrumental    tiiercin,    would   gam 
««  greater  honour  than  by  gaining  of  towns,"  &c. 

He  anfwercd,  "  That  there  was  nothing  more  accepta- 
«  ble  to  liim  than  that  he  was  looked  upon   as   one  who 
''  would  employ  himfelf  for  the  advancement  of  religion, 
"  and  that  now,  if  ever,    the   reformed  religion    was    m 
"  danger-,  that  there  were  no  probable  means   to  prevent 
«  the  \uter  extirpation  of  ir,   but  by  efpouling  the   young 
"  King's   quarrel;    and   that    he,   for  his  part,  could  not 
"  but  pity  the  young  King,  torn   as   it   were  betv/ixt  fuch 
.«'  contrary  counfels  ;  that  the  reafons  produced  by  all  par- 
«  ties  feemed  to  be  fpccious,  yet  how  fair  foever  men  did 
"  Ihew,  he  thought  it  madnefs  for   a  Proteftant  to  chulc 
««  rather  to  trnft  to  a  Papift,  than  a  Protellant  who  mmd- 
«*  cd  truly."     "  And  if  ever,"  faid  I,  "  any  ftate  minded 
*'  truly,  it  is  our  prefent  ihatc  ;  their  haftincfs  in  proclaiin- 
*'  ing.  that  chearfulnefs  of  all  joining  together,  dowitneis 
"  th?s;    and   now   their   readincfs  to   eipoufe   the  King's 
"  caufe,  if  he  firft  will  eipoufe  God's  caufe,  though  they 
"  know  any  undertakings  of  this  kind  to  be  joined  with 
«  great  dangers."     But  what,"  faid  he,  "  miiy  be  cxpea- 
«'  cd  of  the'minifters?"     And   here   he   Ipoke    much  oi 
the  great  iniluence  their   advice  has   on  tlic   elfates.     To 
thisl  -.mfwered,  ♦*  That  whatfoever  any  Prince  can  expect 
«'  of  good  fubjee^is,  that  may  our  King   look  for  at   the 
"■   han'ds  of  the  minifteis,   if  he  em.ploy  his  pov/er  for  the 
"  honouring   of   God  •,    and   that  ail  ilie  power  they  have 
'"  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  v/ill  be  for  the  King's  advan- 
«'  lage."     I-Ierc  he  fpoke  iomething   of  the  great  precife- 
nefs  of  our  minillers,  who  would  n.ot  be  concent  with  that 
.uK)ut   nligion  which   our    late    King   had    granted,    and 
vjierewith 'the  parhamcnt   of  England  was  well  nigh  fatil-- 

hed. 


320  Mr  Span^  to  Mr  Ba'iUie.  '    Let.  18 1. 

fied.     Here  I  was  ready  to  have  anfwercd  •,  but  he  paflld 
this,  and  fpoke  ol:  the  conditions  we  rcqtiire  of  the   Kin'T 
viz.  his  accepting  and  entering  into  the  covenants.     An^d 
I,  at  his   defire,    having  explained   what   thele   covenants 
were,    and  how   diRinguifliable,    "  Then,"  faid  he,  "  he 
«'  will  be  eaiily  brought  to  fubicribe  this   covenant  which 
*'  concerns  Scotland  alone-,"  (he  meant  our  national  co- 
venant) ;   "  but  the  other  covenant   betwixt   .Scotland  and 
*'  England,   he  feared  lliould  iind  greater  diiliculty  :    i.Be- 
"  caule   all   the    King's   counilllors,  vh.   thefe  four  Eng- 
"  liPn,  would  be  againft  it  :   2.   Jiecaufe  it  required  a  deli- 
«'  very  up  to  juftice  thofe  who   are  called  malignants  :    ->. 
**  Bccauie,   as  by  iiibfrribing  it  the  Kijig  v/ould   pi-afc   us, 
*'  {o  he  would  difplcafe  the  Papifts  in  keland,  and  all  fo- 
*^  reign  Popilh  princes,  who  will  not   be  fo   fooliili  as  to 
**  favour  him,  wlioie  advancement  is  the  ruin  of  their  re- 
**  ligion  in  his  dominions.     Other  reafons,"  fays  he,  "are 
«*  urged,  and  I  fhall  propone  them  ere   ye  go."     So  I  be- 
gan to  anfwer;   and,  iir;r,  *' I  Ihewed,  tiiat'the  firft  cove- 
«*  nant  of  Scotland  only  provides  as  great  fecurity  for  re- 
*'  ligion  as  the   fccond   dotli  ;    and   therefore   the    Jlin^'s 
*'  counfellors,    who    advife    him     to    fubicribe    the    one, 
*'  and    not    the    other,    for    fear   of  difplealing   the   Pa- 
**  pills,    fpealc    they  know    not    what ;    for    there   is   not 
**  a   Papift    who    is    not    more   difpleafed    with    the    firft 
**  than   with    the    fecond."     And  he   aiking,  "  VvHiy  are 
*'  the  King's  counfellors  fo  much  againft  it  ?  "  T  anfwered, 
"  That  they  durll  not   do    otherwife    than    difluade   our 
"  young  King  from  the  iblemn  league,  fmcc  they  jiad  e- 
*'  ver  dilTuaded  his  father  from   it.     If  they  v/ou!d   no'.v 
"  change,  the  young  King,  and  your   Highncfs,  v/ho  are 
«*  fo  greatly  interefted,  ihould  have  reafon  to   look  upon 
*'  them  as  men  whofe  confciences  did   condcnui  them  for 
<<  abuiing  the  father."     Here  I  took  occafion  to  reprefenC 
to  his  Highncfs,  "  the  great  inconvenience   of  the   abods 
*<   of  fuch  counfellors  about  the  King's  pe'ibn  ;    thr.t  if  a 
*^  courfe  was  not  tal:en  to  banilh  them  from  his  prefcnce, 
*'  they  would  readily  prove  as  unhappy  inftruments  to  the 
"  fon  as  they  have  been  to  the  father  j  and  thai  thev,  or 
**  any  who  advife  the   King  to  ilight   the   preierviuion   of 
*'  Scotland,  and  to  go  to  Ireland,  chufing  rather  he  iliould. 
*'  not  reign  than  that    they  Ihould  not   reign   wiili   him  ; 
*'  men  of  whofe  religion  the  world,   to  this  hour,  was  ne- 
"  ver  fatisficd."     So  far  as  I  c.Quld  mark,  his  Highnels 
Z  feenicd 


?:j!>-; 


>-'^5      ■<}      iu'ul      ,l.-.!hv.     vdn 


'  ■   ■  1 


I       /  .:■;•?    i  ;;;..;    I    ,}.    -.f!  oo 


I         Let.  1834  '  Mr  Spmigio  Mr  BaiUie^  .         32I 

f  fccmed  not  to  be  dirpleafcd  with  tlvis.     *'  As  for  the  King 

f  "  deliverii)[^' lip  of  all  niah'gnauts  to  jullice,"    I  aafwcred, 

I  •*'  the  covenants  do  not  rc(inii-e  th:it  all  nialignrLnts  Ihovdd 

f  *'  be  punilhrd,  but  only  tried,  and  left  to   the  judgement 

I  "  of  the  parli:unent."     "  Ikit,"  fays  he,  "  ye  call  any  man 

I  "a  malignant  whom  yc  })kafc,  though-  be  profcfs   lie   ad- 

I  ^'  heres  to  the  covenant,  aiul  all  his  aims  are  for  tlie  ends 

I  *^  of  it."     Here   he   brought  in,  for  inftance,  the  acts  of 

t  our  prefent  parliament,  declaring  all  who   had  any   hand 

.">  for  the  engagement  incapable  of  any  place  of  truil  during; 

I  their  whoie  lives;  "  and  yet,"    fays  he,    "the   world   did 

I  "  read  their  declaration,   whicli   fpakc   very  fair,   and  the 

f  •'  parliament  did  own  thatv-ork:  1  would  therefore  glad- 

I  *'  Iv  knov/  Avho  are  the  malignanis  ;  for  I  find,  that  there 

f  **  is  no  argument  that  fo  works  upon  his  Majcfty  as  that." 

I  Here  1  profefs  I  was  at  a  firait.     J'or  to   have   given  him 

I  fuch  a  charae'tcr   of   a   malignant  as  the  commiilloners  of 

I  the  general  aflembly  did    give   fome    two   yeai's  iince,   that 

I  would  not  have  ferved  the  turn,   the  cafe  being  now   alto- 

I  gethcr  altered,  is  fo  far,   that  he  is  to   be   thought  more  a 

I  mali'mant  who  approveth  the  bloody  acts  of   that  treache- 

[  vous  crew,   now  ufurping   the    name    of   a    parliament    ia 

[  England,  than  any  who  did  ever  fight   againft  them  ;  and 

\  therefore    I    came    to    the    diilinguiihing    of    malignants, 

;  *'  fome  whofe  aims  appeared  evidejitly  to  be  for  their  ovv-n. 

I  *'  felves,  cither  that   they  might  abide  in  a  capacity  to  ly-> 

\  "  rannize    over    their    Kllovz-fiibjec'ts,    or    to    raii'e    their 

I  *'  fortunes,   already  defperate,    by   the    publick    troubles. 

\  "  Such   malignants   were  judly  unp:irdonable  ;    and  they 

"  had    none    to   blame    for   \.\\t    ruin    of    their    families 

*'  and   themfelvcs  but  their   own   obftinacy.     As   for   o-^ 

"  thers,  in  whom  it  dotli   appear,    that   private    and    by- 

"  ends  have  not  let  them   a   work,     their    c;ile    is   pitied  ; 

**  and  it  b.as  ever  b:en  the   cuirom   of  the   parliaments  ol: 

"  Scotland  to  fail  railier  in  too  great  clemency  than  crucl- 

"  ty."     '*  "Well,"  fivH  the  Prince,"  if  ye   that   are  mini- 

**  liers  will  not  em')!oy  yotir  utmoll:  credit  for  uniting  oi 

"  all  your  country,   (I  mean  nor,"  fiys  he,  "  of  luch  w!u> 

"  have  been  bloody  ohicin.ue  enemies  to  you),  ye  maylolc 

"  both  yourklves  a-.ul  the  cmfe;  and  I  hnuu'  tlicre  is  no- 

"  thing  that  Iluivi'.d   uiorc   confotmJ    the    couri.'cis   oi  ail 

"  your  eneiv.ijs, 'than   to   fee   you   forget  tittirrels  among 

*'  yotn-lelve- •,   for  thi.-;,   they  fiy,   i  Tow  can  Scotland,  thun 

"  divided,  be  al)le  to  d.o  any  tf.ing  of  moment,  li;iee  the 

Vol.  U.  S  f  "  forces 


I^lr  Spang  to  Mr  Bailiie. 


wncrcm    he    is.        T   -inlu-Hi-,  rf     <t  ti 

about    to^.l  ^^r^p'  t^^'t  how  dimaocful  his  ooin;^ 
about    to    pka  c    Papilts    ..as,     c'olcad    cxn.rimr,^  l,.t 


S  dof    h  •   ^^^^^^  ^  ^^^^  P--^n.ances   did   the 

«  §t   ,!^'^":^'^r'^^^^^^^'"'   ^'^^l"ot   his    condition   d..,v 


:iKndcnt,thc.c.vouIdbcl.u.dth..c^iW;(;;.c;;an;; 


J 


/tjH'V,- 


:t      .V 


Let.  183.  ^^r  Spang  io  Mr  BaUlic.  3^3 

<c  andthcrcH,  being  cither  hierachical  men,  or  P.ipias, 
..  IF  they  would  not  allUt  the  King,  they  ^voukl  far  lels  al- 
<^  fxft  the  traiterous  l-eciaries."  "  I  perceive,  hiys  his 
HiRhnels,  -  ^vhat  ye  n.ean  ;  hut  ])OW  many  1  re  iLy  ten  an  3 
..foever  there  be.  if  ye  Uve  at  a  diaancc,  as  I  hear  ye  do 
«  nc)-.v  in  ScotbuKl,  ye  vmU  be  al^Jc   to   do   nothmg  at  ad. 

-  It  is  a  worlc  littin^  your  calUns  to    unite   the   ^^^   % 

-  all  the  great   men    whom   you  know  to  be  1  rotoftant. 
Andherellulpcainj^,  that  ii  mi^ht  be   his   Highnels   did 
mean  Montrofe,  as  they  call   him,    who   is    Irequently   at 
court,  and  more  famiiiar  with  many  than  welcome,  i   aid, 
<«  I  hop.d  Ids  Ili^hncls  did  not  m.an  ot  that  man,  wnoh. 
"  apoitacy,  p.i^uries,  and  unheard-o.  cruelty,  had  made 
<'  fo   odious    to    all    ia    our    cou.ury,    that  tuey  could  not 
«  hcarot  hisnan.e."'     lie   prelVntly    ^ave    me    to    unuer- 
ftand,  that   he   meant  not  hnn,  oranylueh;  toi    by  the 
comportmem  of   our    Scottilh  noblemen  at  court  now,  he 
perceives  how  odious  jimes  Cbaham   nmit   be   at   home 
for  they  will   not    bdm.e    or   ip.ak  to  bun  •    nay,  not   looL 
^vhere  they  tliiub  he  i.  :   and  t!ds  1  liave  o bl.rved  with  m/ 
own  eves.      At  lalt,   having  anlwered    aU     us    H^>f "   ^'^ 
repeated  mv  dellre,  and  Immbly   prayed    Ins    Highnel.     o 
co\.tinue  in  that  holy  and  wholeiome  ^-^^^^^^-"^^^^ 
improve   his   credit   v,mh  our  kmg     that  a  lat.slaao.  y  an- 
AvJr  may  be  given  with  all  haite,   Ihewmg    tne    uangei    o£ 

''"''B.u"  faid  he,  "  when  will    the   commillioners  coa^.e 
c<   tohisVlajeuv?"     lauluered,    "    1   thought    not    untd 
.  -  L  .entlauan  returned  with    an    anhver   to   beotland. 

He  aiked  me,   *'  If  I   bnow  who  they  lliould  be  I        1  an- 
■    Wd,    -1   knew   not."     "   Will   .ny  mumters   come  : 
^id  he.     1  anAvered,    -  That  I  cpeaioned  not  but   omc 
I'tould    come    who    would    be    f  Ic    -    latisiy    all  ^h.s 
"  Hi  dmeiVs  feruples  better  than  I  ponioly  could.  i 

<'  Willi"  lays  he,  "  ibme  ndniiters  would  conic,  tor  ieve- 
^<  d'eaious.''  I  replied,  -bhat  they  ihal  come  the 
«.  more  chearfuUv,  when  ,hey  IhalUmaerUanc  huw  nn  Jx 
«*  Your  Hi-hnefs  doth  engage  yourielt  ior  per.uad.ng  th. 

-  King's  Maielty  to  go  to  Scotland,  with  a  re iomtion  to 
.c  Kiblcribe  both  the1:ovenants."     'i'hen   iaul    the   Prmc  , 

-  Ye  may  conlideutly  aibure  then.,  that  1  Ihali  do  my  ut- 
»  moft  endeavour-,  and  come  ye  to  me  to-morrow,  audi 
^*   Ihall  tell  yoti  what  you  may  cMped.  _  ,     •       ,  ,^  k;^ 

.So  away  went  I,  and  to-morrow,  bemg  admitted    o  1- 


1  "    ' 


324  Mr  Spang  to  Mr  BalUic.  Let.  iS:;  I 

.       .  I 

prefcncCj  he  told  mc,  "  Ho  lind  made  It   his  work  vefter-  I 

"  night  lo  pcil\i;\de  the  Kinp/s  Majcfty,  tliat   the   rclblu-  I 

**  tlon  was   taken  to  faiisfy  ihe   dclaxs  of  the    parliament  I 

**  of  Scotland,  and  that   in   all  halte,  letters  were   to   be  \ 

♦*  written  of  that  in  anfv/cr  to  what  the  Kins^  received."  i 

And    here    again    lie    recommended    the    care    of    nni-  \ 

ting  all  our  noblemen    in   one,  in   palhiig  by  what  faults  I 

have  been  the  lad  year  ;  and   told   mc,  it  lliould   be   moft  | 

welcome  news  to  iiim,  il  1  lliould  let  him  know  that  any  * 

thing  was  done  in  jxlcrence  to  this.  J 

Thus,  coulin,  ye  have  the  fubllancc  of  that   difcourfe,  | 

by  which  ye  may  lee  1  have  obtained  tJie  end  of  vour  let-  i 

tcr,  and   that  in  a  fitter  way  than    ye   pi-efcribed.      I    moft  \ 

earnefily  intreatyou,  that  you  would  reprefent  to  the  revc-  ■ 

ixnd    brethren    oi    tlie   commillion,   jiow  much   the   fame  | 

of  rigidity,  ided  by  tl-.cm   againll  the  laJl  year's  engagers,  \ 

is  like  to  endanger  the  reputation  of  our  kirk  abroad,  and  I 

like  alfo   to   ma!:e   prcibyterial  government  hateful.     INIy  | 

lieart  trembles  when  I  think  of  this  j  for   I   am  certainly         •   ) 
informed,   by   a   printer,  that  that  iniarnous  perfon,  who  'r 

goes  under  the  name  of    ■■***,  has   a  big   voimne   ready, 
of  the  late  practices  ox  the  Scottiih  kirks   in   the   exercife  \ 

of  difcipline,  which  ye   may  think  are  willingly  furnilhed  | 

to  him  by  I'omc  baniilied  Scotfman.      2.  'Jhat  all  lovers  of  i 

our  caufe   aiid    n.itiun   do   unanimoufly   iutU  e,   that  there  ! 

are  no  probal^.Ic  ];iear!S  of  our  fafety,   if  ^ve  unite  not,   and  'l 

])acknotup  all  quarrels  aj.KKigft  ouiieKcs  ;   if  thei-e  be  not  '■■ 

an  anuieliy  ior  the  lait  year's  engagement  ;  for  Inch  had  ' 

realon  to  challenge  the  Engliili   army   ovei'powering   the  i 

parliament,  for  breach  of  covenants,   and  tiKit    \o\\v  fears  | 

of  mif.hief  againll  the  King  were  r.ot  caul'elefs,  he  is  bla-  ; 

mcd  wiio  iliali  not,      li-  there  were  I'aults   in    the   compajT-  \ 

ing  your  votes,  as  I  doubt  not  but  tlieie  Jiave  been  very 
great  ones,  yet  let  not  defire  of  juitice  againil;  thefe  cir- 
cumllantial  failings,  lead  us  to  feek  the  ruin  of  thele  men  j 
or,  by  excluding  them  from  government,  deprive  tlie  king- 
dom of  their  r.biiilies,  and  weaken  oiu-iijlves  fo,  that  we 
ihall  not  be  able  to  oppofe  thefe  treacJierous  and  bloodv 
feciarics  to  purpofe.  If  any  of  our  i-everend  brethren  had 
been  here  to  liave  been  ear-witnels  what  three  of  thefe 
Lords,  now^  put  in  our  hrll  claires,  did  iiere,  in  o[)poiition 
to  the  Engliili  cotmcil  and  IMomrole,  aiid  all  others  who 
were  for  Ireland,  fure  I  am  you  would  have  bklled  God 
vvho  brought  them  hither  ia  this  nick  of  time.  If  any 
,        ♦  (:ommiflioiieri; 


':-^  k'j  '..fi'      :    ' )  ■' 


'j  Let.  i^T,'  Mr  spang  to  Blr  BallUe.  325 

I  com miiTi oners  fliall  come,  I  entreat  you,  fee  that  feme  oF 

I  the  ablcfi:  of  our  miniltcrs  come  alib,   w'no  may  be  able   to 

I  ftand  againfl;  Dr  Stuart  a.nd   fuch  Hire,  iL  occafion    fliould 

f  fervc,  and  may  ferve   foi-   the   honour  of  our   kirks  with 

j  the  Dutch  alfo.     IF  tlie  lot  fall  on  you  that  yc  mull  come, 

I  ye  will  let  me  know   fo   much,  that   I    may   attend   you. 

I  You  may  be  fure  I  lliall  mofl  willinr^ly  contribute  my  little 

I  wit  for  the  advancing  tliis   fo    good  a  work.      Oh  !   if  the 

t  Lord  would  blcfs  it,   fo  might  we  yet  lu)pc  for  light  in  the 

I  piidft  of  this  dar1:nefs  wherewith  we  are  threaiened, 
I  The  ijth-njth  ^Lirch  1649.      /,-:  Diy  cL^nibsr  at  kojr.c. 


184.  Mr  Spang  lo  Mr  BailUc. 


Tiln  fcU. 


I  Coufm, 

f  I  have  i-eafon  to  be  glad  that  the  honcfl  party   at  horns 

\  with   you  have  fuch  a  good   opinion  of  me   as   one  wlioni 

.;  they  conceive  willing  to  employ   hirnfelf  for    the    publick. 

I  Let  me  never  live  longer  thaii  wjiilfc  1  have  a  dellre  to  im- 

S  prove  vv'hat  is  in  me  tiiat  way,  wliich  makes  me  more  cu- 

*  rious  in  ailving  for  tb.e  grounds  of  your  actions   than   o- 

I  therwife  I  wotdd  be  \  and  my  tloubts  arc  merely  proponed, 

I  that  I  getting   fatisfiQion,   nray    be    able    to    fatlsfy  others. 

I  With  all  whom    I   Jrive  conferred  about   the   bulinefs  for 

I  which  1  v/ent  to  Holland,   I    fotmd   none   complained   lefs 

I  of  the  rigid  feverity  of  tlie  kirk  and  pcirliament's  proceed- 

\  ings  with  yoti  than   thefe   three  noblemen,   Vvdiom    it    moil 

\  cencernct!,  as   being  thefe  who  are   made   to   leave   their 

\.  country,   and  to  fuller   the   plur.d.ering  of  their    goods   by 

I  thefe  fevere  acts.     I   will   not  queilion   wliat   equity   is   in 

I  your  fo  dealing  with  them,  but  yc  will  fmd  it  had  condu- 

\  ced  more  for  the  public!:  to  have  ufed  greater  lenity.    Nci- 

f  ther  (lb  far  as  v/ifer  nien  than  I  am  do  iee)    liiall   ye   ever 

I  have   fine  peace  without  rcfclnding   tlic   lail  ads,    or    yotir 

!  ranking,  whom   you   are   pleafed   to   call  malignants,   into 

;  four  clalTes.     Pallion  has  been  too  great  in  that  act;   for  it 

is  judged  a  greater  lin  not   to   proteft  againil  that  late  en- 
"  gagement,  than  to  be  an  ordinary  drunkartl,  lincc  it  is  de- 

clared puniihable  v/ith  a  more  j'evcre  punilinramt.  Both 
friends  and  enemies  toM  me,  that  this  fivoured  much  of 
the  Romiih  xeverity,  wiicrc  eating  of  flelh   beim'  a  breach 

Qf 


y.  ■■:'  ••uv.o;  ■■.«;•    ...8; 


(ll 


326  Mr  Spang  to  Mr  Baillic.  Let.  1S4.  ■ 

of  man's  In \V,   is  niorc  heartily   jniniflicd    than    notorious  | 

tranrgrefhons  of  Goii's  ;   laul  b"c  allured   tliat   our  enen)ies  I 

will  prochiiin  quickly  lliis,   vritli  much  more    to    the  world  ' 

•by  prim;  yet  as  I  liave  wriiien,  thcfc  three   noblemen  di~  f 

£;el\  patiently  all  that    is   done   againil  lh(..m,.  and  ai'e  mufi:  i 

diligent  and  a6li\e  for  promoiing  of  your  ends.      You  arc  I 

not  difappointed  of  your  hopes  of  lujble  Lauderdale    and  { 

Lanerk,   and  1  aHure  you  of  the    Earl  of  Callcnder,   -who  | 

told  me,  in  plain  leians,  that   the   King   may  with  rreater  \ 

nimrance  confide  in  thele  who  now  rule  with  you  than   in  | 

others  ;  ye  know  whom  I  mean.      If  ye   come  liithcr,   and  » 

do  not  bring  a  full  refcinding  of  v.hat  the  parliament  has  ; 

decreed  againfl  them,  ye  will  be  loolced  upon  as  moll  inpratc  | 

rnen  ;  and  none  would  be  more  glad  of  your   mifery  than  \ 

■  the  Englilh  malignants  and   James  Graham,   becaul'e  they  : 

do  and  have  fo  oppofed  their  plots.    I^ikcwifc,  it  would  be  \ 

needful    that   ye    remitted    mtich  of  that    rigor  wdiich,   in  I 

your  chmxh-afTemblies,   ye  life  againlt  minil'ters  who  have  ] 

proven  yoiu'  great  friends  ever  bcfoj-e.     It   will   be    better  ', 

to  let  your   fails   fall   fomewhat   lower    in    time,  before   a  \ 

ftorm  compel  you  ;  or  ye,  who  think  God  ib  highly  ido- 
riikd  by  cafting  out  yoin-  brethren,   and   putting   ib    many  \ 

to   beggary,    making   room    tlirough    iiich    depofitions    to  = 

young  youths,   v.'ho  arc  oft  mifcaaaied   with  ignoi\int  zeal,  \ 

may  be  made,  tlirough  your  ov/n  experience,  to  feel  what  it  i 

is,  wliich   now,  without   pity,    is   executed   iipon   others.  \ 

Generally  the  jn-eat  power  which  the  commilllon  of  the 
kirk  exercife'j,  difpleaieth  all.  It  is  but  an  exti-aordinarv 
meeting,  and  Vet  fus  conllanily  and  more  ordinarily  th..ui 
;-ny  iyiiod  ;   ye.i  and  v/ithout  the   knov.'ledge  of  pro\lncial  i 

iynods  and  prefoyteries,  depofes  miniilers,  injoins,  pro 
finFloritali',  what  writs  they  pleafe  to  be  re.td,  inlljcls  cen- 
ivu-es  upon  thofe  v/ho  will  not  read  theuj.  If  the  kirk  of 
iScotland  look  not  to  this  in  time,  we  v/ill  lament  it  when 
we  cannot  mend  it.  They  fiy  four  or  fi\e  rule  that  meet- 
ing; and  is  not  v.\c  liberty  of  tlie  kirk  come  to  a  fair  mar- 
ket therc'oy  .''  AVe  have  an  act,  that  nothing  ihall  be 
brought  to  a  greater  meeting  v/hieh  has  not  iirft  been 
treated  of  in  a  fmalkr;  but  now  your  compcnd  of  the 
p^entral  allemlily,  or  deputes  of  it,  at  the  hrit  inftance, 
judge  of  m  uters  which  nfight  be  better  h.mdled  in  lelfer 
}neet<ags.  For  God's  lake,  look  this  courl'e  in  time  be 
ftopped,  clfe  the  conmiiihon  of  the  kii'k  \\\\\  fy/allow  up 
all  other  cccleCaUiek  judiciuorics,  and  fucli  miniftcrs  who 

rcfit^le 


;;   ;     in  ■'.!■■ 


■;r  -  .t. 


Let.  134.  P<Ir  Spang  to  Mr  BaiUis.  327 

rcfidc  in  and  about  Edinburgh,  fliall  at  Lift  ingrofs  all 
church-power  in  their  hands.  I  know  their  is  a  piece  of 
prudence  hereby  ufed,  to  get  tlie  power  in  the  hands  of 
.thofe  who  arc  good  ;  but  what  ailli ranee  have  wc  but  what 
they  may  change,  or  others,  following  this  courfe,  creep 
into  their  places  ?  We  meet  with  daily  regrets  that  the 
ancient  miniftry  are  condemned,  and  the  ir.iolence  of 
young  ones  follered,  the  very  forerunner  ol:  Jerulalem's 
deftruclion.     The  Lord  make  us  wife  in  tinie. 

Mr  Samuel  Rutherford  is  called  to  be  profeffor  of  di- 
vinity and  the  Hebrew  tongue,  in  the  nev/-erecled  -jniver- 
fity  in  Harderwych.  You  nnift  be  v/eil  advifed  at  home 
v/hat  to  do,  if  our  kirk  can  want  fuch  a  man  in  the  great 
fcarccncfs  of  fuch.  It  is  not  his  Engliih  h:  writes  that 
commendeth  him,  as  his  Latin  trcatife  againft  the  Jefuiis 
and  Arminiaiis.  If  ye  had  publUhed  any  thing  in  Latin, 
you  would  not  be  iufllred  to  flay  where  you  are;  but 
then  you  would  have  loll  your  place  in  yearly  provin- 
cial fynods.  Scottifh  minillers  aie  generally  h)oked  upon 
bv  the  Lni'lifli  to  be  fo  rigid  in  difeii.lin.',  ih.u  ilivre  are 
no  hopes  tor  any  ol  our  nation  to  have  a  prace  among 
them  •■)  befidcs,  the  diiTeution  of  the  ir.uion.  Av'hat  a  tear- 
ful judgement  oF  God  is  this  upon  us,  that  what  \vc 
thoupht  Ihould  have  joined  the  nations  inlcnarably,  is  like 
to  be  the  greateft  feparator  ol"  them.  It  ivars  Snc  many 
of  our  hearts,  in  the  purfuit  of  it,  have  !iot  been  \ipright. 
I  know  not  liow  this  my  freenefs  may  be  taken  by  iomc  •, 
but  it  coniforts  mc  that  I  am  allured  ye  know  it  comes 
from  a  hcai-t  addicted  to  the  v/eHf;re  of  o'ar  kirk,  noways 
difcontented  when  the  godly  party  have  fuch  a  iway  ;  only 
I  with  we  ufed  prudence,  left  we  open  a  door  to  tyranny, 
while  v/e  think  to  Unit  tyrarits  out  of  the  kirk.  The  tlevil 
has  many  v/iles  to  miOead  men.  That  monfter  ot  Lopery 
walked  niodcftly  at  lirft,  ana  it  v/as  good  ;  but  imprudent 
men  who  led  the  way  to  it. 

Yoti  will  not  do  Well  to  refufe  coming  Ifulun-  when  oiu- 
commillloncrs  conie,  1  wiih  boih  wile;  and  mioderate  god- 
ly men  come  villi  you.  All  the  country's  eyi-s  here  will 
be  upon  you  move  than  thole  v>hom  tlie  llaie  lends.  I 
hear  mtich  of  IMr  llobert  Douglas's  moder.ulon.  Oh  ! 
wc  mils  now  that  precious  fervant  ot  Chiiil:,  T^lr  Alexan- 
der Ilenderfon  ;  he  woidd  b.avc  been  a  man  Jit  tor  ihis 
purpolc.     Yv'hocVwT  comes,  fjc   that  ye   come,  and  bide 

not 


JiV^M!   i    ::, 


•i  ;<.'    i;  •..  /■/   I 


32S  Jirr  Spang  to  Dlr  BaiUie.  Let.  1S4.  \ 

not  heliind.     If  yoii  think  I  can  be  ufcful  for  you,  let  mc  j 

be  informed    at   your  flrft  arrival  in   Holland.      You    will  I 

f^nd  our  young  Prince  of  Oranne,  one  of  the  hopefulleft  I 

.  youths  tliat  ever  Europe  brought  forth,  and  willing  to  do  I 

all  good  ofikes  for  the  caulL.     But   more  of  this  If  God  ^ 

bring  you  liither,  and  I  be  alive.    The  Lord  direct  you  all 
by  his  Holy  Spirit.  ,  j 

V/hen   you   fend   commifhoncrs   of  ftate,  let   them   be  \ 

fuch  as  fpeak  good  French,  if  not  Latin.     It   will    be   no  ? 

great  wifdom  that  wlio  are  fent  mull  be  direcled  or   made  j 

to  depend  upon  any  but  their   o\vn   prudence.      You    will  | 

do  well  to  confider  of  the   letter,  which   anno    1646,  the  \ 

aflembly  wrote   to   our   late   king;  for    the   Independents  \ 

make  it  a  part  of  the   rule  they  walked   by.      And,   adly,  1 

They  fay,  that  in  your   laft   affembly,  you   have   declared'  1 

that  thele  words  of  tlie  covenant,  where   ye   fpeak  of  do-      •         ■ 
fending  the  king's  pcrfon  and  authority,   in  defence  of  re- '  ^ 

ligion  and  liberties,  are  explained  to  be  a  limitation   and  ! 

excluding   your   obedience   to    him,   except   in    fuch   a^s.  \ 

And  what^fay  thefe  bloody  Independents  ?  "  Their  put- 
*'  ing  the  Kiug  to  a  violent  death  is  not  again  it  the  co- 
"  venant;  for  they  have  put  him  to  death,"' not  for  his 
"  defending  religion,  and  the  parliament's  liberties,  but  for  \ 

"  going  about  the  overthrow  of  both."     Think  of  this.  \ 

Since  the  writing  of  this,  and   the   other   letter  of  this  j 

f^me  date,  I  bethought   myf;;If  to   write   anoihth-,  which,  \ 

if  you  think  fit,  you  may  connnunieate  it  to  others  ;  yea, 
to^  the  commillion,  but  upon  the  condition  that  no  niaa 
mifconftrue  my  meaning.  I  know  how  ready  men  will 
be  in   thefe   trouhlefome  times   to   entertain  jealouiles  of  \ 

tlieir  brethren,  and  to  make  men    oa'enders  for   a  word  ;  \ 

therefore  I  remit  the  ptiblication  of  it  to  others  to  your 
prudence.     I   only  relate  what   I   have    from   others,' and  ' 

thefe  not  malignants  but  friends.      I\Ioderate  counfcls  ufed  | 

to  be  of  accotutt,  and  fcjVma  Icntc  was   an   advice  never  a  ; 

man  repented  of.  \ 

I   write  this  third   letter  fince   Sir   Jofeph   Douglas   liis  : 

coming  liithcr,  and   that   I  heard  fuch   a   change'^  in   the  1 

king.      I  intreat  you  not  to  ipare  an  occafion  in  writing  to  I 

me.     V/ith  our  Confervator,  or  the  ihip  of  war,  yoti  will  \ 

liave    a   fit  opportunity.     Timeous   and   full   information  j 

how  matters   llaiul   with   you,  in   good   earnell,  may  (}iO  \ 

much  good,   an^l  fiace  our' Prince  of  Oj-ange  is  ib  c.n-n.ii,  f 

from  time  to  lime,   to  know  the  ftaie  of  our  ailUirs,  ih.ir  j 

2  h-  \ 


.»  -i.-'  A    -OfUo    :•''?    I 


;   oj    y.-. 


I  V  ■/  ;ii  J.ni  ui 


;;-!   ,  .) 


Let.  1 8. 'f.  Ml' Spnng  to  Mr -I^nuUle.  .32') 

he  may  be  able  to  help  us  wliercin  he  can,  it  is  rcaron.ibl'j; 
we  fatisfy  him.  I  have  promiied  to  give  Jiiiu  notice  of 
what  I  Inall  know. 

YourCoviiin,  ,  Anderson., 

March  19.  1649. 


185.  The  Commijfion's   httcr  io   the  King,  w'lih  Sir  Jof'/Jf 
Douglas.     Edtiilmrgh,  Ft'briiary  7.  1649. 

May  it  pleafe  your  jNlijefty, 

As  we  did  always  acknowlcdirc  your  royal  father  his 
jiift  power  and  [ireatncls,  and  pouicd  i'orth  our  fupplica- 
tions  and  prayers  to  (iod  on  l.is  belialf,  and  do  abhor 
thefe  unparallelled  proceedings  of  fectaries  againft  his  ISLi- 
jefty's  perfon  a.nd  life,  fo  we  do  willingly  and  chcarfully 
acknowledge  your  jMajefty's  moll  juft  right  of  lucceilioa 
to  reign  as  king  over  tiiefe  Idngdoins  ;  and  do  reiolve,  in 
the  power  of  the  Lord's  ftrength,  to  continue  in  prayer 
and  fupplication  for  your  Maj^-fty,  that  you  m.iy  fear  the 
great  and  dreadful  iKune  of  the  Lord  your  C)od,  and  reign 
in  righteoufiuMs  and  equity,  and  the  j^ord's  people  under 
you,  live  a  quiet  and  peaceable  hfe,  in  all  godlinefs  and  ho- 
iiefty. 

Thefe  kingdoms,  now  for  many  years  pafb,  have  been 
Involved  in  many  calamities  and  confufions,  by  \Vhich  tlie 
Lord's  work  hath  been  obilruclcd  auel  retirdcd,  and  the 
blood  of  his  people  llied  as  v/arer  fpih  upon  the  ground  ; 
and  we  cannot  but  look  upon  the  counlels  of  the  ungodly 
.as  a  main  caufe  of  all  thefe  evils.  It  hath  been  the  cun- 
ning of  the  Popiihi  i'rehitical,  and  malignant  party, 
to  traduce  Prelbytcrial  government,  and  tiie  folemu 
league  a)id  covenant,  as  dellru(flive  to  monarchy,  and 
v.'ith  fo  much  wit  and  indutlry  they  manage  thoie  ca- 
lumnies, that  your  royal  father,  to  our  exceeding  grief, 
was  kept  at  a  dillance,  in  his  judgement,  from  theie  things 
that  do  much  concern  the  kingdom  of  Jefus  Chrift,  the 
peace  and  fafety  of  thcl"e  kingdoms,  and  the  eftablilhing 
of  the  king's  throne,  and  was  cllranged  in  his  aliecliou 
from  them  who  tendered  his  perfon  and  authority. 

And  feeing  the  Lord  now  calls  your  Majefty  to  fuc- 
ceed  to  one  of  the  greatcll  and  moll  important  employ- 
ments upon  the  earth,  which  is  much  heightened  by  tlic 
prcfent  condition,  it  is  our  earneft  deilre  vour  JMajefiv,  ia 

VoL.IL  T  t  liic 


330                T'hc  CommiJJioii^s  letter  to  the  King.       Let.  18-.  ! 

the  name  of  the  Lord  Jcfus,  whofj   fcrvant^;  wc  are,  t]iat  - 

you   M'ould    not    only   Ihut   your   ears    aoaiuft    ralumnics,  | 

but  avoid  the  carnpany,  and  flum  tlie  counfcls  of  tlie  un-  f 

'godly,  ^vho  ftudy  to  involve  y<.ur   MajelTy's   intcrcA,  and,  [ 

that  whicji  concerns  the   prcicrvation  of  your   I'oyal   p.r-  \ 

fon,   and  the  eftablilhin^  of  your   throiic    witk  rh'cir    pri-  \ 

-vate  inier.^fls  and  ends,  and    to   m  lice  your,  loyal  I'ubjech  I 

odious,  that  they  only  may   be   r^racious  ;  and   that   vou.:  I 

Majei'ly  would  avoid    all    the  temptation,-,    and    fnarcs'tlv.it  I 

accompany  youth,   and  humble  youricll  inidor  the  mighty  f 

hand  of  God,   and    feck   hi'u    early,   and    labour    to   have  I 

your  icnfes  cxerciied  in  liis  wordi  ;   and  th  u   vour  MajoRy  \ 

Svould  eftablidi  Prefbyteri  il  j-overnmcnt,  antl  allow  and  in-  \ 

join   the   Tolemn  league   and    covenant,   and  .  employ  vom-  I 

■  royal  power  tor  promotin;^  and  advancin';  the  work  oi  u-  • 

r.iformity  in  religion  in  all  your   jMaj^liy's    dominions.      It  ] 

5s  by  the  Lord,  who  bears  v\\\c  in   ill  the  kir;guoms  of   the  f 

fons  of  men,   th  u  kings   (}o   reign  ;   an.l  whatever   carnal  I 

policy  fuggeit  to  tlie   contrary,   there  is  nothing   can   con-  ? 

tribute  To  much  for  fecuring  'Iv:  kingdom    in    their   Iiand,  • 

as  being  for  his  honour,   aiid  ftudying  to  do  hi'j  will  in  all  ! 

things.     Therelore  we  know  not  (o  fure  and  fpeedy  a  way  I 

for  iecuring  of  govci-nment    in    )  our  Maiefiv's  peribn  and  f 

pofterity,    and    difapp  -inting   :dl    tne    deligns   of  enemler,,  \ 

both  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left.     ^  | 

We  nuf^  it  Ihall  yet  afterwards  be  no  grief  of  heart  to  ; 
your  Majefly  to  hearken  unto  us  in  tlicfe  thingsf  (wc  have 

hitherto  obtained    mercy  of   God    to    he   conhant   to    onr  1 

principles,  and  not    to    decline    to    extremes,   to    own    the  I 

^ay  cither  of  malignants  or  ilxlaries,   and  we  were    faitli-  1 

lul  and  f'-ee  with  your  royal  father,  would,  to  God  he  h.ul  ' 

licarkcned  ^to  our  advice).     The   Lord    grant   mito   your  j 

I^.I.iielly  wifdoni  to  difcern  tiic  times,   and   to    nrike  isie  of  t 

the  opportunity  of  doing  acceptable  iervlce    to    God,   ami  \ 

engaging  tiie  hearts  and  aflUlions  of  your  people    in    the  \ 

beginning  of  your   JNLijefty's   reign,   by   condcleendlng    to  ' 

theie  ncceilary  things  ;  I'o  ii.  ill    the   Lord  blefs   your   Ma-  \ 

jeUy's  perlbn,  cftablifa   the    throne,   and  our   Ipirits,   and  \ 

the  fpirits  of  all  his  jM:ople    in    tliefe  lands,   iliall,  after   fo  \ 

many   yeaj's  of  alliie-iiop,,  be    refrellied   and    revived,   and  * 

encouraged  certainly   to    pray    for   your   JMajellv,   and   to  1 

praifc  God  on  your    behalf;   and   in    their   })!aces  aiul  ila-  \ 

tions,  by  all  other  fuitable  means    to    endeavour  your  ho-  \ 

iiour  and  happii;cfs,  that  your  Majef.y  ui.iy  rcJ<^n   in  pro-  \ 

'    .   ■                                                                                         ijHrity  \ 


Let.  ^85-       The'Coinmijfficr^s  leYier-to  the  R'lhg.  331 

fperiry  and  peace  over  iJiefc  kingdoms  •,  which  is  the  ear- 
ncil  defnx-  and  prayer  of 

Your  Majctly's  loyal  fubjecls  and  liumble  fervants, 

The  Commiliioucrs  of  the  general  uiicmbly. 


i86.  letter  tc  the  Coimwffion.from  Holland,    Haguc^  j^prili. 

r.cvcrcnd  and  Beloved  Ih-eihrcn,  _        - 

This  is  the  lirCt  opooruuiicy  wc  Irave  had  of  making  to 
Vou  any  account  ol"  our  proceedings.  On  Tucfday,  at 
night,  March  22d,  the  Lord  brought  us  aU  fafe  to  ilot- 
terdam.  On  the  Fiiday  we  v/cnt  to  tlie  Delft.  There 
we  thought  meet  to  reft  till  the  Monday,  both  becaufe  of 
our  owirrefohuiun  to  keep  one  day  of  humiliation  in  our 
family  for  making  our  iirll  addrefs  to  God,  and  alfo  be- 
caufe  oi-  our  infonnation  by  fome  of  our  friends  who  met 
lis  at  the  Delft,  that  his  iMajcily  would'  be  taken  up  with 
his  Ealfcr  devotions  till  Tuclday  following.  We  therefore, 
on  the  Sabbath,  did  preach  and  pray  in  our  family,  and 
found  the  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  with  us  ;  and  on  the 
Monday  did  put  our  papers  and  atfairs  in  order.  At 
night  we  came  to  the  Idague,  and  fpoke  with  fomc  friends, 
who  were  not  many  there.  On  Tuefday,  the  fecond  af-' 
ternoon,  we  came  to  the  court,  and  had  a  favourable  re- 
ception. My  Lord  Cafiils  did  ipeak  to  his  Majeily  in 
name  of  the  parliament  and  kingdom,  and  Mr  Robert: 
BaiUie  in  name  of  tlic  church.  80  far  as  we  could  learn, 
what  was  fpoken  was  taken  in  good  part  by  all  who  heard. 
The  reft  of  that  day,  and  the  following,  wasfpent  in  vi- 
fiting  the  Qiieen  of  Boh.emia,  the  Prlneefs-royal,  the 
Prince  of  Orange,  the  rrinceis-dowager,  and  the  States- 
General. 

The  commiffioners  of  parlianient  found  it  neceliary  to 
give  in,  as  previous  to  their  d^fires,  a  paper,  for  removmg; 
of  James  Graham  from  court.  Liis  IMajelfy's  anfwer,  un- 
der his  own  hand,  was.  That  he  dehred  and  expeaed  all 
our  propofuions  together  ;  to  which  he  hoped  to  give  a 
fatisfacten-y  anfwer.  vVich  this  we  were  not  content  ;  but 
prelled  again  our  delirc.  The  commillloners  of  parlia- 
ment by^anoiher  paper,  and  we  alio  by  onejetonded 
theirs,  a  copy  whereof  we  fend  you  h';rj\viiii.     The  King'> 

T  t  7.  fecond 


■i.;    ,-;;j.'::..  .  :     li(J        ,:   ,:.i[i   v    ,-     .^      Iq: 


i'''c''  ■  ' 


1  V 


332  To  the  Comnuffion-y  from  Holland.        Let.  i86. 

fecond  nnfwcr  was  an  abiding  in  the  firft.  We  had  all  of 
\3S  Ibme  dilcourfe  with  his  rvlajtlly  rboiit  the  equity  and 
neceflity  of  ilia  t  our  dc  lire;  but  James  Graham  hath  fo 
many  and  ib  penverful  fiicnds  in  the  Englilh  council,  that 
as  yet  we  cannot  get  the  King  to  dilcountenance  him. 

On  Saturday  morning  we  delivered  to  his  JNIajeily  the 
Naiional  Covenant,  the  League  and  Covenant,  the  Dired'to- 
yy,  the  Conrcjlion  ol"  Faith,  the  Catechilin,  the  Tropofi- 
tions  for  governaKnt,  bound  togcilier  in  a  book  fo  hand- 
fome  as  we  couk!  get  them.  We  fpoke  fomeihing  on  the 
matter,  and  dclired  oF  his  Majefty  more  frequent  and  pri- 
vate conferences;  wlio  ihcwcd  his  willingnefs,  and  promi- 
icd  to  Jend  to  us  lo  adveiaife  of  his  futeft  opportunities. 
On  the  .Sunday  we  preached  in  our  own  houfe.  We 
thought  not  meet  to  go  to  the  Engliih  congregation  ;  their 

■diftradions  amonglf  themfelves  for  the  prefcnt  being  {o 
great,  tiiat  our  going  there,  we  conceived,  Ihould  have, 
given  odence,  and  prejudged  our  affairs. 

On  the  l^.Ionday  v/e  purpofed  to  have  given  in   our  de- 

,  fires  in  the  paper,  which  herewith  alio  we  fend,  but  his 
Majeily  .was  abroad  in  the  afternoon,  fo  we  delayed  till 
this  day.  We  cannot  yet  make  any  judgement  of  the  iuc- 
cefs.  The  moft  part  of  the  council  are  averfe  from  our 
deiires;  yet  we  Jiave  our  friends.  His  Majeily  is  of  a 
very  fweet  and  cotnteous  difpofiiion.  It  were  all  the  pi- 
ties in  the  v/orkl  but  he  were  in  good  company.  We  hope 
he  is  not  fo  far  rootiii  in  any  principle  contriTry  to  us,  but 
that,  by  God's  blcjilng  on  our  friends  labours,  he  may  be 
gotten  to  do  us  reafon,  whatibever  our  fears  be  for  the 
prefent.  There  is  a  very  evil  generation  both  of  Englilh 
and  .Scots  here,  who  vomit  out  all  ilieir  evil  humour  a- 
gainft  all  our  proceedings,  Tlie  i)e<,ce  of  France,  and  an 
unhappy  bock,  E/;ii').  h'j.7i?.u'-,  cloes  us  much  prejudice. 
Alfo  the  fuppofed  de:uh  of  Huntly  is  wrelled  lo  our  dif- 
advantage.  Dr  Brandi.iU  of  Derry  has  juintcd  the  other 
day  at  Delft  a  wicked  pamphlet  againlt  our  church.  We 
have  no  tinu",  nor  ^\o  we  thinl:  it  lit,  to  print  an  anfwer; 
but,  by  the  grace  of  God,  Ihall  endeavour,  with  all  faith- 
fulnefs  and  diligence,  to  go  about  our  inflruOitions.  We 
3iad  much  need  of  yoiu-  prayers.  The  grace  of  the  Lord 
Jdiis  Chrilf  be  with  you,  and  protect  that  church  and 
Icingdom  from  all  tiie  mifchieftli.it  the  inftruments  of  Sa- 
tan on  all  hands  are  preparing  to  bring  upon  us;  but  our 

hope 


I 

! 

I  Lst.  186.        To  the  ComnvJJion^  from  IloUnnd.                   333 

\  hope  is  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  to  whole  prote<Stion  we 

I  commit  you,  and  refts, 

I  Your  brethren,  and  fcrvants  in  the  Lord, 

f  .      ,                                                       Cassils. 

I  .      •               ■'..,-            .        '         Geo.  Windram. 

I  '        '      .          .-.                           •       Robert  Baillie. 

!  .  ...;.          ."         ...   .-.  .-                      James  Wood. 


187.  I\1y  fpecch  to  the  King,  fpokcn  nt  the  HagiiCy  March 
27.  in  the  King's  bed-chamber^  Tucfday^  three 
o'clock  in  the  djtcrnoon. 

liloft  Gracious  Sovereign, 

In  thcie  very  Hid  and  caUunitons  times,  the  church  of 
Scotland  hatli  lent  fome  of  us  who  are  here,  minifters  and 
ruhng  ciders,  and  others  who  are  yet  behind,  in  comniif- 
fion  to  your  Majcfty,  to  dechire,  in  their  naiuc,  not  only 
the  fincere  and  deep  grief  of  that  whole  clun-ch  for  your 
Majefty's  moft  lamentable  allTaitions,  but  alfo  their  real 
and  great  joy  for  your  jNLijelly's  fuceellion  to  the  throne, 
and  their  confident  hopes,  by  the  bleiling  of  the  Moft 
High,  on  your  royal  perfon  and  government,  now  at  laft 
to  come  up  out  of  that  pit  of  grievous  confniions,  cala- 
mities, fears,  ind  dangers,  wherein  long  they  have  been 
linking. 

According  therefore  to  this  our  truft,  we  do  declare, 
^vhat  in  our  own  breafts  often  v.'e  have  felt,  and^  generally 
in  the  people  among  whom  avc  live,  have  feen  with  our 
eyes  an  mournful  forrow  for  that  execrable  and  tragick 
parricide,  which,  though  all  men  on  earth  iliovdd  pals  o- 
ver  tuiqiieftioned,  yet  we  nothing  doubt  but  the  great 
judge  of  the  world  will  arife,  and  plead  againil  every  one, 
of  what  condition  foever,  who  have  been  either  authors, 
or  aclors,  or  confenters,  or  approvers,  of  that  hardly 
exprellible  crime,  which  ilamps  and  uigmatizes,  with  a  new 
and  before  tinfeen  character  of  infanw,  the  face  of  the 
whole  generation  of  fcctaries  and  their  adherents,  from 
whofe  hearts  and  hands  that  vileil  villany  did  proceed. 

We  do  alfo  profefs,  in  name  of  them  who  have  fent  us 
hither,  the  great  joy  of  all  foits  of  men  in  oin-  land  for 
the  immediate  fdliiig  of  the  vacant  throne  with  your  Ma- 
jefly's  inoft  gracious  and  hopeful  perfjn,  carneftly  pray- 
ing, that  the  light  of  the  Lord's  countenance  may  Ihine  lb 

bright 


I 

334                        ^^y  Speech  to  ihc  King.              let.  187;  | 

t 

bright    upon    yon;\  Majcdy's  J-eign,   that   the   very  thick  '- 

clouds  of  our  pivlcnt   tl.ingcrs   and   fears  may   flee   away  | 

and  a  new  morning  may  fpring  up,  to  all  your  three  kina.  ; 

doms,  of  greater  peace  and  profpcrity,  of  more  righteoul-  I 

nefs   and   virtue,    clpecially  of   more    religion    and   })ietv,  '. 

than  h/.th  been    feen  in  the    days    of   any,   the  moft  piou'3  \ 

the  mofl  juiV,  the  mofl  profperous,  of  all  your  numerous  '  \ 

anceflors.  \ 

For  the  prefent,  we  arc  lotli  to  take   up   more   of  your  ] 

Majefty's  precious  time;   only  \vc  prelent  the  letter  of  our  j 

church,    [p.  .V;-J  •,  and  what  farther  moft  loyal  defires  we  \ 

have  in  con^miiljon,  wc  Uiall,   Gud  willing,  be  ready,  in  all  ; 

humility,  to  oiler  lo  Toon  as  we  fhall  know  of  a  lit  opportu-  < 

nity  to  Itand  again  in  your  Majefry's  moft  gracious  prelence*  I 


c 


188.  Mr  Robert  Ba'illlc  io  Mr  R.  Doitolas.     Jpril  1,.  16^9. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Brother,  '  • 

By  the  incloled  to  the  conuiiiffion  of  the  church,  you 
fee  the  ilate  of  our  ai-airs  here.  I  wrote  to  "Warilton 
from  Rotterd.i'n  what  was  the  poiture  of  our  ailairs,  as  we 
then  were  inlor.ned.  ;Vj  yet  om-  tears  are  great  of  a  lore 
ftorm  to  Scotlar.J  ;  yet  yellernight  I  learned  from  a  great 
perfon  here,  that  our  ali"'irs,  blelled  be  God,  are  not  de- 
fperate.  There  is  no  Scoti'man  that  is  of  the  King's  coun- 
cil. The  live  oi-  iix  kndilh  that  a)-e,  Cottin!)U),n,  Culpep- 
per, Hyde,  Long,  and  iome  more,  are  divided,  'i'he 
mofl  are  of  Prince  Rui)crt'i:  favlion,  who  carefs  JMontrole, 
and  prefs  mightily  to  have  the  King  to  Ireland.  Culpep- 
per, and  fome  bedchamber-men,  as  Wilmot,  Biron,  Ge- 
rard, and  the  malier  of  the  liorfe,  Piercy,  are  of  the 
Queen's  faction,  and  theie  are  for  the  King's  joining  with 
us  j  but  all  Oi  them  are  nuich  averie  from  the  league  and 
covenant.  The  Prince  of  Orange,  and  by  him  all  the  no- 
bles here,  are  for  the  lail ;  and  by  their  means  wc  are 
hopeful  yet  to  carry  his  jNIajclly  to  our  covenant,  and  the 
moft  ot  our  defiies  iov  religion  j  but  I  dare  not  promife 
fo  much  :  yet  the  greateft  itick,  I  lufpc£l,  Iball  be  oiu-  Se- 
vere adls  of  pjriiamLP.':.  Ic  I'ecins  all  here,  even  our  belf. 
friends,  will  be  peremptory  far  a  greater  mitigatiou  than, 
I  fear,  Iliail  be  grantctl  by  you  there.  It  were  verily  a 
great  pity  of  the  King,  lie  is  one  of  the  molt  gentle,  in- 
nocent, wcn-in:linvd  piincc'^;,  fa  i.\;  as   vet  appears^  th.it 

r.vw!. 


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I         Let.  iS8.     Mr  Robert  Bailllc  to  Mr  R.  D^tighis.  335 

I  lives  In  the  world  ;     P.   trim    pcrfon,"  and  of   :i   manly  car- 

I  3i;i<^e  ;  iindcrltands   pretty  well ;   fpeaks  not  much  ;  ■v/culd 

I  God  he  were  anionj'll;  ns.      I  lend  you  hci-ewith   t!:c    copy 

I  c>i^  what  I  iaid    to   him.     Bjcaiife    it   wns   but   a   iranllent. 

!  fpeeclv,  I  give  out  no  copies  ot   i:  here  at  all;  yet  that   we 

I  fpoke  To,  it  did  us  much  ri,0()d  ;   lor  heavy  flanclers  lay  up-. 

I  en  us  l:c<"c,   which  the  repoia    ot    our   fpecclics    helped   10 

I  mific^'^te.      Our  enemies  have  rri'at  liopcs,    by   the    l''rcuck 

i  peace,    to    r^et  powerful    aililhuice   from    France.     I  verily 

I  ihink,   if  the  King    and   we  lliall  agi'ce,   alliOance  iliall  be 

got  from  tliis  il;ue,   and  tb^e  Marquis  of  Ijr,uuienbiu-g,  and 
[  lome  oihcrs,   lor  good  pu;  [>o!c.     i    pray    Ciod   guide   you 

there  to  put  no  moi-e  irnpcJ'.iuents  to  our  agreeancc  than 
are  ncrcfiary.  My  heai't  bleeds  to  think  of  a  neccPdty  tor 
iScotlaiul  to  b.ave  any  friendlliip  fnr  the  I'lnglilli  fcchiries, 
the  worft  of  men,  and  a  war  witli  our  King  and  country- 
men in  our  own  bowels.  What  relaxation  )'ou  may  grant, 
with  (ord'cience  ;uid  fa!ety,  let  it  be  done  freely  and  pu- 
lilickly  v;ith  tills  exprcls.  it  will  adrjiii  o!:  no  longer  de- 
lay. You  will  communicate  this  to  my  Lord  Warilton. 
Your  Lrotlierj     . 

PiOBLE-T  BaILLIE. 


♦     i2'j.  Air  BrJIIic^  to   Mr  R.  Dc:iglns. 

r».evcrcnd  an.d  Dear  Brother,  ^ 

Though  I  liavc  nothing  at  this  time  for  the  commif- 
fiori  of  the  kir'c,  yet  to  you  I  give  tliis  further  account  of 
our  proceediiigs.  After  vv-e  luid  given  in  our  chief  paper, 
a  double  v,hei-eof  you  had  in  uiy  lall,  it  was  thought  meet 
we  lliould  fpcak  with  the  King  fecrctly  and  privately.  I 
went  to  liim  firft.  He  gave  nie  a  long  and  very  favour- 
able aiulicnce,  from  ten  at  niglit  to  near  eleven.  Lhe  eon- 
tents  of  our  lice  conference  jioliibly  1  may  fend  you  on  a 
lure  oeeallon.  At  this  tinie  it  is  iearce  fue.  There  is  aa 
Engliih  man  of  war  near  the  Briel  that  Icarches  all  letters 
that  come  from  this.  As  yet  we  cannot  get  it  helped.  In 
that  conference  I  fovuid  the  Iving,  in  my  judgement,  of  a 
very  meek  and  equitable  dilpolition,  underllanding,  and 
judiciotis  enough,  ttiough  iirm  to  the  tenets  his  educa- 
tion and  company  has  plained  in  him.  If  God  would 
iend  him  among  us,  withotit  fome  ot  his  prefent  counfel- 
lors,  I  think  he  might  make,  by  God's  bleiHug,  as  good  a 

King 


■  .'i.iMi '{  '''  Si  j>:.  oil 


.vw;^t>a  .:•  ■^\^  ^^  V'.v^:^^  ^V    .-^r     • 


336  ■  ' Mr  Ballllc  to  Mr  R.Donglu.  Let.  iSn.  \ 

King  as   Eritaln   faw   thcfc   bunclred    years.     Findincr  the  « 

great  flop  to  be  on  die   league   and  covenant,  Jiis  own  ta-  i 

king  il,  and  allurin:;  to  jxifs  if  for   England   and    Irelm'l  % 

of  his  pcriuaiion    of  palFmg   all   the   acts   of  parliament'  5 

pafled  or  to  be  palled  in  Scotland,  for  taking   of  it  there'  ■ 

would  be  fitisfictory.     I  ftrove   by  many  reafons   to  fhew  ' 

the  unfaiisfaaorintls  of  Aich  a  conreflion  ;  and   tlic   dryr  ! 

thereafter,  but  in   writ,    the   chief  of   thele    my   reafons  5 

which  I  gave  to  the  Prince   of  Orange,  wJiom,' after  two  ^ 

long  private  conferences,   1  lel't,  as  ii  lecmed,  fati.s/ied  wl[i>  I 

every  one  of  them,   and  promifcd  to  j),ers  them  as  hard  .as  \ 

he  conld  on  the   King.     1   found   he   had  caufcd  iranll  ite  \ 

them  into    French,    and   had    the    fubihnu-c    of   tliem    by  \ 

heart.      I  found  a  way  to  aecpiaint  his  m,ot]ier  wiih    tJiem  \ 

who  Is  a  wife  and  religious  lady,   and  promifes  to  hold' her  ^ 

fon  right.     The  moft  of  the  counlellors   are  for  Ireland,  \ 

and  all,  both  they  and   the    bedchamber-men,    even    the--'  | 

who  arc  our  very  great  and   real   friends,    are   yet   againl'l  \ 

our  defire  of  the  covenant  in  England;  yet  I  am   no^t   de-  \ 

fperatc  to  get  fome  fatisfaclion  therein.      We   are    lookinfv  \ 

daily  for  an  anAver.     I  fear  I  mud  eng,age  with   Dr  Branv  ■  : 

hall ;  for  his  Warning  it  doth  fo  much  \\\  to  the  Kin-j  and  \ 

all  about  hini.      We  marvel  ye  write  nothing   to    us.  '^  We  | 

have  been  vexed    thefe    eight    days    with   co'^iftant    reoorts  ? 

here   of   the    north's    rihng,    and  .David   Lclly'sM-etirino,  \ 

However  it  be,  you  ought  not  to  leave  us  fo  long  without  ^ 

all  information.     No  fcrapc  has   any   of  i^s  got'^fmce   >ve  ' 

faw  you  from  any  man.     in  hafte,  1  reil,  Yours,   &c.  \ 

By  a  good  friend   of  mine,    a  Dutch   ftatcfman,    I   pot  \ 

this  double  of   the   two  papers  the   King  gave    in    to   ti;c  ' 

States-General;  as  yet  he  has  got  no  anfwer.     The  parti-  ; 

cular    provinces    are   acquainted  therewith,  but  have   not  \ 

yet  returned  their  mind.     Surely,  if  his  l\Liielfy   and   we  S 

agree  not,  I  fee  no  human  way  either  of  his  or  our  prefer-  \ 

vation;  but  God  is  great  and  good.     It   wei-e   a  thoufand  ■ 

pities  that  fo  fweet  a  man  fliould  not  be  at  one  with  all  his  I 

people.  I 


ipo.  For  Mr  U'lUlam  Spang.     September  14.  1649. 

Reverend  and  Beloved  Brother, 

1  thought  to  have  fexit  you  a  particular  accounrof 

I  the 


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Let.  190.  for  Mr  millam  Spang.  337 

vhe  eencral  aflcaVoly  as  I  had   clone   of  fome   oihcvs  •,    but 
ii)e  diary  I  wrote  in  the  ti.nc,  1  lofl ;   (o  I  cannot  now  do 
it  •   n  -ith-r  wrre  there  much  in  it  worth  t!ie  remembrance. 
Theleetin.,   of  two  for  the  moderator  Ml   to   Mr  >lobert 
Douolas.  Ihcanu-    penult   .uoderator  •     Mr  G.  lei  pie     the 
U   ".IS  departed,  and  hlr  Dlair  never  thormiPhly  welUincc 
liis'Kn^hd.'  jot.rney.      He  was  not  able  to  con.e    to    Ixm- 
buroh,  whereof  I  was  very  lorry,      ihe  two   Ah  i.ooc.c 
leeted  were,  Mr  Andrew  Cant  in  carnell    and  Mr  Mungo 
L-tw  for  a  faihloa.     The  three  the   allembly   added   were 
Mr  Robert  OoLudas,   Mr  John  lavin^fton,  and,  by  equal 
voi'^es    Mr  David  Vhckhu  .md  me-,  lo,  without  queltion,^ 
thc^Jices  for  moaeratioa   fed    on    Mr   Douglas,   wlua'cot 
\rv^  heart  was  exceeding  ohd  ;   for  1  was  very  beared  .or  u, 
.nd  \i  had   done    me    -re,;t    hurt.     Tne    committees  were 
fruned    aerordino    to    'die    cir.iom  by  the   moderator   and 
clerk  in  private,   and  read  at  the  next  ielhon,  without  any 
chanoe  .onllderable.      Y/e   ipent   very  mucli  tune  ;    wuolc 
five  weeks  :    1  thought  a  fortnight  lels   might   have  done 
our  turn.     Tranlporiations  took   a.p   much   tunc,  and  de- 
!  poadon  of   mmllters.     Tixere   had    been   divers   commif- 

;  ^ons,  eaft,   weft,  north,   and  louth,  who  l.ad  depoied  ma- 

i  ny  n^inifters,  to  the  pity  and  grief  of   my  heart,  forjun- 

I  air  of  them  I  thougttt  might  have,  for  more  adyantag    c- 

I  very  w.iv,  with  a  reutike,  been  kept   m   taur   places-,  but 

I  there  were  few  durft  profefs  fo  much  ;  and  I,  lor  my  m- 

[  j^cnunus  freedom,  lo(t  much  of  my  reputation,  as  one  who 

I  was  inclining  to  malignancy. 

^  My  ipeech  to  tae  King,  ipeakmg   1^;   iharply  ot  his   la- 

ther'    death,   and  the  conunendations  1  gave  to  hm.leU     m 

I  the  preface  of  my  book,  but  elpec.ally  a  pailage  of_  a  kt- 

ter- wrote  from  lioUaml,  wherein,   to  ^  ^^^^^^\'rf'^]^ 

ipoke  of  the  aa  of  clail^s  as  lo  ll^vere    that  u  will  be  nc.d- 

ful  to  diA^enie  wiih  li..ne  p.rt   ot    it   for  the  peac.    ct    tl  . 

■  coumry:     For  thele  thing.,   before    the    aiiemniy,      u.uhy 

.  ?^^  of  n.e  all  th.ir  pleaiure  ;  yet  I  comtorted  mytel     lu 

*  St   at  1  kne^v  I  was   far   from    tl^e   calumny   m.poled. 

I  W  t      t  all  the  wile  men  i  knew  proK:ded  their  agreement 

tZ.  me  in  the  three  things   named._    My  unacqt.a.mance 

1  with  obloquy  made  my  Ikin  at  this   lu-ft  alHiy  more  temhv 

than  needid'    for  1  had  lo  oft  in  print   declared    my   r  nl. 

^.'  nil,  not  Sectaries  alone,  but  malignancs  alio,   and   tha 

io  hb.rallv,    in  my  lall  book,    that  I   thought  u,  realon    1 

I  Ihouid   b^^e    b:ca   reputed    above    all    luip.cioa   o       hat 

I  Vol.  II.  "^^  ^'  ^''      ' 


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338  For  Mr  inWam  spang.  Let.  ,90.  j 

crime.,  yet  I  was  neccfiltated  to  drink   more   of  tliat    cu»  I 

than  1  ei.d  truly  ddcrvc  :    for   however  in    n.y  f^.n.on     L  I 

the  parhanunt  I  was  as  clear  as    neeclcd,  and  in  n.y  ve„o^^  J 
of   onr   nxaty  obta.ucl    the    unanin.ous  approbatL  \nl 

thanks  ot   the  whole  ailen.bly,'  now   in  pnm  ;   yet  I  heho-  ? 

ved,  n,  fundry  yo>ces   of  the   aila.hly;  cit]K:r\o  r^Z  ' 

iberty  of  n.y  mind,   or  endure  the  whil-pcrin.s  of  my  Jl'  i 
hg..atKy  to  eontHH,e.     This  iaft,  thot,yh  to  mv  ,>fcat  nief 

I  behoved  to  cht.c       I  could  ,K,t  vote   to  dei>oi^  Mr  Wi U  \ 
ham  Cohd  upon  Jns  hbcl.     The   man   indeed    had,  in  my 
.   judgement,  been  an  e^  d  inarumcnt  in  time  of  the  enra  J 

nu-nt ;  jet  all  that  was  libelled  agairdl  him   was   for  n Jre  ' 

^knce  tn  that  engana.ent.     For  that  alone  I  could  depoA.  \ 
no  man,  for  the  rcalons    1    pave   in  ,l,c  coiumittce  of\he 

former  afiemby,  when  that  act  paflld  to  dcpofe  for  filen  e  I 

n  one,  ,f  ccuuuu.ed  n.  ^  I\iy  „,ind  did  neve,'  go  along  wiS  f 

that  aa  ;   though  thcreha-e  1  knew  the  whole  allembly  a^  : 

ii.ofl  was  otiverwde  nnnded,    and   forefaw   the  miftake   of  I 
r.y  vo.ce   by    fon.e,   yet  J  behoved    .0    vote  his    fufpenfion 

U>  con.nue,   and   no    farther.      As  for  Mr  Andrew  Ham-  I 

%,   more  was  hbc  led  and    prov.n    againft    him,    and    all  ^ 

^.s  year  he  earned  hnni.tf  in   a  cankered  unto^;ard  way  I 

yet  1  told,  I  couK  not  vo.ee   to  depoie  a  ma.i  of  fuch  a^^  I 

and  pans  :   lo  n,  that  xote  J  was  hLt.t,   to  the  peace  of  t^^^  ! 

n  Fr  ^  il  v"u     '''  ^^'^''  '°^^^^'^  ''''''^'  "^y  neiihbours 

n  R.t  Avdlunn   V., lk.es    proeels,    whom    I  j  .drcd    mo-c  ( 

hotly   purlued    than    there   was    caufe.      But    m?  flnrpdl 
c^nteff  was    orthepnncipal.    whom    1   found    iL.e "IJeu  ^ 

to  p  n-fue  itdl      wunout   any   ground    at    all    conliderable. 
Contrary  to  thetr  dehgn,    i   got   hin.    reafonably    fair   off  f 

n^O;  comet.s,   and  wr.ck  of  n,y  iViends,  werelerv  bi';;  " 

ijieb>  fun.c,   trouolednu'ipu,tiunKMimes,    till    I    oof  my  ! 

gnef  and  wrong  vented  and  poured  out  to  God  ;   f^  h"c  ' 

^^  tu.  otner  whon.  Hound  able  and  willing  to'  help   n  "  | 
It  was  a  piece  or  comrort  to  me,  thai  the  bdt  of  tiie    1  md 

Tub f ^" ""^ '"T-"]  ''7''''^  '■'''-  ^--  --P"'-        ^ 

be    rn^'r        '^  "'l'  -^''^^-'^^^^.  -i^om  yet  I  knew  to  I 

'nder^V  '      ''  ^  '-cn-embet-ed  the  ciot.d  of  infamy  ^ 

xuKlei    whKh     unerexcehent    Wr    Jler.ckrion    lay     to    my  ! 

ciiei  and  ioi*er.afja:d  for  the  nrw./ r  1     -'^         1  ■  f 

■aW  ,]..'  >vo  .111  V  ,  ^  <^iniu  to  them,   whom 

an  tile  world   love   and  jued-  -  f>n  i  .>^    ,'        i  •        i  f 

ju^at.  ^ocu  0.,  iiiaa  i  was  rne\ed  I 

for  I 


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Let.  190.  For  I\lr  William  Spang.  339 

for  any  reproachful  fpceches  ■\vl\icli  feme  were  begun  to 
mutter  a^ainil- me -,  but  this  now  is  our  condition,  that 
the  chief  in  ch\irch,  ftate,  and  army,  how  innocent  fo- 
ever.,  are  whifpcred  to  favour  either  fe(5biries  or  maUg- 
nants. 

In  our  report,  -when  I  had  ended  what  you  read 
in  print,  my  colleague  Mr  Wood,  of  his  own  motion, 
truly  gave  a  very  ample  tcRiinony  of  my  Lord  Lau- 
derdale and  you,  for  your  fervice.  What  was  fpoken 
of  you,  all  took  well  \  but  fundry  were  plcafed  to  miftakc 
what  was  fiiil  of  L.uulerdale,  aUvit  my  i^ord  Callils,  in  his 
report  to  the  parlianient,  Ir.ul  fiid  as  much  of  liim  ;  but 
fome  men  fearing  a  defign  to  bring  Lauderdale  into  em- 
ployment at  this  very  time,  were  not  pleafed  v/ith  any  mo- 
tion of  that  kind,  olherwife  I  had  debated  in  the  grand 
committee  much  to  liave  the  fatisfiction  of  the  cngngcis 
much  fairer  than  it  hands,  and  once  i  iiad  got  IMr  Living- 
flon,  with  the  good  liking  of  the  con',mii!ce,  to  a  draught 
near  to  Lauderdale's  mind  ;  yet  thereafter  that  was  can- 
celled, and  the  art  framed  as  it  lland.s,  to  my  grief.  I 
wlflied  earneftly,  and  fo  did  the  Chancellor  intreat  Mr 
Robert  Douglas,  but  out  of  time,  that  the  framing  of  tlie 
declaration  ihould  have  been  comniirted  to  another  hand 
than  that  it  fell  in  -,  who,  how  able  foever,  yet  was  gene- 
rally thought  to  be  among  the  moll  I'evcre  of  the  compa- 
ny to  the  King;  but  this  could  not  be  helped.  Some 
claufes  we  got  altered  in  the  committee;  yet,  as  it  ftands, 
I  much  fear  it  fliall  prove  a  divifion-wall  betwixt  the  King 
and  us  for  ever.  AVe  were  always  expecting  the  promifed^ 
exprelTcs  from  him,  and  for  that  end,  fome  of  us  held  oil' 
all  we  could,  determinations  of  every  thing  concerned 
him;  but  when  none  did  appear,  and  when  at  latl  \\\\- 
Ihim  Murray  had  come  without  any  letter  or  infiruftion, 
either  private  or  publick,  then  there  was  no  remedy,  but 
the  declaration  and  letter,  in  the  fi:yle  you  fee  it,  and  the 
a6l  about  the  engagers,  went  out  without  contradiction, 
which,  as  I  forefaw  and  foretold  in  the  Hague,  puts  hard- 
er and  more  peremptory  conditions  on  the  King  than  there 
would  have  given  fatisfaction.  We  had  greatell  debate 
for  an  adl  of  eleLn:ion  of  niinifters.  Mr  David  Calderwoocl 
was  peremptor,  that  according  to  the  Second  Book  of 
Difcipline,  the  eleclion  iliould  be  given  to  the  prelbytery, 
with  power  to  the  major  part  of  the  people  to  dilfent,  up- 
on rcafoa  to  be  judged  of  by  the  prelbytery.  Mr  Uu- 
...  '  IT  u  2  '  therfoJ-J. 


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J:;  I     <.l      ,  jI 


340   .  rcr  Mr  JViUlam  S/'t^rg.  Let.  190.  ! 

1    therford  and  jMr  Wood   were   as   peremptory   to   put  the  5 

•     po\\''  aiut  voice,  of  election    In    tlic    body  ot    the    people,  | 

.    conti  lidiltiii^c   from    their   Lklei  Ihip  ;   hut    ilic    inoll  ot   v.s  I 

Avere  in  Mr  Gillefpie's  mind,-  in   liis  Milcell.inies,   that  the  t. 

.  direclion-  was   the   prefl^yteries,  the    ekflion   the   feilions,  ' 

■  and  the  confent   ihe    peoples.      Sundry  di-aup,hts  were   of-  | 

fcrcd.     Mr  Woods,  molt  lludiid,  was   reuiicd  ;  jMr  Cal-  'i 

derwoods  aho.    jMr  Livini^fton  came  nearer  our  mind,  yet  | 

was  laid  afide.      IMine   came   nearat   the  niind  of   all,  and  ! 

jilnioft  had  paft  ;   hut  for  a\oidin:'  debate,   a    ;;cneral   con-  i 

fufed    drau^jit    (avoiddng,    indeed,     the    ^irefent    queftion,  ; 

bui  leading  us  into   i'o    many    queltions   tiierealier   as   any  ; 

pleafcd  to  make)  palled  with,  my  conhiit.  IvUt  h!r  i). 
Calderwood  ;ind    I\jr   John  Smith  reaioned    niuch    againil  i 

it   in   face  of  il-.e  allembl)-  •,   where,   agiinlt  my  mindi,   the  | 

Bcoh.  of  Difciplinc  was  prelled  ;igainft  them,  and  a  dou'jL  I 

ele<iLion  made,   one    before    trial,   and  anotlier   after,   as  l':  ; 

the  clcciion  before,  and  the  tiial  by   the  Second  Book  or  ; 

Diiciplinc,  wei-e  given   to   t!ie  people,   and  that  ai"ter-trial,  I 

before  ordinativ-n,  to  tb.e  preib)  lery.  'i'liis  I  tliought  v.-as 
riOtbdng  fo,  but  was  lllent,  being  in  iv.y  mind  contrary  to 
iSJr  David  in  the  main;  though,  in  tJiis  incident  debate  of  t 

the  fenfe  of  the  Bv)ok  of  Difeipllne,  I  was  for  hini.    llov.-  \ 

ever,   already  we  Jiiid  tlie  defect  of  our  c.i^i ;  for,   as  I  con-  I 

ccivc  and  exprelletl  it,   io  in  niy  draught  fo  much  direclion  ^ 

in  this  is  due   to    prclhyterie.-,  that   tiuy  ou'du    to   recom-  * 

mend  to  tt'C  kllion  men  to  he  eUciiLc;,  w-ithout  prcjt'.dice 
of  their  libcrt)  to  .iddi  whom  tliey  t'link  fit  :  but  I  Ihid  it 
the  defign  now  of  leading  brethren,  that  the  prcfbyteries 
fl)all  not  n'lcddle  at  all  with  any  reeom;;-.enda;ions,  but 
leave  that  wl-.oliy  to  any  partieul  n-  hufy  nian  ot  the  prelhy- 
terv,  to  whifiier  in  the  ear  of  ie>.iu-  le.idliig  man  or  the 
pai  iih,    to    get    voices    to    any   )'onng  man,   tk.ougii  never  j 

3ieard  in  privy  cxercife,   tiiat  h.e,    by   denres  of  tlie  pco})lc  \ 

xo  the  iM-elbyicry,    may  be  p.ut  en  trials  for  fueh  a  cht;rch.  1 

This  1  lind  will  be  tlie  way  ol"  otsr  eltelious,  vhieh  1  tliink  J 

not   ordei'h'.      1  lowevei',     7-]\'   D.    Caulerwood    entered   a  j 

very  iliarp  proteU.ition  againll  our  act,   whicli  he  rei.]uiied  J 

to  be  rcgilleretl.     This  is  the  lirft  protv  llatioii  we  heartl  Oi  j 

in  our  time;  and  had  it  come  iiom  any  otlicr,  he  had  not  \ 

clcaped  ceni\n-c.  | 

'idiere  was    a   deilgn,   at    tb>e  l:.{\  alllr.-'.blv,   to   ]iavc   got  | 

tj^'.e  .'laiuls  or  manv  minillcrs  to   a   fti|v,,!;eaiion   icr  uicde-  j 

ja'iing,  in   lbn;ic  things,  the  power  of  the   cojnmiilion  ot  j 

i!\c  ! 


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I  Let.  190.             fcr  Mr  WlUhm  Sp^u^.                        34^ 

\  the  church,  ^vhich  v:?s  c:cpoiindcd  by  this  afijmbly  tnuy 

f  ,ohavebcc-n   the   o^  citl-.roAina,  in  lavour  ot  the   maln- 

I  nrr^t  jku^v,  the  power  of   tl.c  khk.      Great  din  was  nuch. 

f  for  this  fupplication,  to   try   what   was   the   bottom  ot  it, 

\  and-  a  very  fcvere  acl  was  nv.ule   aoainft  me  thing  •,  yet  Uv^ 

I  Dondr.3   carried  it  fo,  that  no  man  at  nd,  even   the   chict 

^  cont?;vcr.,  did  iuftcr  any  thing  lor  it,  upon  wl-.at  groiuid 

I  I  could  ncxvr  k^arn   to   nry  farisfaaion  ;  whether,  becauiC 

I  to  Mr  Robert  Laurie,  the  confJled  pcnner  of  the   pruici- 

l  ral  funphcation,  iinpu'altv  was  prornihd  b>r  his  ingenuoiis 

i  and    eiVlv   confcliion,    and   he   being   ierure,    others  leis 

I  tuiUv  couhl  not,  be  got  puiiilb.  d  ;  or  becaule  otliers  tore- 

I  i.^ng  what  n.celli^y  there  nd,,ht  hz   for  th.m-lves  to  do 
morc^than  funohcau:  a  jv.n..a.  alicnibly,   had  no  wdl  that 

I  nnv  h.ppbranon  wbati'.e- v,   rip.ciaily  being    only  nncru-   ^ 

I  .    cd;   and    neve-   olllr.d,   iLuind    be    a   j  ix>u:.d   ot   cLureh- 

f  cenfi:i-e.      How.  ,e;-,   ab-Jt  a   trrribic  aet  was  n.ade  agan.it 

?  theth.n-,   contiuivio  rnv  n.ind,  yet    no    man    was  to  t^his 

i  day  called  to  any  account  for  it,   nor,  as   1    hear,  inall  c- 

i  '^I  was  much  aHaid  that  the  {i^oic/i•^i^on  required  of  the 

i  engapcrs  fnouhl  have  made  many  prime  men    m   our  land 

\  dcipcrate  :  but   I   am    now  very  giad   iliat   io   many   orier 

\  ihemf^lvLS   to   do  all  that   is   required,  as   I   cxpcft  tliere 

i  fliall  be  veiY  few  who  Wv.xW  hick  upon   h,  fo   I   wdh  froni 

[  mv  heart  th'at  LauderJa.le   mav   be   moved   to   do   what   i 
found  Calhndcr  and  Damferu.line  rc.ul>_for,  when  I  was 

1  there  with   vou  ;  and  what  1  f.w  in  the  alilmbly.  Middle- 

•  ton  very  near,   and   others,   as   Galloway,   Lmhtbgow,   U- 

j  oilvie,    BaiUie,    Innes,    Cochran,  Kenmure,  Fleming,  &c. 

I  aciuallv  to  ofier.     I   do   not  expect    now  above   three   or 

'  •         four  perfons   in   Scotland  who  ihall  make   fcruple  of  that 

i  fubkriDtion,  which,  I  hope,   may  be  a  mean  to  teach  that 

!  n^an   (rhr   whom   alone  mv  love  makes  me   afraid)   lome 

\  raorewildom.     Mr    Hary  Guthrie,  in   his   appeal   to   the 

\  ail^mblv,  had  tihd  ibme  iharp   and  reflecting  realons,  lor 
which  thev  fummoned  him    to   appear,  refolving  to   have 

I  c;ccommunicated   him,  if   iliey   did   not   llnd   fubmihion  : 

i  but  tndcklv  his  ihiiit  was  daunted.     In  all  humility  he  ap- 

i  '        peared,  and   pallid  from  his  appeal,  which   obtained   him 

I  favour  not  to  be  farther   proceeded  againlt.     Mr  A\  ilham 

S  Colvil  took  his  fentence  of  dcpofition  fubmifuvely.  Mr 
Andrew  Randhy  profelhed  his  futbering.  Some  w^oidd_ 
liave  been   at   the  prefent  proctihng  of  both,  as   guilty  of 


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342  Fcr  Mr  IVlUlam  ISpang.  Let.  190. 

nil  the  blood,  and  nil  the  confccpicnccs  of  the  engagement; 
but   M)-  11.  Douglas  quailicd  ihcl'e  motions,  Avhich  otlicr-  -■ 

Avjfc  eafily  had  been  carj-ied  on.  \ 

I      It  was  all  our  minds  10  h.ave   Iiad  tranfportations  better  l 

regulated  than  they  had  been  ;  for  indeed  their  needlefs 
frequeiicy  was  intolerable,  yet  Mr  R.  Douglas  got  all  that 
Ihilied  till  I'.dinburgh  once  again  be  provided  both  of  lui-  • 

nifters  and    proleilors.      For    their   univerfiiy  they   moved  } 

for   Mr  llutlu jtord,    but    that   was    tiiought   abfurd.     It  \ 

fcems  they  would  be  at  ])r  Colvil,   but  he  will  not  be  gi\en  | 

them,  as  a  man  demi-malignant.     They  who  judge   ib  of  \ 

that   man,  would   gi\e   them  I\Ir  James  Yv'ooJ,  or  I\Ir  D.  \ 

Dickfon  ;  but  in  niy  mind,  neither  of  tlicfe  may  be  tran- 
sported without  greater  hurt  to  the  places  tluy  ;ue  in  j 
than  benclJt  to  Edinburgh,  though  they  could  get  them  ;  I 
btit  as  yet  Edinburgh  deilres  neither,  and  on  whom  ihey  : 
will  fall  yet,  it  does  not  appear.  AVe  fear  they  trouble  tis  \ 
one  way  or  other.  i 

One  day  I  efeaptd,  to  my  fenfe,  one  of  the  grcatefl  bur- 
dens ever  was  laid  on  me.  Oiu'  commitiee,  after  many 
motions,  liad  relolved  for  drawing  up  of  the  hiftory  of 
the  times,  to  jno[)onc  to  the  afTembly  a  leet  of  three  or 
four  ;  I\ir  James  Wood,  LIr  John  Livingflon,  I\Ir  Ja. 
Guthrie,  and  me.  I'dy  profeflion  made  me  iecure  of  all 
danger,  as  1  thought  ;  ;md  I  minded  it  no  luore  :  but  in 
•the  end  of  the  aifoubly,  when  it  came  to  be  voiced,  it  i-an 
wholly  betwixt  Mr  John  Liviijghon  and  me;  and  liad  not 
the  opinion  of  my  malignancy  diverted  fome  voices,  I  had 
inidoubtediy  been  oppreiTed  with  that  charge.  As  it  was, 
I  eicaped  it  but  by  two  or  three  voices;  but  I  bleiTed  the 
Lord  for  it ;  for  to  me  it  had  all  the  days  of  my  life  been 
a  burden  intolerable,   for  many  caufes. 

The  ailembly,  for  the  full  purgation  of  the  church,  as 
in  former  years,  fo  in  this  alfo,  has  appointed  divers  com- 
mittees ;  one  in  Angus,  one  in  Stirlingfhire,  one  in  the 
Merfe,  one  in  Kois,  one  in  Argyle,  v/ith  moll  ample 
power.  On  thcfe  committees  the  moll  zealotis  men  are 
ptit,  which  fome  few  can  chufe  (even  of  very  young  men 
lately  admitted  miniftcrs)  for  depofing  fuch  as  prefoyteries 
and  fynods  do  fpare.  I  acknowledge  the  difmclination  of 
my  mind  to  fo  fretjuent  dcpofitions  of  minifters,  and  to 
all  courles  that  further  that,  to  n\e  fo  fevere  an  action  ; 
but  this  is  a  great  part  of  my  malignancy. 

I  think  at  Lift  wc  Ihall  get  a  new  Pfalter.     I  have  fm-- 

ihereti 


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Let.  190.  For  Mr  WiUiam  Spanc^.  343 

thercd  that  work  ever  with  my  bed  wlflics  \  but  the 
icruple  now  arifcs  of  it  in  my  mind,  the  firfl  author  of  my 
tranflation,  Mr  Rous,  my  good  friend,  has^  complied 
with  the  fe6taries,  and  a  member  of  their  repubUcic.  How 
a  Pfaker  of  liis  framing,  albeit  widi  much  variation,  fliall 
be  received  by  our  church-,  I  do  not  well  know ;  yet  it  is 
needful  we  {hould  have  one,  and  a  better  in  halle  we  can- 
not have.  The  alTembly  has  referred  it  to  the  com- 
iniflion  to  caufe  print  it  after  the  laft  rcviilon,  and  to  put 
it  in  yjractice. 

Thefe  were  the  chief  things  of  our  long  and  tedious- 
five  weeks  labour  J  only  we  appointed  a  letter  to  be  drawn 
for  our  brethren  of  England  for  their  encourgemcnt. 
Tlie  draught  was  IMr  James  Durham's.  It  was  his  fu-ft, 
but  did  not  fo  fully  pleafe  as  to  pafs,  but  was  referred  to 
the  con:imijrion  to  peifect.  Our  brethren  of  Ireland  had  • 
fent  Mr  John  Greg  to  us,  to  have  our  advice  about 
their  carriage  in  my  Lord  of  Aird's  dcfe(fl:ion.  No  pu- 
biick  advice  was  given  ;  but  IS'Ir  Livingfton  and  Mr  Mac- 
lellan  v»'erc  appointed  to  confer  with  him  on  all  his  pro- 
pofitions. 

All  this  while  the  parliament  did  fit,  though  ready  to 
rife  at  om-  firft  downfitting,  more  than  at  our  riling. 
Their  main  caufe  of  fitting  was  to  fee  what  wc  brought 
from  the  King.  Thereafter,  being  to  rife,  conftant  re- 
ports, week  after  week,  of  Cromwell's  purpofe  to  bring 
down  the  army  on  us  before  it  went  to  Ireland,  made 
them  fit  ftill  to  fee  to  the  defence  of  the'' country.  To 
increafe  the  levies,  was  to  put  the  country  to  a  farther 
burden,  while  the  prefent  was  as  great  as  could  be  borne,  , 
and  caufed  dangerous  grumbling  every  where  ;  alfo,  it  a 

.  greater  army  had  been  on  foot,  the  woild  would  not  keep 
iheni  out  of  ]''ngland,  which  we  did  not  intend,  being 
far  from  any  agreement  with  the  King  •,  lb  nothing  conli- 
derable  was  done,  or  could  be  done,  though  the  Englilh 
had  come  on  us.  They  had  written  a  letter  with  a  rnef- 
iengcr,  to  dehre  a  treaty  with  us.  Our  aniwer  was,  that 
we  could  not  acknowledge  the  preJlnt  authority.  Thi.-; 
drcw  from  them  a  paper,  in  realonable  loit  words  ;  but 
clearly  enough  renouncing  all  former  treaties  as  broken 
by. our  parliament's  invalion,  an  advantage  which  they 
would  openly  make  that  \.\\^c  of,  as  to  have  it  a  breach  of  all 
their  obligations  to  us.  To  this  wc  made  no  reply  ;  for 
what  needs  paper-debates  at  fuch  a  time  ? 

While 


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544  ^'J'"  ^>J>~  'i^llhLiin  Spivrf.  Lei.  ico. 

AVlii'e  ih'rre  is  notliino;   to   do   ia   our  parl!?ii.ie,it,  thev 
make  tliciiilclvcs   buliiids   lhoiicJi.     Uui*    wellland    Ihircs 
haJ,   'ill    the    i^Ucs    oi   monthly    m;iinr.."ni"nct'    iii'  bvfrone 
limes,  been  burthcncd   above   other   fjiires,      OU  lhe'y"'h;id 
complained  ;   but  not  uo   rediefoi  ;   they  refolved  therefore, 
now  or  never,   to  havC    it    Iielped.      Caluls,   Celinotk,  Sir 
John    Ciieefly,  and   others,   oot   it   lb    contrived,   that   au 
nft  pai7ed  Tor  their  eafe,   wirh   ihc  burthening  of   the  caft- 
crn    /iiires.      /iiiaini]:   tliis  they  entered    a    proteiTaiion,  e- 
fpccially  tlie  coiimiiliioners  of  JiOtliian  and  I'iJ'e,   and  well 
near   the    hull-    of   the    parlia'iier.r,    havin^    Jhuleiv-h,   Jxil- 
carras,   Libertoi^,    Loiliian,   io  counienancc    ihcm.      With 
their  proteihuion  they  aroi'e  and  left  the    houle.      This  di- 
vifion  was  very  tnuibleionie  an  1  fe  iiid  nous.      Ir  condni::,i 
near  a  lortnird-t  •,   but   wai   ai    1.  fl  r.eco.inr.odaied  ;   yet    Jo 
that  the  welti  ind!n>.n  h:\d  llieir  d^ilre.      'lii'.s  was  nut  wJA 
fe;rled  till    llic    i<croU:,iis    fell   c:\i  :ui.or;g  llien.lelves    in   a 
great  heat.      iSundry  or  the  boroughs  had  been  lonr*  prud- 
ging  that   Edinburoh  l!>oul(,l  bear  ib  Imall  a  proportion  of 
the   common    burden,  jud-in;:-    that    'or   tlieir    trade    and 
TJieir  wealth,   tl;e  one  half  of   the  v/hole  bcu'ongb.s  burden 
might    be    laid    on    them,     50    of    an    100,    wluicas    tr.ey 
paid  but  a  twcnty-feventii  part  or  thereabom  ;  fo    in   tjieir 
conven.tion    at   tb.e    (hieensferry,    they    advanced    them    a 
third  part,   and  diminilhed  Glaigo^v,  St  Andrew's,  Irvine, 
•    and  fome  others,   a    j>art  of  their    proportion.     This   the 
provoft  anel  coimcil  of  Kdinbiii-t/u   tool:    in    an   cxceedinp' 
evil  pan,  and  ftormed  mneli  at  ic,  yet   could    not   lemedy 
it.     But  the  moil  bluer  dilference  was  the  laft  day  of  tlieir 
J  fitting.     Calliis,  and  others,  of  a  long  time,  had  a  great 
delire  to  have  the  animal  rent  fo  low    as   might  be.      iManv 
ways  had  been    projeeled   for   the    payment  of  your   Lun- 
fons  ;   but  all  had  faded.     The  money  had  paid  to  the  pu- 
blick  of  the  eighth  that  was  ^.Iv.c  in  tr.e  hundred,  one  and  a 
lialf  ;  it  was  moved  t(;  i)ut  it  to  llx  in  the  hundretl  for  the 
lime  to  come,  but  dm  ing  the   troubles  to  keep  it  at  eipht, 
whereof  one  ami  a  half  to   be  paid  as  of  before,   and    tiie 
Other  half  mclk  to  go  to  the  lamljns.      When  this  vvas  s^o- 
ing,  the   whole    borou;>hs,   exetnt    two    or    three    obfeurc 
ones,  proteliid,  wiih  hi.di  ji.'iliun,  and  went  out;   the  lelt 
fat  flill,  and  I'or  no  deabng  t)f  WardVon  and   Mr  1\.  Doii- 
glas,  would    ib    nnieh   as    de'.ay  the  doling  of  the    parlia- 
ment that  nigla,   fur  they  feared,   if  they   Jiad  dehued   to 
the  morrow,  that  ilie  pe.inle  lliuuld  h.ive  been  let  on  iliem 
1  with 


Let.  rpo.  For  Mr  JViUiam  S/>a}7g.  34^ 

witli  tunnihuary  fupplications  ;  fo  tlie  parliament  clofL'd 
v/ithoiu  the  ho\'OUi]h'^;  yea,  the  comniittes  of"  citates  was 
made  of  a  quoruni,  v/liich  IhouIJ  liibfill  without'theni, 
if  they  Ihould  pci  lift  to  abfcnt  themfcives,  as  they  threaten- 
ed tlicy  would.  Mucli  liigh  iangiKige  palled  on  both  fides  ; 
yet  foinc  days  thereafter,  the  boroughs  were  made  con- 
tent to  ft  in  the  committee  of  cftaics  :  but  all  thcfe 
grudges  Itick  in  the  ftomachs  of  many,  waiting  but  an  op- 
portunity to  difch'.ige  them. 

By  WilHain  Murray's  [M-ivatc  dealing,  it  feems  Lothian 
was  made  willing,  with  Argyle's  confent,  to  have  been 
fent  to  the  King,  but  alone.  i\vgyle  therefore,  oif-hand, 
moved  iu  parliunent,  in  the  ablencc  of  Warillon,  and 
Aviihout  the  privity  of  the  Chancellor,  or  any  other  of  hii; 
iriendo  of  the  church,  to  have  a  new  addivfs  to  the  King^ 
and  carried  it  v/ithout  any  opj>olition  •,  but  incontinent 
many  thotighrs  began  to  arife  about  the  matter.  Some 
began  to  be  jealotis  of  Argyle,  that  he  was  inclining  to  a 
new  trinlceting  with  the  King  by  himfclf ;  odiers,  that  the 
manner  of  his  proceeding  was  to  mar  the  matter  of  pur- 
pofe.  However,  the  r.ilhnels  of  that  unripe  motion  did 
no  good.  Lothi  ufs  employment  was  l]fift(.d  All  it  end- 
ed in,  was  a  new  letter  to  he  carried  by  a  gentleman  ;  and 
in  the  laft  day  he  was  voiced  to  be  Liberton  ;  who  finding 
the  letter  drawn  by  Sir  John  Cheelly,  though  mttcli 
fmootlier  than  tlie  church's,  drawn  by  i\Ir  James  Wood, 
yet  to  be  fo  harlh,  and  the  inilruetions  fo  icabrcus,  tliat: 
thei-e  was  no  hope  ol  doiiig  any  good  with  the  ICing  there- 
by, has  to  this  day  llufted  to  go  for  all  his  call.  Yet  I 
think  it  not  unlike  that  he  may  l)e  moved  to  go  now  Olt 
the  great  change  of  the  Iriih  affurs.  His  MajeRy's  chief 
hope  was  Ireland  ;  and  indeed  it  looked  once  pretty  fair 
for  him.  Ormond  h;;d  tal:en  in  all  the  ioiuh  h\u  l)ui):in, 
which  he  had  flraitly  beiieged.  Cromwell,  for  all  Ids  di- 
ligence, had  delayed  very  long  to  come  over.  IMy  Lord 
of  Airds,  in  a  very  falfe  fuhtle  v.-ay,  had  put  himlelf  in 
the  government  of  Ulller.  Sir  Robert  Stuart  i\nd  Ceorgc 
I\Iomo  had  joined  v^itfi  liim,  and  laid  f ege  to  Derry.  It 
Derry  and  Dublin  had  been  got,  tiie)-e  was  no  move  ado 
hut  to  have  fent  ior  the  jTliig,  aiul  come  over  with  him, 
fnil  to  Scotland,  and  tlien  lo  JLr.gland.  This  was  the 
.King's  great  fnarc  all  tlii-:  year,  to  keep  him  oif  an  agree- 
ment with  us.  Ijut  behold  hov.'  foon  all  this  hope  evanilh- 
cd  ;   Jones,  having  g'H  f'Mne  fupplv  of  men  from  England, 

Vol.  II.  ,\'   j^  '  makes 


1 

34^  Fcr  J\Ir  IhH'uim  Spniig.  Let.  190,  ! 

jnakes  an  iiTilptioii   on    Ormontl's  camp   fo   profperoufly,  \ 

that   he  Avcll  near  raiTed  the  licgc.     However,  lie    cncou-  ? 

rages    Cronr.vell,    without    more    dchiy,    to    come    over,  • 

flicwing  Orniond,   lor   all   his   great  force,   fo    eafy   to    be  \ 

dealt  with.     IMackart,   in   the  mean   time,  joined  with  Sir  i 

Charles  Ciitts,   and    coming   lowaicls  Derry,   made  all  our  ) 

beliegers    get    away,     becaui'c    the    miniilcrs     before    had  ? 

preached    fo   mucli    agiinll  Aird's  treachery,   that    few   of  ■ 

tlie  }>cople  had  heart  or  hand   to  join   Jiim,  but   generally  I 

all  dcfened  him  ;    wherelore   he    and    his    party,   as    if  by  I 

Ormond's    command,    began    to    thi-eaien    the    miniifers,  1 

which  made  ihem  altogether  leave  the  country,   and  come  [ 

over   to   ur..     In  tiie  mean  time  CroniwcU,   in   the  fouth,  ; 

has  put  0]-mond,   with.out   llrokc  of  fword,  to    air,    gari-  i 

Tons,   and    keej-^  i^rince  lUtpert  with  his  ihips    in    Kinfale.  I 

JNiackart,   \\'\\.\\  his  aiiny,   plunders    at    his  plealure   in   the  ; 

north,   and  lliordy  it  is  expected  Cromwell   Uiall   be    clear  \ 

mafLer  of  all  IreLnu!,  as  lie  is  of  England;  and  then  have  ! 

at  the  third   jioor  bi-oken    kin<;dom,   moi-e    eafy    than    the  ; 

othei-  two  to  be  i\v.Lllou-ed   down.     This   bein":   our   cafe,  ] 

I'll  •  -  ^1 

JiKely  oui-  commirrec  ot  cltaies  may  hallen  Liberton  to  the  '  I 
King,  U)  fee  il,  when  the  roticn  lecd  of  licland  is  bi-okcn,  ,; 
he  v.-i!l  think  better  of  f)ur  pi-opofitions  than  he  djd  be-  \ 
foje  ;  lo  nuich  the  more  us  the  Frcihyterlans  in  England,  I 
by  a  very  piihy  iujvplication,  which  they  ient  to  me,  and  \ 
1  to  our  fliite,  do  prefs  tiic  Ikine  point.  If  cither  we  ne-  \ 
gleft  10  feek  him,  or  he  contin'.'.e  to  refufe  our  condi-  ; 
tions,  the  ruin  ot  bcuh  Icems  to  be  near  ;  "and  though  he  ! 
were  joined  A/ith  us  in  ov.r  tcr;ns,  yet  lie  has  delayed  i'o 
long,  tI-,Ht  our  difiicullics  and  hi?  Vvoukl  be  iufuperable  but  ; 
])y  the  hand  of  Cod.  Always,  we  would  fuller  all  ha  d-  ■ 
Jjjips  with  the  great.-r  cvnfort,  tliat  he  and  wc  were  con- 
joined in  God  ag.iinft  tr,c  common  enemy  of  God,  of  his  ^ 
houfe,  and  our  c(ni!Ury.  li  wc  make  a  iiew  application,  \ 
^vhoever  hinders  the  Iving  to  condcAcnd  to  any  terms  we  i 
fhall  or  can  propuiie,  1  Inall  conclude  then)  in  my  heart, 
luoft  unhappy,   and    either  very  malicious   or    very  fooliih 

men. In   your  next,  Kt   me    know  v.-hcre    the    ]>uke, 

Caller.J.er,  Seaionh,  iSinclair,  James  Graham  ai-e  ;  but  ( 
above  all,  what  Liuiderdale  minds  to  do.  What  is  be- 
come of  Vy'llloughby,  Malley,  iUmch  alfo.  Try  to  your  i 
j^bwer  if  there  be  any  fufpicion  of  Captain  Tiius's  com-  I 
pliaiKC,  either  with  iechiries  or  malignants.  It  concerns  j 
mc  to  know  tins  t^uickly,  if  you  can  learnt  If  your  in-  f 
,                                                                                       tclligcncc  ) 


Let.  190.  For  Mr  IVilllam  Spang.       •  347 

telligencc  to   C;i fills  and  our  flatc  be  fo  rare  as  it  Is  to  mtr, 
it  will  be  little  wortb 


191.  The  'following  fupp':.fcd  to  he  iv rote  to  Mr  Chrijlopher 
Lovi'y  hcheaded  on  Tovjrr-hil!  for  cor refponding  with 
y^rgyle  and  Mr  HailHe.  Perthy  Fridayy  Deccju- 
bcr  20.   1650. 

Picvcrend  and  Ikloved  Broilv_T, 
The  letters  of  our  friends  tliere  to  Mr  Douglas  and  to 
Mr  Jamefon,  [i.  e.  J\Ir  Baillie],  alfo  two  to  the  general 
afi'embly,  ihc  one  of  an  old  date,  the  oihcr  ilnce  the  de- 
feat at  Dunbar,  came  but  lately  to  our  hands.  For  fear 
of  yotu-  hazard  then,  we  thouglit  it  expedient  to  commu- 
nicate them  but  to  a  icw.  At  firjt  were  called  togerhcr, 
the  Lord  ChanccUorj  th.e  Marquis  of  Argyle,  the  liarls  of 
Caflils  and  Lothian,  with  Mr  Douglas,  Mr  Lilair,  JNIr 
Jamefon,  and  ISlr  AVooti.  One  and  all  were  very  r.uich 
refrcflied  and  encouraged  by  the  two  publiek  molt  gra- 
cious and  feafonable  letters.  The  anl'wer  of  them  was  re- 
mitted to  the  nextaiecting  of  the  coi:nrail]ion  of  the  church 
the  lalf  of  t,liis  month,  v/here  we  purpofe  to  make  more 
publiclc  ufe  of  thefe,  if  we  ih.dl  then  find  it  Hand  with 
yoiu"  fafety.  In  the  mean  time,  INlr  Januion  was  api>oint- 
ed  to  give  ynti  ibme  ilioi-t  account  of  aJlairs  here,  which 
be  pleafed  to  receive.  •^ 

The  whole  eight  days  before  the  defeat  at  Dunbar,  the 
Lord  had  fo  difpoled,  that,  to  the  apprehenfion  of  moil- 
in  both  armies,  a  \iL'tory  I'eemed  to  incline  to  our  iide  ; 
when,  contrary  to  all  appearance,  the  l^ord,  by  our  own 
negligence,  had  overthrown  us.  We  have  itill  lieu  xnider 
that  ftroke,  not  {o  much  by  any  acSlivc  proiecution  of  the 
enemy,  as  by  the  Lord's  hand  now  upon  us,  oiu-  diviiions. 
A  ilrong  party  in  the  north,  whom  we  have  excluded 
froni  our  army  for  the  late  engagement,  did  put  them- 
felves  in  arms  without  ])ublick  order.  It  coll  us  fome  tim;^ 
before  we  could  c[uiet  them.  That  danger  was  iearce  o- 
ver,  when  another  party  in  the  weft,  whom  we  have  per- 
mitted to  rife,  and  from  Avho;u  we  expet^ted  ready  and 
hapj)y  I'ervice  againPc  the  enemy,  fell  in  ways  of  their  own, 
to  our  i-reat  and  long  dillurbance,  which  we  fuppole 
■  Cromwell  long  before  tliis  has  caufed  |/i-i:u.  Very 
jinfwcrs  were  given,  both  by  the  church  ;uid  ftaie,  as  yon 

X  X  2  wilL 


i 

248  Suppo/fJ  to  Mr  ChriJlophcrLovc.        Let.  191. 

will  read    here   in   the    copies   fuhjoimd  :      A  while,   not-  • 

vithRanding,  lIicy  pin  fiicd  in  their  divcrlc  way.     The  ene- 
my fell  on  them,   and   put   llieni  vo  a   total  rout,  wherelw  \ 
lie  enlarged  his  (quarters    now    where    he   pleates   be-ibutli             .t 
Forth.  .   However  our  grief  and  lii  inie  for  this  defeat   be  ? 
p'rcat,  yet  the  lofs  of   men   was  much  within  100,   and  tlie 
.  prifoncrs  are  not  h)  many  ;   and  among  neither,    anv  men             \ 
of  note,   but  C-oL  Ker,   wiio  is  a   priluner.      .Strachan,   in-  | 
deed,   the  author    of    all    this   mif(diief,  had  before  foully  \ 
betrayed  hi?  truif,   and  fmce  has  gone  imio  the  enemy.  J 
Thefe  mifehiefs  have  laid  us  now  lowir  in  tiie    dufc   be-  \ 
fore  the  IjOrd.      On  Sunday  next,   th.e^.'d    ot    Decem.bcr,  | 
\ve  have  a  gen',:r  il  luuniliaLion,   moft   for   eoniempt  oi:'  the  | 
gofpel,   the  iouutain   of   all    our    plagues.      On   'I'liurfday  | 
thereafter,  the  26ih,   wc  have  anoiiiei-,   for  the  ilns  of  the  | 
King's    famiiy,   old  and  late,  which  wc  feai-    may  have   in-  * 
fluencc  in  the  Lord's  controvcify  with  us-,   yet  for  all  this,  \ 
\vc  have  not  calf   away   otn-   help    and    conlidence    in    the  \ 
Lord  •,    but  v/ith  juore  V!;four  than  ever  we    purpofe,  with  i 
.   all  poRible  diligence,  to  make  ufe  of  all  the  remainder   of 
pur  forces.     The  parliament  the  other  week  tlid  call  toge- 
ther the  cominihion  of  thechuich,   to   be    relolveu,   how  , 
far  it  was  lavvtul  to  employ,   in  tlfis  cafe  of  extreme  necef-             i 
iity,  thele  wlio,   lor  ioiiie  time,   and  winle    we    had  choice 
ot  luen,  v/eie  exchided  irom  tiie  fervice.     The  unanimous; 
anfwcr  by  :!iem   prefeiu  you  ha\e  l;erejfubi(;ined.      l)y  the 
bleliiiig  of  God  this  may  be  a  greater  beginning    oi  union 
among  oiu-lelves,   and  ot  a  more  h.ij-ny  acting   againft   the 
enemy,  tiian  formerly.     There  are  uuleeil  fome  among  us 
agaiinf  the  employing  of  tlufe  v.'ho  befoie  were  excluded; 
but    we    ]u)pe    that    in    a    liule    lime    lhi>  liiall  chan;;e  ;   fo 
iinich  the  mv)ie,   as  in    very  leu,   in    whom    it    is    greateft, 
there  yet  a))pears   the   leall    in.chn.ition  to  comply  with  the 
enemy.      And    to    guard    the    bLtter   againft    this  evil,  th.o 
chui\h,  the  other  liay,   pafled    ilie    lifnieuucmt  act,   wliich 
tlie  pailiament  is  about  to  coniir.n,  v.-;th  a  feveix  civil  cen- 
fure  againft  ;i!l  tranfgreffors.      At'ier  our  iorcia-id    applica- 
tions to  CJod  on  t!ie  2 2d  ;uid  26ih  of  tins  inftant,   wc  have 
appointed  to  crown  our  King,  the  1  ft  of  January,  at  Scone, 
tlie  orilinary  }>l.ice  of  our  old  coronations  ;   and  thereaftei-, 
lo  foon  as  we  arc  able,   to  march  witii  the   llrength  of  our 
'  nobility  and  geiury  to  oiirling,   v/here   it  will    l)e    refolveci, 
^vhcthel•  to  go  wiih  the  l)ody  of  our  arir.y  to  lin'^iand,   lea- 
ving fuch  a  party  here   as  10   keep  and    'juard    the    p.illes 

•  '  "  of 


■t    •:    .        --.M 


Let-.  Tr)T.        Supfc/id  to  Mr  Chrijhphcr  Lc-.'c.  ^^y 

of  Forth  againfl  the  enemy  ;  or,  witli  the  bociy  of  our  ar- 
niv,  to  attend  d'oniwcll  here,  and  to  Tend  iVhilljy  to  Eng- 
land with  fomc  thoulaud  lioric  and  dragoons.  To  the 
former  the  moll  part  iiichnc  ;  but  you  with  the  next  ili all 
be  acquainU'd  with  our  corchificvns,  j^)ut,  in  the  mean 
lime,  the  nccclhiy  is  app.ucni  foi-  the  extraordinary  di!i-- 
gence  of  our  iriends  there  to  procure  to  us  their  pofhble 
afliftance  in  this  otu-  fo  necefiary  undertaking  for  the  com- 
mon fafcty.  The  jjariicuhir  way  we  are  tliinkinw  on,  I 
leave  to  anoiiier  U-ttcr,  ion  herewith,  and  to  the  inllnic- 
tions  given  to  tlie  beir,T,   C.  [\.  wlioiu   we  have  found  a 

.  faithful,   wife,  and  diligent    ai'ent    for    your   deHres  to  tis, 

.  and  wlv.iin  we  hope  fliall  be  no  lefs  fuel-,  for  our  dellres  to 
you.  We  have  great  need  of  your  earnell  interceHion 
with  the  Lord  of  iiofis  for  his  powcrfid  concurrence  witli 
us  in  this  our  great  cxtreniily.  JvxpeiTmw  this  duty  of 
love  from  yo'.i  and  oin-  dear  bn-tl-.ren,  I  add.  but  this  one 
word,  that  the  frithien  there  would  be  carelid,  as  we  have 
been,  and  purpolc  iciil  to  be,  to  lay,  at  this  their  new  be- 
ginning, fuch  lotuidations  ior  tb.>_:ir  army  and  parhament, 
that  the  leading  men  in  both  may  be  iirm  and  zealous  to 
preferve  the  covenant,  and  our  former  principles,  enth-e 
without  violation  :  alio,  if  it  llrall  ieem  good  in  the  Lord's 
eyes  to  blefs  oiu-  mutual  endeavours,  that  our  friends  there 

,  ntay  be  zealouilyconicientious,  that  what  progrefs  was  made 
in  the  aflembly  of  divines  for  the  refcirmation  of  religioii 
be  not  lofl,  but  procured,  until  a  final  conclufion,  and  all 
be  ratiiied  by  King  and  parli  imeiu. 

Your  brother,  and  fervant  in  th.c  Lord, 

•  ' '  Jameson. 


192.   The    follovj'mg    letter    was    rJ  firjl    defigned  for    Mr 
J)ukfon,   but  was  culiirgrdy  and  fcnt  to  Mr  Spang. 

lleverend  and  Dear  Brother, 
I  fent  the  incloied  to  you  by  Mr  R.  Ramfaj',  thinking 
you  would  have  been  at  the  meetings  of  Stirlii-ig  and  Perth, 
whither  I  was  refolved  not  to  go,  notwiihftanding  of  ma- 
ny earnell  inireaties  to  the  contrary  ;  yet,  after  the  dilTol- 
ving  of  the  meeting  at  Stirling,  I  followed  to  Perth,  u[)oa 
fundry  letters  from  Stirling  to  me  for  that  elFe^t.  Your 
abfence  was  not  well  taken  by  many;  though  1  verily  think 
your  pre  fence  would  not  have  h:id  more  intluence  on   the 

remonllrants 


t/.h\ 


V- 


<:..:.  r.Mi.^c'ji 


3^'o  To  Mr  WiUlam  Spang.  Let.  192. 

rcmonnrnrits  than  tliat  of  iNlefT.  Doughs,  Blair,  Cant 
KathcrfoiJ,  Durham,  V/ood,  and  others,  who  could  in 
nothiui;  prevail  with  them.  Of  the  whole  matter,  as  it 
comes  in  my  miiKl,  I  will  v^wo.  you  a  fnnplc  account,  but 
to  yourfclf  alone,  aiid  after  to  the  lire  ;  for  as  in  all  the 
meetin^^s  I  was  filent,  and  a  mere  fpccLator,  except  one 
forenoon,  wherein  I  in  fonie  things  declared  my  mirid,  fo 
I  would  dcfire  to  meddle  as  little  as  may  be  with  this  un- 
fortunate lirife.  * 

After  the  woful  rout  at  Dunbar,  in  the  fn-fl  mcctint^  at 
Stirling,   it  wis  oocPily  ainl  veln.inently  prefled  to  have  Da-  ' 

vid  Ledy  laid  afide,  as  long  before    was   deligned,   but  co- 
vertly,  l)y  the  chief  purgers  of  the  linies.     The  rnan  him- 
feif  did  as  nuich   prel's   as  any  to  Jiavo  liberty  to  demit  his 
charge,  being  covered  with  Ihame  and  difcouragement  for 
his   late    unhappinefs,    and  irritated  witli  INI)-  James  Guth- 
rie's publick  invectives  againft  him  from  the  pulpit.     The. 
mofk  of  the  conimittee  of  cliates,  and  commiflion   of  the 
kirk,  would  have  been  content  to  let  him  go ;   but  finding 
no  man  tolerably  able  to  iupply  his  place,   and  the  gvcatelt 
part  of    the  remainiiig  oi^icers  of  horJe    ;ind  foot  peremp- 
tory to  lay  down,  if  he  coniinued  not ;   aiid  after  all  trials,  .; 
fmding  no  maladminirtraiion  on  him  to  count   of,  but  the  * 
rem.oval  of  the  army  from   the    hill   the   night   bei'ore  the  \ 
rout,  v.'hich  yet  was  a  confequencc  of  the  conmiittee's  or-  \ 
der,  contrary  to   his  mind,    to   ftop  the   enemy's   retreat, 
and  for  that  end  to   ftorni   Broxmotith-hoiu'e   as   foon   as 
poffible.     On  theie  conllderations,  the  ftate,  unanimouOy, 
did  with  all  earneilneis  intreat  him  to  keep  ilill  his  charge. 
Againfi;  this  order,  my  Lord  Wariilon,  and,  as  I  iiippofe, 
•Sir  John  Cheelly,  did  enter  their  dillent.     I    am  furc   iMr 
James  Guthrie  did  his,  at  which,  as  a  great  impertinency, 
jnany  were  otiended.     Col.  Strachan  otFered   to   lay  down 
his  charge,   being  iniwilling   more   to   be   commanded   by 
D.  Lcfly.     Some  more  inclined   to    do   fo  j    but    all    were 
cjuicied  by  this  expedient. 

INIr  Patrick  Gillefpie,  by  his  diligence  wiili  fome  bre- 
thren of  the  well,  had  procurctl  a  meeting,  at  Kilmarnock, 
of  fome  chief  gentlemen  and  miaifters  of  the  iheriti'doms 
of  Ayr,  Clydei'dale,  Renfrew,  and  Galloway,  where  he 
pcrhnided    them,     for    the    prefent    necellity,     to    raife    a  \ 

ftrength  of  horfc  and  dragoons,   as  they  had    defigned    in  \ 

their  allbciation,  but  far  above  the  proportion  of   any  by-  ' 

gone  levy.     This  concluilon  obtahied,  he   perfuaded  next  | 

to  I 


;/   ,r  .■-'■■  n. 


I(,    :      *         .  )i'-M.i    ..     li 


Let.  192 •  '^o  ^'^r  WiUlam  Spang.  3c;t 

to  put  all  under  the  command  of  four  Colonels,  the  like- 
licft  men  to  aifl  fpccdily  againll  the  encniy,  Ker,  Strachan, 
Jlobin  llalket,  and  Sir  llobcrt  Adair.  Tlicy  made  their 
account  to  make  up  the  old  broken  regiments  of  thefc  four 
to  the  number  of  4000,  befide  voUinteei's.  AVith  this  vo- 
luntary offer,  IMr  Pat.  Gillefpie,  oir  George  Maxwell,  and 
Glaiiderfxon,  roile  10  Stirling.  However  many  did  fmcli, 
and  fear  the  deiign  of  a  diviiion,  yet  the  offer  was  {o  fair, 
and  promifes  of  prcfent  acting  io  great,  that  calily,  even 
bvthe  Chancellor  and  j\Ir  Robert  Douglas's  procurement, 
they  obtained  an  act  of  ffatc  for  all  their  dcHrcs.  By  this 
they  ftoppc:d  all  mens  moutlis,  and  forced  them  of  Ren- 
frew and  Carrick  to  Join  with  lliem.  The  commiuee  of 
Renfrew  feeing  the  vaft  cxpences  of  the  enterpriie,  (for 
the  firft  rigging  out  wo\ild  ap.Knint  to  c;oo,ooo  pound's, 
[L.  41,666  :  13  :  4],  and  the  daily  cb.ai-gc  to  40GO  or 
cooo  lib.  upon  the  ii)i)-es  forefaid),  were  gcnei'ally  avcrfc 
from  the  motion.  IMy  Lord  CalTils  kept  off  Carrick;  Gal- 
loway alfo  did  difrelilh  tlie  matter;  but  the  conuniltee  of 
Clydcfdale,  confifting  of  a  iew  mean  j)erfoni;,  who  were 
totally  led  by  I^»Ir  Patrick  and  Sir  John  Cheefly,  being  \  e- 
ry  forward  ;  the  committee  of  Kyle  and  Cunningham 
being  perfuaded  by  I\Ieff.  J.  Nevo,  Gabriel  P.laxwell,  and 
a  few  more  minifrers,  the  act  of  iiate  fupervening,  qualhed. 
all  farther  oppofition.  i\]l  of  us  in  our  pulpits,  myfjif  a;; 
much  as  others,  did  promovc  tlie  woik.  In  a  very  Ihort 
time  3500  horfe  are  got  together,  v/ith  hopes,  by  volun- 
teers, to  make  them  above  !;ooo.  AVe  were  ail  in  expec- 
tation of  ready  and  happy  acting,  by  infalls  on  the  enemy's 
quarters.  Rut  behold  how  all  our  hopes  were  foon  moil 
mifcrably  blahed  !  Col.  Strachan's  feruples  were  not  only 
about  David  Lclly's  command  ;  for  in  this  his  friends  had. 
procured  him  anople  enough  fatisfaction,  getting  affurance, 
from  the  committee  of  ftate,  that  David  Leily  Jhould  glad- 
ly permit  the  forces  of  the  weft  to  act  apart,  and  never 
trouble  them  with  any  of  his  ordcis  ;  but  Strachan's  fcru- 
ples  went  much  higher.  Since  the  amendment  of  his 
once  vei-y  lewd  lile,  iie  inclined  much  in  vipinion  towards 
the  fe*6tarics  ;  and  having  joined  with  Cromwell  at  Prcftoa 
againft  the  cjigagers,  had  continual  with  them  to  the 
King's  tleath.  At  that  time,  by  Mr  Rlair,  and  our  co:n- 
miflloneis  at  London,  he  was  fomewhat  altered  ;  yet  not 
fo  far  as  to  join  with  us  in  covenant,  till,  by  t!ie  great  la- 
bours of  Mr  j.i.  Guthrie  and  JMr  P.  (iillefpic,  his  doul)i5 


were 


I    ;i  -.,•' 


3  5-2      '  7"!?  J\Ir  JVilUam  Sj.ang.  Let.  Kjz. 

vere  Co  far  fatislled  or  rniotlicrcd,  tlv.Jt  he  was  brought  to 
content  the  comn:!iiHon  of  the  chvirch  for  that  and  divers 
'Other  fcand.ils  againll  him  :  yet  it  fcenij  tliat  importunity 
lias  made  him  pioFids  hu'^^c  as  much  compliance  with  us 
as  his  he:ut  did  yichl  to.  ilis  eminent  fervice,  lirfl  againft 
Pltifcardie,  and  tb.en  .i^vainft  Ja.  Graham,  got  him  the 
churoh's  extraordinary  ta\'our,  to  be  helped  with  ioo,oco 
merles  out  of  their  piirfes,  for  the  moiniting  him  a  regi- 
ment ;  tiie  gre.itefr  odcring  which  cvei"  our  churchmen 
made  at  one  tiaic-  'Jhis  did  not  a  little  lift  his  fpij-it,  and 
get  him  the  fa\-  bcft  regiment  in  the  army.  V»'ith  the 
weflern  recruit,  it  became  Itronger  than  any  two  regiments 
in  the  kingd;;m.  At  this  time  many  of  his  old  doubts  re- 
vive u'pon  hini ;  whieji,  bv  llie  kiiavery  oi:  his  C.^iptain- 
Lieuren.nn,  cJov.in,  und  rreipient  meliages  ot  his  late 
friend;,  Crouiweli,  rmd  thefe  about  hin;i,  became  i'o  higii, 
that  ihougji  c:vtr,i.(jrf'in.try  piins  were  taken  upon  him;.- 
yet  lie  would  r»  eeive  no  f.ai.-ii.icdon,  fo  iar  as  to  act  any 
thing  againd  th'-  -jnemy,  except  tb.cre  might  be  a  treaty. 
And  ii  appeared  tiierein,  that  Cromwell  was  not  willing 
to  retire,  upon  our  aiiurance  not  lo  moleit  England  on  the 
King's  quanel,  who.n  lie  proleffed  to  be  io  f.w  lallen  t]-on"i 
all  Ids  light  to  Eu<;land,  that,  fur  his  wrongs  to  Scotland, 
lie  ought  at  le.iii  lo  be  banilhed  the  land,  or  ntade  a  pcr- 
pet\ial  priluner. 

Strachan's   axiom    and    debates  jiut  tlie  whole  army  and 

commiteee  ot   ti\e  weft  in  fuch  coni'ufion   and    difcour:;ge- 

mcnt,   that  all   acting   againll   the    enemy   was    impcjihble. 

;•  But  the  matter  flood  not  at  this  point.      In  otu"  debates,   at 

the  time  ol  tlie  en-agement,   our  ptdiliek  proledions  \verc, 

[,  of  our  cieariuis  to  light  againll:    the   i^iglidi  feclaries,   for 

s    .      '       vindication  of  the  covenant,    and  the  Iving's  juft  riglits,   on 

I  the  parliament's  grant  to  us  of  fome  few  cielires.     MelV.  J. 

5  Guthrie  :\ni.\  Jo.  L:\ingiton  their  whifp-.:rings  a  liitle  in  the 

\  .  ear  to  the  contrary,  were  not  tiie:i  ;ii;dib!e.     It  was  ftj-ange 

^  to  me  thereafter,    wb.en  I  lieard  Warifton  and  Mr  Guthrie 

fpeak  it  out,  that  it  would  t  liie  a  long  debate  to  clear  from 

the  covenant,  the'lav.d'ulnefs  of  an    oifenfive   war   againll 

f  Cromwell  and  his  party  ;  vet   in  a  lliort  time   it    appeared, 

I  that  the  (.piarrcl   ot    the  Iviii",  (u- covenant,   or  any  cpiarrel 

I  tending  to  war  wiih  tlie  Kuglnli,     I'Ccame    to   diveiv;    more 

qucftlonable  than  it  woiu  to  be.      Whether   a  fear   of  the 

!  troubles  ot  w<n-,   or  a  iLlpair  of  con(|uering   th.-    JCing  to 

I  the  pnbliLi:,  or  tiieir  o\v;i  pcrlbn:d  intercfts,  cr  a  deiire  to 

j  .  1  keep 


jrl"M-(  -y, 


;,    ,1.  •    .     '       ■    /,.    r,  •»■,■!■.,'.'     ^l'<'      /Mol/ 


,14.      ,.■■).!   li  ).i      I'Jl 


.•i!(i        '. 


c      '  ' 


.7.  ;-..l^ 


M'.     ,1     ■■■■      /■ 


\  .Let.  192.            .  For  Mr  JViiliarn  Spang.                      '1^3 

I  keep  the  Povcrnmcnt,  not  only  in   the   form,    but   In    the 

I  hands    it"  was    in,    or   truly  judgement  of  mind,    dvcw 

\  men    to    thofc    changes    of    former   profcfled    principles. 

[  I  cannot  fay;  only  a  rrcat  deal  of  zeal  was  begun  to  be 

I  nraaifed  ai^ainll  all  who  did  fmell  in  any  excefs  ot   lavour 

I  towards  the  King.     What  ftrift  aas  of  kirk  and  ftate  were 

\  made  againil  malignancy  ?     What  numbers  wcfe   cait  ov.t 
of  their  charges  in  the  churcli,  ftate,  and  army  :      \/hat 

\  bars  were  put  to  their  re-admitiing  >    You  know  too  muck 

!  pleading  was  for  the  jullice  of  beheading  the  Ivn^g,  whai- 

i  ever  fault  Avas  in  the  a^ors.     Mr  Guthrie   and  Mr  Gihe- 

i  fnk's  debates  were   paflionate   againft   the   proclaiming^  ot 

^  the  King,  till  his   qiralificarions  lor  government   had   urlt 

1  :bcen  tried  and  allowed.     You  may  remember  the   labour 

!  was  taken  to  hindei'  the  uddrefles  to  the  king;,  and  how 

!  like  it  was  to  have  prevailed,  had   not   the  rcalon,  autho- 

I  rity,  and  diligence   of    Argylc,    overfwayed  it ;  ,^nd,^  for 
Jill  that  could  be  faid,  the  .voting  ot  MeO.  Guthrie,  Giac- 

1  {pie,    Hutchefbn,    and    Durham,    that    no    coimnidionrr 

I  ihould  be  fent  till  a  change   iu  the   Kmg   iliould   appear; 

-'  .ind  when  it  was  carried  to  fend  comnuiliouors,  i  wiilnot 

!  forget  the  great   ftudy   of  fome  to  make  their  inftruclious 

1  fo  rii.id,  that  few  had  any  hope  the  ICing   would   ever  a  - 

!  A;nt  w  them  ;  and  when,  above  hope,  the  kmg  had  yield- 

i  ed  to  all  the  commiffioners  had   recp.iired,  the  mduirry  ot 

f  theie  lame  men   to   get   new  inftruaions    i)ofted    away  to 

I  Holland,  which,  had  they  come  thither  bctore  the  ..mg  s 

I  imbarking,  were  expeded  by  all   Ihould  have   ruuaed   tnc 

\  treaty.     Yet  when,  bv  the  extraordinary  favour  ot   God, 

i  the   King  was  brought  into  Scotland,   to  do  what   either 

I  kirk  or  itate  had  rec^uired  ;  and,  upon  this  agreeance^  the 

I  iioife  of   Cromwell's   march  towards  us  was  grown  louc, 

I  .Sir  John  Checfly,  Hopeton,  and  Swinton,    kept   ott,    by 

I  their  debates  in  parliament,  the  railing  ot  our  army  lo 
lonJT,  that  we  were   near  furprifed  ;    and   wnen  our  army 

\  wa^cTot  together  at  Leith,  the  fuiie  men  helped,   oy  Uicir 

!  conthuial  crol^-debatcs,  to  keep  all  in  contuliou.       iheir 

I  ftran'^e  affronting   of   the  King   at  Lclth  ;    the  putting  ot 

i  liim  t^o  a  new  declaration  ;    and,    when    he    uuck    but    at 

!  j\)me    hard    expreilions,     concerning    the    perlons   ot    his 

I  father  and  mother;  chuir  procuring  irom  the  kir^  and. 
flue  that  terrible  act  of  difdaimlng  his  uuercit  of  uic  131.1 
of  Auguft;  thatfu.ne   night,    whliout   the    ku.i  s  know- 

!  ied^c,  primed  it,  and  fear  it  to  Crom\v..l  wich  a  trumpa. 

S  .                 P.                    rr                                                                    \'      ,r                                                                                                /ill 


Vol'.  IL         '  V  y  ^'^ 


>■;<;■''!  -J..  (::!/, 


^A[yit}j.  r}t'j    ■ul;    VM-i 


'"( 


':'■■^^l    ■.■t''i 

I  ■  .'     ,.■•■'  I 
f.    111.'.. 


354  Tor  Mr  William  Sp<.vig.  'Let.  192. 

AH  thcfe  th'nf^s  bred  jcalourics  in  tlic  obfcrvcrs,  v.liat  the 
intentions  of  ibmc  men  might  be  ;  yet  all  was  diflcmblcd, 
till  after  the  defeat  at  Dunbar  thefe  intentions  broke  out 
in  their  anions.  80  foon  as  they  iaw  it  jirobablc  that  thcv 
•  were  to  liaye  a  forte  to  be  ruled  by  themfelves  alone,  i't 
became  their  work  to  have  tliat  army  fo  great,  and  the  o- 
thcr  nt  Stirling  fo  fmall,   as  they  Averc  able. 

Then,  in  thefe  meetings  with    l\Ir    Gillcfpie,  where  Sir 

;.     John  Checfly  and  fome  three  or   four  burgelTes   did   meet 

oft  and  long,  propohiions  of  a   flrangc  and    high   nature 

■      were  in  hand,  as   Ilobert   Lockhart,  Vvjio   fomelimes   was 

prefent,  did  Ihow   to   Argyle  and  others,     'ilie  liril  vent 

1.  of  their  motions  was   at   the  provincial  fvnod  in  Glafgow, 

wliere  Mr  Patrick,  Mr  Hnr.chefon,  Ker,' Strachan  and  c-- 

I  thers,  with  much  night-waking,  brought  forth  that  ftrange 

vemonllrance  of  the  iynod,  where  Mr  ratricic;,  obtarning^'a 

.    committee    to   conildcr   the   fnis  procuring    the   wrath  "of 

God  on  the  kuid,  did  put  fuch  men  on  it  as  he  liked  bed:, 

aiid  by  them  the  framing  of  the   draught   was   put  upon 

.      himdvlf,  who  quickly  begat  that  preiiy  piece  Avhich  I   fent 

^  you.^    Jt  doubtleis  had  been  the  iubjcet  of  more  difcourle, 

^  had  it  not  been   drowned   in    the  fubicquent  more  abfurd 

\  one  on  the  fame  head  in  the  name  of  the  army  ;  for  at  the 

;  veryfirft,   it    fell   on   the  lace  of   the  general  afi'embly  and 

'  ,  .         parliament,  and  condemns  both  for  their  hrit  treating'  with 

I  the  King,  and  for  the  renewing  of  it  in  a  fccond  acfdrefs  ; 

\  but  moft  for   clofmg  of  it   vrithout   exjdcncc  of  his   re;d 

I  change.      Then    tlipfe    molf    bitter   invectives    againft   the 

I  jfiate,   for   which   I\Ir  Patrick  ]iad  uf-d    ib   high"  lanouar- 

I  -with  you  aiid  Islv  Douglas,  in  face  of  the  commiflio'n,  at 

j  lengil-i   -re   all  brought   in,   v.'iili   large   additions   to   anv 

j  thing  was  then  heard.     1  havt- oft  of  \ne  regretted  to  fe'^ 

I  the  judicatories  of  the  church  of  the  church  fo  calllv  led 

I  to  whatever  fome  few  of  our  b<jfy  men  dehgned,  but  ne- 

j  •  _      vcr  more  xhwn  \:\  ilie  paniculai-   in    hand.     1   ani   fure  tlic 

j-  moit  of  that  wiit  was  without  tlie  knfAvledge  of  the  moft, 

\  and  aga.inft  the  fenfe  of  many,   of  the  brethren.      Yet   all 

I  Avas   voted,    iinuine   coiitradiaute,  except   honefi;   Ivb-  W. 

[  Piuffel,  MrR.  Pvamfay,  and  Mr  Jo.  Pell,  fpoke   a   little  to 

I  fome  words,  but   on    the  matter  let  all  go.      Peajing  what 

j  ^vas    in^hand,   I  could  fpeak  but  little.  ^  The  niuht^bcloro 

I  •  1   expecMicd   nothing   more  fhould  have  been  preiied  but   ;i 

j  keepino  out  engageis  from  the  arn)y.      1    loved    not  to  a]i- 

pear  h\  tontradiCdon  to  fon:c  vioieat  men;  yet  my  l-e.nt 

...    b'.inff 


•',1     '■•>■}:■•.[    "il't'l     i! 


.     \:- 


■    i  .  :  .  '•  I  '■  ■  i      '  ■ 


•..•.I  'vlt  v;;o. 


■  .       t 


Let.  19?.."  For  .nir  JVUUmn  Spang.  ■  355. 

bcinp-  againft  their  conclufion,  I  was,  after   much   follclt- 
ing  and'praycr,  broiip,ht  to   a   necellity  of  contradiaing, 
r;ud  had  tliou^ht  on  ionic  i-cafons  tor   that   point   to   have 
been  mainh'  proponed  for   my  dificnt  ;    akhoiigh  I  doubt 
not  but  niy'impationcc  and  canker  had  broken  out,  if  I  had 
heard,  wliicb  I  had  never  dreamed  of,  their  invectives   a- 
gainll  the  trcatier, ;   but  the  Lord,  in  a  very  fenlible  way  to 
mc,  carried   it   fo,   that   neitlier    the    lynod   was    troubled 
x:\t\\  nic,  nor  tlie  peace  of  my  mind  by  them.     I  once  in- 
cHned  to  abfent  nr.felf,  and  had  indeed  gone  out,  but  be- 
hoved to  return,  not  daring   to   take  that  courfe  ;  but  be- 
hold, whxn  I  v/as   ready  to  go   to  the   fynod  at  that   diet 
when  the   remonftrance  came  in,  my  Lord  Cairds  fent  his 
man  to  call  me  to  fpeak  with  him    at   his  lodging.     \Vhilc 
we  arc  a  little  lerious  about  fundry  of  the    publick  allairs, 
I  found  that  more  time    had    gone    than    either  of  us   had 
obfervcd,  and  telling  liim  that  my  abiencc  from  the  fynod 
might    be    miftakcn,     i     took    my    leave,    and    with    all 
halie  I  got  up  to  the  church  •,  where  I  found,  at  my  entry, 
that  all  the  debates  on  that   paper  were   clofed,  and  afrer 
thrice  reading,  it  was  going  to  the  vote.     I   adored  divine 
providence,  who  triily  beiide    my   purpofe,  but  much^  to 
my  content,  had  given  me  a  fair  occafion   to   fiiy^nothlng 
of  a  writ,  whereof  I  never  heard   a  line  read.     This,  lor 
die  time,  and  fince,  v/as  a  fatisfaclory  ground  for  my  fdcnce, 
to  mv  ov.-u  mind,  in  that  remonhrance  wfiiel;  brought  to  the 
I  confcnters,  let  be  the  contrivers,  but  fmail  credit  ;   the  com- 

\  mifiion  of  the  church  having  fo  far  dlfivowcd  it,  as  for 

I  no  retpieft  thev  could   be   induced   to   countenance   it   to- 

!  wards  the   conimitiee  of  eftates  ;  but  Mr  Patrick  belioved 

i  to  prefent  it   hiir.f.lf,  without  the   company  of  any  from 

I  ■  that  meeting,  which  would  have  made   a   noife,  had  not 

I     •        the  fecond  reuionhi-ancc  fdled  the  cars  of  the  whole  king- 
I  dom  v/ith  a  louder  found. 

I  ISIi- 11.  llamfay  and  others   had   preHed  that   for   renio- 

i  ving  of  jcaloulies   from  many  who   were   then   fpcakmg_^ 

I  their  doubts  of  fomc  mens  intentions,   that  the  ofiicers  of 

i  the  army  Ihould  ptu  forth  a  declaration  of  their   dcfigns.^ 

I  To   mc  'the  motion   favoured    not.     Since   the   raifmg   of 

1    '         ihcfe  forces   were  allowed   by  the   fiates,  all   declarations 
I  from  particular  officers  feemed    needlels  :    yet   on   the  iy- 

I  nod's  motion  to  Colonel  Kcr,  a   declaration  by  him   and 

\  Ills  fellows  was  proniifed,  and  prcfer.tly  gone  about  by  x^Ir 

I  ■  Patrick  and  the  chief  alVociates  then  prefent.     Ihu,  as  Mr.- 

i\it--ick  told  us,  it  was   laid  aUde  by  tlic  advice  lent  them 
,     Y  y  2  ^X 


',  t;.-. 


35^  Icor  Mr  WllUam  Spa.ng.'  Let.  192. 

by  Wai'lfton  from  Stirling,  and  Mr  James  Guthrie,  be- 
twixt whom  and  them  the  ports  tlien  and  thereafter  ran 
very  thick  night  and  day,  not  fo  miicii  on  that  ground,  he 
told  us,  that  they  thought  it  illegal  for  fuch  private  per- 
fons  to  make  publickmanifeAocs,  as  for  that,  as  I  fufpcil^ 
which  lie  told  us  not. 

About  this  time  the  King's  liead  was  fdlcd  by  fome  \\x\- 
happy  Ujcn  about  him,  elpccially  Dr  Fraier  and  Henry 
fieymour,  wiih  many  extreme  fears.  After  the  aiTront  at 
Leiili,  tiiey  had  raifed  fufpicions  in  his  mind,  which,  up- 
on thi'  defeat  at  Dunbar  were  increafcd,  b\it  by  the  fepa- 
rate  riilng  in  the:  wcW  b.rcught  near  10  the  licad  of  a  dc- 
fign  to  break  the  treaty  with  him,  and  agree  upon  liis  cx- 
pences  with  Cronnvell.  Upon  thefe  motions  the  malig- 
nanis  in  the  north  fi:ept  in,  and  by  the  forenamed  perfons 
began  a  correfpondence  tor  the  raifing  of  the  north  for 
his  prefent  fervice,  under  the  conducf  of  Middleton.  80 
many  noblemen  were  on  this  unhappy  enterprife.  Craw- 
ford was  given  out  for  its  head  and  contriver,  albeit  he 
prolelled  to  me  his  o[iporition  to  it.  Lauderdale  knew  of 
it  J  but  he  has  faid  i"o  f.ir  to  me,  that  I  believe  liim  he  op- 
pofed  It  to  his  power.  However,  the  thing  v/as  lo  foolilh- 
ly  laid,  and  the  King,  by  the  counfels  of  thefe  about  him^ 
Vv'as  fo  various  in  giving  order  for  that  rifing,  fometimes 
commantlijig  and  then  coiuitermanding  to  rife,  that  all 
the  party  was  put  in  a  confuiion  ;  yet,  by  the  informa- 
tion of  thefe  forefaid  fools,  the  King  being  put  in  fear, 
that  lyorn,  going  timely  to  biu-y  a  loklier,  -was  drawing  to- 
gether his  regiment  to  lay  hands  on  him,  contrary  to 
his  former  refolutions  ;  he  took  horfe  v.'ith  fome  tv;o  or 
three,  as  if  it  had  been  to  go  a  hawking,  but  croiled  Tay, 
't\)\d  ilayed  not  till  he  came  to  Clowe  in  Angus.  By  the 
■way  he  lepented  of  the  journey,  and  meeting  with  Lau- 
derdale a':  Diddup,  and  Balcarras  coming  from  Dundee 
by  accident,  was  almoif  periu.ided  by  them  to  return  ;  yet 
by  Diddup  and  ijiu'han  he  vv^as  kept  in  Clowe.  ]3ut  when 
he  came  to  that  miferably-accommodated  houfe,  and  in 
pktce  of  the  great  promifed  forces,  he  faw  nothing  but  a 
fn^.all  company  oF  highlanders,  he  prefently  fent  for  Ro- 
bert Montgomej-y,  v/lio  v.as  near  v.'irh  his  regiment,  and 
without  more  ado,  did  willingly  return,  exceedingly  con- 
founded and  dejected  for  that  ill-advif^d  llart.  When  it 
was  liril  blazed  abroad,  it  filled  all  good  men  with  great 
gricfj  and  to  my  own,  heart  it  bi-ought  one  of  the  moft 

fenfiblc 


I         Let.  192..  For  Mr  J'/iH'uim  Spaing.  ■  ,         357 

i  fenfible  forrows  that  in  :\\\  my  lllc  I  had  felt.  Yet  his 
I  quick  return  of  his  own  accord,  and  hi?  rcadinefs  to  give 
f  all   r.itisfacuon  for  that  failure,   and    his    kind  receiving  by 

f  the  committee  of  flates,  among  whom   he   ever  iat   after 

'c  his  return,  (though  never  before),  turned  our  grief  fud~ 

;;  denly  into"  joy,  his  abfence  ncu  lafting  above  two  full  days. 

i  Yet  all  men  were  not  fo  Toon  fatlsfied. 

I  Sundry  Oi    theni  who  had  been    on   the   plot,  fearing   a 

I  difcovery  and  piuiiihment,  Hew  to  arms;  Lewis  Gordon, 

I  Ogilvie,   Athol,  and  others,  imdcr  r>iiddleton's  command, 

I  putting   out   a    number  oi:   fair   preiexts    io"   tl\cir   rifing. 

I  This  might  have   dcllroyed  all  -,  yet,  by  God's   mercy,  all 

I  was  quickly  quieted.     D.  Lethe,  with  all  his  horfe,  march- 

I  ed  towards  tliem  ;  the   King  wrote    carneflly  to  them    to 

f  lay  down.     The  committee  of  ellatcs  fent  a  fair  aft  of  in- 

[  demnity,  and  fo  without  more  ado  they  -went  home.     iVlr 

\  Jams  Guthrie  had  well  near  marred  this  peace ;  he  moved 

J  Middlcton's   fummar  excommvmication.     ISlr  W.  Douglas, 

1  and  moil:  number  prefent,  were  againil  it ;  yet  Mr  jar.:c;> 

\  and  Mr  Patrick,  by  two  or  three  votes  of  elders,  obtained 

i  it.     And  though  the  committee  of  eftates,  by  an  earnefv 

letter,  intreated  ]\Ir  James  to  delay  a  httle  the  execution, 
yet  on  the  next  fabbath  he  executed  the  fentence,  to  the 
regret  of  many. 

When  the  northern  florm  was  ended,  the  weftern  winds 
began  to  blow  the  louder,  I  told  their  declaration  was 
kept  in  by  advice  from  Stirling,  as  mafiy  thought,  to 
make  vantage  of  the  new  failings  at  court  ;  for  tlielc  v/cre 
looked  on  with  a  greedy  eye,  and  exaggerated  to  the 
height  of  truth.  AVhen,  with  a  great  deal  of  expcnces 
and  trouble,  our  forces  in  tlie  weft  were  levied,  and  pre- 
fent aftion  againfl:  Cronnvell  promifed  and  expected,  tlicir 
very  firlT:  march  is  to  Dumfries,  the  farilvc-rt  place  they 
were  able  to  chufe  from  the  enemy's  quarters.  The  pre- 
tence was  to  attend  the  niotion  of  the  cjicmv  cominu; 
from  Carl i fie  •,  but  when  the  party  which  went  from  E- 
dinburgh  to  hght  them,  neither  in  the  going  nor  coming, 
was  looked  upon,  nor  any  good  at  all  done  by  that  lonff 
itiarch,  but  the  ha/arding  the  comitry,  and  the  fpoiling 
of  a  number  of  noblemen  and  gcntleinen  of  their  faddle- 
liorfe,  antl  lying  Itiil  at  Glafgow,  while  Cronivv-ell  took  up 
Glafgow.  This  made  it  viUble  they  had  iome  other  thi'i;>; 
in  harid  than  to  mind  th.e  enemy.  By  tlieir  earncJt  mif-« 
fwcs  they  had  biought  AYaviuon  from  Siirliog  to  Dum- 
fries. 


35^  ^or  Mr  JViUiam  Spang.  Let.  192. 

fries.  There,  after  fomc  debate,  the  draught  of  the  re- 
monfirancc  is  brought  to  fomc  perfci^liou,  you  fee.  It 
fccnis  one  main  end  of  both  remonftrances  was  to  fiuisfy 
Strachan,  and  for  that  end  they  came  up  well  near  to  his 
full  length  about  the  King  and  the  ftatc,  the  malignants 
and  England.  For  in  this  lall  paper  they  are  clear  in  con- 
dcnming  the  treaty  as  linful,  and  notwithftanding  of  it  to 
fufpcnd  ihc  King's  government  till  he  fJiould  give  fatisfac- 
tory  evidence  of  his  real  change,  whereof  they  were  to  be 
judges,  who  were  never  like  to  be  fatisned,  although  they 
were  never  like  to  be  troubled  with  the  judging  of  thefe 
ilgns  ;  for  the  King  v/ho  h.id  ftarted  away  upon  the  fufpi- 
cion  of  ihcfe  things,  upon  the  fight  of  them  in  an  army- 
remonllrancc,  was  not  like  to  /lay;  fo  on  this  efcape  the 
government  of  the  kingdom,  and  the  diftribution  of  the 
royal  rent  in  new  penlions,  all  the  former  being  void,  fell 
in  our  own  liand  j  and  ii  the  King  Ihould  have  ventured 
to  flay,  then  an  cfle6tual  courfe  was  moved  to  be  taken 
with  him  to  keep  him  from  joining  with  malignants, 
which  could  not  be  but  by  a  Ifrong  guard  or  imprifon- 
nient ;  albeit  tliis  was  nctdlcjs,  if  the  courfe  againll;  ma- 
lignants had  been  taken  to  ])ut  tliem  out  of  all  capacity  to 
hurt  the  people  and  caiife  of  God  ;  for  this  could  not  be 
but  by  executing,  forfaulting,  and  imprifoning  of  the 
cliief  of  them,  as  we  thought  lit. 

As  for  our  prefent  Itate,  fo  many  and  grofs  faults  were 
preilcd  againll  Argylc,  the  Chancellor,  Lothian,  Balcar- 
vas,  and  others,  thai:  in  ail  reafon  they  behoved  to  be 
laid  afide,  and  our  ftare  modelled  of  nev/  ;  fo  that  no 
active  noblePiian  fiiould  have  any  hand  therein;  and  as 
for  England,  they  might  vc[i  fecure  of  our  armies,  not 
only  till  church  and  ftate  fliould  agree  on  the  lawfulnefs 
and  expediency  of  that  war  was  found,  but  alfo  a  clear 
call  from  England  ihould  appear  ;  and  if  we  could  not 
mar  tlic  one,  and  Cromwell  the  other,  vet  v/e  behoved 
to  move  nothing  of  bringing  this  King  to  England,  whom 
ive  had  found  unmeet-  to  govern  Scotland,  and  though 
thereafter  he  lliould  change  never  fo  much  to  the  better, 
yet  it  was  injuilice  for  us  to  meddle  with  a  kingdom  not 
fubordinate  to  us.  Tluis  far  the  remonftrance  went  on, 
and  clofcd  with  a  folcnui  engagement  on  all  their  hearts, 
if  God  blcfied  their  armies,  to  fee  all  thefe  tilings  per- 
formed. I  have  oft  marvelkd  tliat  Strachan  remained 
difl'aiiblied  ior  all  this ;  for  1  verily  think,  whatever  he  o.u 
.       .  -  Cromwell 


'H'.'",  ni 


5d    yi    b  .  'i  ■■'  '■^> 


'r:(\h 


;        j^^t.  jg2.  for  Mr'  JViUUwi  Spang.  3Sf> 

\         Cromwell  couia   have   defired   in   Scotland,  would   cafily       , 
I         have  followed  npon  the  termer  premiircs.    _ 
"  Whil'^  thefc  ihhiag  arc  a-doing  at  Dumfries,  Cromwell, 

I         ^-ith  tl.;  whole  body  of   his    army   and   cannon     comes 
I         p    ccably  by  the  way  of  Kilfyth  to  Glafgow.      The  mao,- 
Eates  and  mlnifters  lied  all  away.     I   got    to   the   .fle   of 
[         Cumray,  -with  mv  Lady  Montgomery,  but  left  all  my  fa- 
^  ly  and  goods  to  Cromwell's  courtely    wh.eh  indeed  was 
•m-eat;  fo?  he  took  fuch  a   courlc   with   h.s  foldicrs    that 
They  did  lefs  dlfplcafnrc  at  Glalgow  than   ir   they  had  o.cu 
at  London,  though  Mr  Zachary  Boyd  radcd  on   them  ad 
I          Z  their  ve;'v  face  in  tlie  High  Church.         took   this  ex- 
i  traordinarv'favour,  from  their   coming  alone  to  gam   the 

people,  and  to  pleafe  Strachan,  with  whoin   he   xvas   then 
\  keepin"  correfpondenee,  and  by  whom  he  liad  great  hopes 

I  to  dra^?  over  the  weftern  army,  at  lead  to  a  cellatmn  w.th 

i  him  ;  as    indeed  he  brought  them  by  his  means  to  be  alto- 

Pether  ttfeleis  •,  though,  on  a  report   of   their   march   to- 
wards Edinburgh,  he  left  the  welt  m  a  great  luddcnty  and 
I  dcmi-diforder. 

'  So  foon  as  the  remonPa-ance  was  perreclcd,  and  all  pt.- 

\  fent  at  Dumfries  profeiled  their   afient  to  it,  except  Stra- 

1  Chan,  conceiving   it   to   be   too  low  for  his  meridian,  Mr 

5  Pnrick  and  Mr  John  Stirling,  with   lome    ot    the   gentte^ 

1  men,  went  along  with  it  to  Stirling,  and  AVariiion  m  their 

I  company.     The  commiiTion  of  the  kirk  reiulcd  to  meduie 

\  with  it  i  onlv  Mr  Robert  Doi^.glas  wrote  to  the  prelbyterics 

1  to  fend  to  the  next  meeting   at   Stirling,    with    their  com- 

\  millioners  of  the  church,  fome  more  ot  their  numoer,  ot 

\  Fveateft  experience   and  wifdom,  to  adviie   in   matters   ot 

^  groat  importance.   The  committee  of  eRates,  by  Av^iriUon  s 

!  means,  at  their  iiril  preientin^,  put   no    ailront   upon    it  ; 

-  but   what   was    a  verv   dangerous   error,    gave  too   good 

I  words  to  the  carriers  i  and,  to  alhue  them  to  adion  agamlt 

\  theenemv,  increafed  their   force.,  by  joining   with  them 

I  the  dra-oons  of  Niddlfdale   :md    the    Lennox  •,   and  over- 

!  feein-  alfo  the  feathers  which  they  had  drav/n    out    ot    i.ic 

I  Stirimp's  wing,  the  putting  them  in  hopes  to  get  the  Sur- 

i  line's  nell,  which  made  them  march  quickly  welt   to   i  ar- 

i  tick,   in   order  to  Stirling,  thinking   that   Le1ly   an<l  Mid- 

!  dleion  Ihould   have   been  in  otliers  ilelh  in  the  norlli  :   l,ut 

I  to  tbeir  open  dilcontent,  the  northern   Itorm  bung    com- 

f  poled,  and  D.  Lelly  rcturaed  to  Stirling,  they  tunied  their 

I  heads  another  way.  • 


3"^  ^or  Mr  in //him  Spang.  Let.  192. 

When,  after  my  reiurn  to  GLifgow,  I  faw  their  remon- 
ftrance,  and  Cromwell's  Iciier  tliereupon,  on  the  occafion 
of  Strachan's  queiics,   rei]uiring   a   treaty,    which    at  that 
fame  time  lie  ient  his  prifoners,  JNli'  Jallray   and   Mr  Car- 
flairs,  to  agent,  I  was  fore  grieved,  but   knew  not  how  to 
Jielp  it ;  only  I  fent  the  copies  of  all,  with  cxprcfs  hearers 
to  A-rgyle  and  you  at  Invcrary,  and  to   the   Chancellor  at 
Pertli,   and  Mr  James    Fci-gufon   at  Kilwinning,  with  my 
bcft  advice  to  you   all,  and    refolved   myfelf  to    keep  the 
aioit  meeting  of  the  commifuon  on  the  call  of  their  letter 
.to  declare  my  diiient,  if  1  could  do  no  more.     But  behold 
,  the  next  prelhytery -day,  when   I   am   abfent,   Mr  Patrick 
cau{c:s  read  again  the  commifllon's   letter,    and   had   led  it 
fo,  that  by  the  ciders  votes,  the  men  of  greateft  experience 
and  wiidom    of  our    prclhytery  were  the  tv/o  younged  we 
had,  Mr  Hugh  Dinning  and  Mr  Andrew  Morton.  ^Then 
when  it  was  prcfled  that  I  might  be  but  added  to  them,  it 
was,  by  a  vote,   refufed,    upon  fuppolltion  it  was  necdlefs, 
being  clear  I  would  doubtlefs  go  howfoever.    Thefe  delpite- 
ful  votes  wrought  fo  on  my  mind  when  I  heard  of  tliem,  that 
I  refolved  not   to   go,   for   all   that  could  be  faid  to  me  by 
many  of  the  brethren  ;  yet  the   clerk   of   the  commiffion^ 
at  the  moderator's  direc^tion,    writing   a   prelllng    letter   to 
me    from    Stirling,    1    went    along   to   Perth  ;    where,  bv 
God's  good  providence,  I  have  ftaid  fince  for  many  good 
pur  poles. 

At  the  meeting  of  Stirling,  there  was  a  conference  ap- 
pointed of  the  chief  m.embers  of  the  committee  of  eftates, 
and  commiflloners  of  the  church,  on  the  remonftrance  ; 
wherein  there  were  many  high  words  about  it  betwixt  Wa- 
cifton  and  IMr  R.  Douglas,'  Mr  1\.  Ramfay  and  Mr  P. 
Gillefpie,  Mr  Jan^.es  Wood  and  Mr  James  'Guthrie,  and 
others.  No  appearance  there  was  of  any  ilfue.  The  time 
of  parliament  at  Perth  drawing  near,  the  Kin'^^,  by  his  let- 
ter, invited  the  meeting  of  church  and  ilate  to  Perth.  The 
dehre  of  many  Avas  but  to  have  fome  agreement  before,  if 
no  other  w.iy  were  pollible,  as  none  appeared,  that  the 
remonllrance  might  be  ia.id  afide,  and  much  of  the  matter 
of  it  be  prefled  in  an  orderly  way  by  the  commiiilon  of 
the  kirk,  and  the  forces  of  tJve  weft  be  joined  witli  thefe 
at  Stirling;  lincc,  for  fo  long  a  time,  th.ey  had  acted  no- 
thing apart,  and  never  like  to  act  any  thing  for  any  pur- 
pofe  alone.  The  remonlbants  were  averfe  from  tiiele  mo- 
tions}  fo  all  was  laid  alide  till  they  came  to  Perth:  at 
2  which 


I  Let.  igl.  For  Mr  IVilJlom  Spang.  361 

I 

I  which   time  a  new  conference  was    appointed,    and    four 

*  whole  days  Icept  in  Ar;>yle's  chamber.     I  tlicn,  and  there- 

*  after,  w^as  witnefs  to  all,  and  little  more  than  a  witneis  ; 
I  for  not  being  a  commiHioncr,  1  tliought  meet  to  be  iilent. 
^  For  the  one  fide,   I^.Ir  Patrick  and  Wariilon  fpoke  mofi;  j 

*  for  the  other,  Argyle,  the  Chimcellor,  the  Advoc.ite, 
I  and  .T\lr  Douglas  :  but  P.Ir  AVotkI  fpoke  moft,  and  to  heft 
i  pui-pofe.  l^.ir  lUitherfoitl  and  Mr  Durham  faid  fomc  little 
?  for  fundry  points  of  the  remonftrance.  I\Ir  Jam.es  Gtith- 
I  rie,  moft  ingcniioufly  and  ircLly,  vented  his  mind  ;  for  tlic 
I  principal  point,  (as  he  avowed  he  had  olt  before  maintain- 
i  cd),  *'  Thar  the  cloi'j  of  our  ri-c:itv  was  a  fin,  to  promil'c 
j  *'  any  power  to  the  King  beiore  he  had  evidenced  the 
I  *'  ch.mge  of  his  principles  ;  and  tlie  continuing  that  power 
j  *'  in  his  hand  was  finful  till  that  change  did  appear;" 
i  though  it  was  "\ifihle,  that  every  day  the  kingdom  lan- 
f  guilhed  untler  tiiefc  debates,  which  impeded  all  action. 
i  There  was  no  remedy'.  ]]y  no  perfu:ulon  the  rcnion- 
\  ftrancc  could  be  t;:I:en  up  ;  yea,  the  gentknien  g;ive  in  a 
I  petition  to  the  eilatcs  at  Perth,  in  the  prefcnce  of  tiie  King, 
;  lU'ging  the  aufwer  thereof ;  fi'om  which  petition  they 
I  wotdd  not  pafs  :  yea,  when  they  were  nioit  e.nncitly  dealt 
[  With  to  conjoin  their  forces,  all  that  could  be  obtained, 
I  both   by   publick    and    divers    private   entreaties  of  their 

bcft  friends,  Argyle  and  others,  there  was  a  v/illing- 
nefs  to  join  on  two  conditions  :  The  firil  was,  an  exprcls. 
laying  afide  of  the  JCing's  quarrel  in  the  ftate  of  v:\c  que- 
ftion  ;  the  other,  to  keep  none  in  tlxe  army  oi"  Staamg 
!  but  according  to  tlie    qualifications    in    the    act   or   parli:i- 

iiient.  Vs'hen  in  tiiefe  two  all  of  the  gentlenien  and  o;H- 
cers  were  found  peremptorv,  tlie  conference  on  Friday, 
the  fciurth  day  of  it,  was  broken  o\Y  as  fruitlcfs  •,  though., 
for  their  faiisfaction,  the  parliament  had  been  Ihifted  iroai 
the  Wednefday  to  the  Friday,  and  from  the  Friday  to  the 
Tuefday  again,  for  ;dl  the  illue  of  blood,  and  ftarving,  that 
was  every  d  ly  vilibk  over  the  kingdom.  Before  the  meeting, 
the  rem.onfcrants  had  a  folemn  meeting  at  Glafgow,  by  Tvir 
I'atrick's  call,  where,  the  fubfcribing  of  the  renionilrance 
was  much  preffed  on  tlie  great  connnittee  of  gentlemen  and 
ofHcers,  by  the  minifters,  who  fiit  apart  in  the  tolbooih, 
and  called  tliemfclves  the  preibytery  of  the  wcfcern  army. 
That  fubfcription  was  generally  declined,  and  by  no  j^er- 
fuafion  any  more  cotdd  be  obtained,  nor  a  warrant,  fub- 
Icrihed  bv  Croibie,  the  prcfident  of  the  committice,  to 
Vol.  11,  Z.  z  ib:uv: 


^6i  '       For  Mr  JVilliam  Span^.  Let.  192.  ■ 

fomc  few  commiruonci-j;,  to  prcftnt   the   rcmonftrance  to  ^ 

the  fi:;ue.     Mr  Robert  llamfay,   fore  againft  my  mind,  of-  I 

fercd,  in  his  own  and  my  name,  once  and  again,  to  come  i 

nnd  debate,  in  their  prelence,  with  the  brethren,  theinju-  J 

'  ftice  of  that  rcmoudr.uice.     This  oiler  was   tokl    them   in  ! 

the  committee.      All  the  anfwer   it   got  was,  that  no  man  ■ 

was  excluded  to  come   and    propone   what   tliey   pleafed.  i 

Upon  fnch  entertainment  we  let  them  alone.     Here  it  was  i 

where  .Straclian,   bclore  having  laid  down  his  charpc,  was  < 

commanded  to  go  no  more  to  the  regiment;    but  lie   told  j 

them  expref^>ly,  he   could   not   obey.     Some    would   have  \ 

been  at  laying  him  fail,  I'or  fear  of  his  going  to  the  ene- 
niy ;  but  Icif  that  Iver  and  nrany  more  ihould  thereby 
have  been  provoked,  tliey  let  him  alone.  Govan,  for  his 
known  correfpondencc  with  the  enemy,  was  cafliiered, 
and  their  fcoiit-mailer  Dund.ifs  alio.     Sundry  of  the  oiit-  i 

cers  were  fufpeftcd  to  be  of  Strachan's  principles,  albeit 
the  moft  went  not  beyond  the  remonilrance.  | 

When  the  conference  was  broken  ofi"",  the  committee  of  \ 

flate  went  about  their  anl\ver  to  (he  petitioners,  and  there 
began  debate.  The  moll  found  the  matter  high  treafon  ; 
the  diverting  the  King  of  his  authority  ;  the  breaking  of 
the  treaty  anproven  by  kirk  and  ilate  ;  the  flandering  high- 
ly of  the  judicatories  ;  and  engaging  of  private  men  to 
change  the  government.  The  deepnefs  of  theie  crimes 
troubled  the  jtidgcs  ;  liie  refpe6t  the  mod  of  them  had  to 
the  perfons  guilty,  moving  tliem  to  go  far  lower  than  the 
writ's  dcferving,  and  all  of  them  being  rclblvcd  to  make 
110  more  of  it  than  was  in  the  committee's  power  to  par- 
don •,  they  went  therefore  no  higher  in  the  cenfure  than 
you  have  in  the  icnlcnce  ;  Irom  which  yet  near  fifteen 
diiiented  for  one  or  oiher  woid,  tlunigh  ;iH  jM-ofeiled  their 
clifaliowancc  of  the  writ,  'riiis  diifeut  was  in  the  Kinp's 
prelence.  It  he  had  been  abiliu,  as  fome  would  have 
pcrluadcd  hiiii,  the  diffentirtg  miglit  have  been  greater; 
for  Vv'ariflon  was  very  long  and  paiiionate  in  his  exhorta- 
tion to  wave  it  funply,  which  had  been  very  unhandibme, 
fmcc  ilie  parties  pjvemptorily  refuled  to  take  it  tip.  At 
the  ientencc,  tiie  gentlemen  llormed,  but  the  minillers 
UHich  more.  It  came  next  to  lIic  conmtiiHon  of  the 
church.  The  hates  had  given  in  tlieir  fenle  to  them,  and 
required  the  knk's  judgement.  Here  came  the  vehement 
Oppofition.  The  remonltrants  petitioned  to  have  the  jne- 
feat  conhderation  thereof  laid  ahde,   left  the  parties  Ihould 

be 


>J 


\  .Let.  192.  For  Mr  IViWunn  Spnn^.  '       -^(S^ 

I  be  clircouv:io;ec]  to  acL  againfl;  tlic  enemy.     Mr  Rutliei-ford 

J  prtifccl  this  \vii]i  much  more  pal3ion   than  rcafon,  and  Mr 

\  Gtitliric  alfo.     IJere  it  M-as  where  I  ipoke  but   fo  much  as 

I  tiechired   my  fenie    againil   the   thing.     Much  dealing  was 

I  ilill   to    take    it    up.      MelV.  Cant,  Blair,  llutherforcl,   and 

J  Durham',   were  Tent   to    perfuade    them  ;    but   Pdr  Patrick 

f  was  peremptory  to  Ihew  their  wiHingncfs  to  cpiit  their  Hfc 

\  rather  than  tlieir  teftimony.     00  when  thei'e  was  no  reme- 

I  dy,  at  hifl,  by  Mr  Douglas   and   I\Ir  James  AVood's  indu- 

I  ftry  moft,  it  came  to    that   mild    fentence   which   you    fee 

I  here  fubfcribed.     With  it  tlie  parties  were  highly  oiTended, 

I  and  entered  their  loud  proteflation.    I\Ir  Blair  came  in  the 

i.  hinder  end.      He  and  you,  by    your   letters,  had    tlgnified 

I  your   judgement    niucli    averie    from    the    remonftrance ; 

I  which  in  a  fcolding  way  was   cried    out  by  Mr  John  Nevo 

I  in  Mr  Blair's  face  :    to  wliich  he  replied  nothing.    Mr  David 

t  Bennct  aiul  Mr  Hugh  Peebles  exprefled  themfelves    bitter- 

l  ly,   and  were  anlwered   accordinsdy  l)y  others.      Our   Pro- 

i  voll,   George,   fpoke  in  his  protellation  of  fomeihing   hkc 

?  fealinp;  the  remonftrance   v/itli   his    blood.      All    of   them 

>  went  out  of  town  higlily  difeontent  ;  though  as  little  occa- 

I  fion  was  given  thcrxi  as  poHlbly  could  be,  euher  by  church, 

t  or  ftate,   or  any  perfon.      I  thotight  the  feparation  exceed- 

1  ing  unhappy,  bodi  to  our  wefc  coimtry  and  to   the  whole 

I  kingdom,  but  remedilei's,   God  gi\'ii.g  over  tlie   chief  mif- 

t  leaders,  who  had  oppreiiLd,   to  my  griei',  many  others,   to 

[  follow  tlieir  own  lenie  in  that  v/hich  the  reft  of  tts  thought: 

[  a  high  and  dangerotis  fin. 

I  Mr  ]-'atrick    and    INlr  James  Gutjirie,  v.dicrc-cvcr  they 

came,  uttered  their  pafiion.      I    lieard   one   v.ho  had  mar- 
I  vied  Mr  P;itriek's  fifter's  daugliter,    report  to  Mr  Douglas, 

[  that    I\lr   Hugh   Binning,  with   Mr   I'atrick,   in  Kirkaldy, 

\  had   fpoke   like  a  difiracled  man,  faying  to  I^dr  Douglas's 

[  own  wife,  and  the  yotuig  man  hiiufelf,  and  his  niother-iu- 

I  law,   Mr  Patrick's  ihter,    "  That    the   conur.illion  of   t'le 

?  "  kirk  wotild  annroNe  nothii^^T  that  v/as  rirht  ;   that  a  liv- 

f  "   pocrite  ouglit  not  to  reign  over   us  •,    th.vt   we   otiglit  to 

I  *'  treat  witli  Croiriwell,  and  give  him  fjctuity  not  to  trou- 

"  ble  EngJ.iud  with  a  King  ^  and  v/hoever  n.::rr>\l  this 
"  treaty,  the  blood  of  the  dain  in  this  quarrel  lliould  be 
"  on  liicir  he.icis  !''  .Strange  woi'ds,  if  true.  uil\/.'.ys  be- 
hold the  feaiiul  confe([iicnie  of  that  pride  of  Itor^iacli. 
The  ftaie  knt  Col.  llobert  r.Iontgomery  weft,  to  j  jin  the 
bell  part  of  die  horfe  tluy  liad  with  the  wcftern  forces,  v' 

Z  z  2  ra-.y 


3<54; 


For  ]\Ir  in  III  am  Spang. 


L 


et.  192. 


any  part  of  them  that  wouUl  join  with  him.  For  this  end, 
he  fpokc  with  the  conimifiioncrs  of  the  weft,  at  Slirlintj, 
vho  had  been  at  ]\ith;  but  tb.ey  ilicwcd  great  avcrfcneJs 
at  any  fucji  junction,  lie  wrote  alio  to  Ker  for  this  ei- 
fecSt,  and  jiiarchcd  towards  Gl.if-Tow.  On  the  Sunday  at 
night  lie  came  to  Camprjc  •■,  but  on  the  Saturday,  Ker, 
with  all  liis  forces,  iyin;.'^  at  Cainuinocl:,  refoives  to  pre- 
vent Col,  Uoberi's  aj^pi-oach,  ar.d  by  themfelvcs  to  make 
an  infall  on  the  Englilli  befoi-e  day. 

Oiu-  intelligence  was,  that  tiic  Engiifli  at  JTamihon  were 
but  1200;  but  Lambcit  lay  tliere,  with  abo\c  ^000  of 
their  befl  horfe.  They  tailed  otus  above  1500  j  but  fomc 
double  the  number  :  for  of  all  their  forces,  tliere  was  not 
above  lour  or  i^ixc  of  Strachaji's  troops  a^^ay.  Some  fpeak 
of  treachery  ;  tor  C/Ovau,  loi-  all  his  calhicring,  was  re- 
admitted by  Ker  on  f.iir  promiles.  Sirachan  was  not  far 
off.  It  is  certain  when,  at  lour  u'clock  in  the  morning, 
December  i.  our  men  came  to  fet  on,  tb.e  enemy  ^vcre 
ready  to  recei\e  them,  having  founded  to  horfe  half  an 
hour  before,  as  it  were  for  a  march  to  Clafgow.  All 
fpea.k  oi  a  great  r.iilmels,  as  in  an  anger,  or  what  elfe,  to 
call;  away  ihtfu  forces.  Ijietit.-Col.  Hallton,  with  a  fmall 
party  of  horfe,  entered  Hamihon,  and  moft  gallantly  car-, 
ried  all  before  him,  killed  fundry  ;  fomc  fpoke  of  hun- 
dreds, other  are  v.ithin  fcores  5  however,  he  cleared  the 
town  of  the  enemy.  Col.  ]vcr,  with  fewer  than  200,  fe- 
conded  hjini  well;  but  at  the  end  of  tlie  tov/n,  where  the 
body  of  the  Ki.'glilii  drew  up  ag.iin  in  the  field  at  the  back 
of  a  ditel),  wliLU  Ker  law  it  not  eaiy  to  pafs,  he  retired  a 
little,  which  tliey  behind  took  for  a  iliglif,  and  all  turned 
their  backs;  yea,  tlie  whole  reft  iled  apart;  liot  one  would 
Aa^'.  The  Kngliiii  purfued  as  far  as  i'ailley  and  Kilmar- 
nock tliat  day;  yet  very  few  were  killed.  Some  I'lV, 
fcuice  tv.eniy  ;  ncu  above  eiglity  pri ("oners,  wliei-eof  Col. 
Ker  made  one  ;  as  ibmc  kiy,  c'cadly,  as  others,  iligbtly 
Avounded.  iVigylc  iaid  to  iric,  lie  might  r.ave  cfrap',-d  ii 
he  would,  'ihe  next  day,  200  or  300,  v.b.o  rallied  in 
Kyle,  by  Straehan's  periuafion  diihanded  ;  and  himr^ll, 
as  fearing  to  be  taken  by  us,  wcjjt  in  to  Cronuvell,  willi 
Swinton,  whole.  iJrft  work  was,  to  agcr;t  tiie  rendering 
tlic  cafile  of  Kdir.bnrgh,  v;ltli  their  dear  comrade  yoin^.g 
Dtuidafs,  v.lio  molt  balely,  and,  as  yet  it  is  taken, 
treacheroidly,  gave  over  that  moll  con-fitlerable  ifrength 
of  our  kingdom.    i3ut  of  this  more  ccrtainlv  afterward-s. 

The 


'  I 


Let.  192.  For  Air  IVlUinm  Spavg.  565 

The  mifcarriage  of  affairs  in  the  weft  by  a  few  \inha|ipy 
men,  put  us  all  luukr  the  foot  of  the  enemy.  They  prc- 
fenily  ran  over  all  the  country,  without  any  ftop,  deilrov- 
jng  cattle  and  corn,  putting  Clafgovvr  and  all  others  xuidcr 
grievous  contributions.  This  makes  mc  yet  to  ftick  at 
Perth,  not  daring  to  go  where  the  enemy  is  mailer,  as 
\  now  he   is  of  all  Scotland    beyond  Forth,    [i.  e,  befouth 

;■  Fortli],   not  fo  luucli  by  his  own  virtue  as  our  vices.    The 

I  lofs  of  the  weft,  the  magazine  of  our  beft  forces,  put  the 

I  ftate  prefently  to  new  thoughts.     We  had   long  many  de- 

i  bates  about  employing  malignanrs   in   our   armies.     Somi: 

f  were  of  opinion  that  the  acts  of  church  and  ft;Ue  were  un- 

>  juft,  and  for   particular   ends,   from  the  beginning.     A!^ 

i  agreed,    that   common  foldiers,  after  fatisfaction    to    the 

i  church,  might  be  taken  in  ;  but  as  for   ofllcers,  noblemen. 

8  and  p'entlemen  volunteers,  that  we  were  not  to  take   them. 

■  in  at  all,  at  leaft  not  without  an  enunent  degree  of  evi- 
[  dent  repentance.  The  moft'  thought  they  might  be  em- 
I  ^  ployed  as  foldiers,  on  their  admittance  by  the  cluircli  to 
I  the   f;icrament   and   covenant.     As  for   places  of  counfei 

■  and  truft",  that  this  was  to  be  left  to  the  hate's  difcretion. 
However,  when  the  cafe  was  clearly  altered,  and  now 
thei-e  was  no  choice  of  men,  the  parliament  wrote  to  Mr 
Robert  Douglas  to  call  the  commifllon  extraordinary.  A 
quorum  was  got,  luoft  of  thefe  of  Fife.  The  qucftion 
was  ]n-oponed,  of  the  lawfulnefs  of  employing  fuch  wJio 
before  v/ere  excluded.  The  queftion  was  alledged  to  bs 
altered  from  that  which  Mr  Gillefpie  writes  of,  and  th.u 
whereto  Mr  Guthrie  had  folemnly  engaged,  a  defence  of 
otir  lives  and  country,  in  extreme  ncceftiiy,  againft  fecrt- 
rians  and  ftrangers,  who  had  twice  been  victors.  i\[y 
lieart  was  in  great  perplexity  for  this  qucftion.  I  w^ii 
much  in  prayer  to  God,  and  in  fome  aftion  with  men,  for 
a  Concord  in  it.  The  parliament  was  necefiitated  to  em- 
ploy more  tb.an  before,  or  give  over  their  defence,  Mr 
Samuel  riutherloi'd  and  LIr  James  Guthrie  wrote  per- 
emptory letters  to  the  old  way,  on  all  hazards.      Mr  Dou- 

.•  j^lai's  and  Mr  1).  Ulck  had  of  a  long  time  been  in  my 
icnfe,  that  in  the  war  againft  invading  ftrangers,  our 
'former  llrictnefs  had  been  iniadvlfed  and  unjuil.  JSlr 
Blair  and  INIr  Durham  were  a  little  ambiguous,  which  I 
much  feared  ihould  have  divided  the  commiiiion  ;  and 
likely  had  done  fo,  if  v/ith  the  lofs  of  the  weft,  the  ab- 
fence  of  all  the  brethren  of  the  v.'cll  had  not  concui  ivd. 

However, 


3^<5 ,  For  I\Tr  Jl  iH'uim  Spnilg.  Let.  loj. 

However,  we  carried  iinanimoufly  at  laft  the  anfwer  here- 
with  fent   to   you.      My  joy    for   tliis    was  foon  tempered  t 
when  I  law  ilie  confequeiice,   the    lotlihip^  of  luudry  good            \ 
people  to  fee  nmr.bers  of  grievous  bloodihedders  ready  lo            .( 
come  in,  and  fo  many   malignant   noblemen   as   were   not 
like   to   lay  down  arms  till  they  were  jmt  into  fome  places  \ 
of  trull,   and   reftorcd    to    their  vote   in    parlia.ment.     A-            \ 
gainll  this  neceHity  for  our  vei'y  being,   and  h(.ipe  that  the            \ 
guides  of  our   Itate  would,    by    tlair  wifdom  and  virtue,  I 
and    adherence  o't   the    chuixh    and    f^ood   men,   net   kept 
what  they  had  of  authority,  the  Chancellor  oft  remember- 
ing us,  that  in  this  there  was  a  great  aherarion  of  i!ic  cafe, 
that  the  King  being  iio\\'  in  covenant,  the  nu)ll:  whofe  ma- 
lignancy flood   in    their  following  the  King  againff  the  co- 
venant,   were    no    more    to    be    coinited   ntalignants,    the  j 
fountain  of  that   evil   being    flopped   in    tliem,   tb.ere    v.-as  \ 
juft  ground  why  that  blot  and  name  of  diflinetion  in  that  \ 
rcfpecl  ihould  be  now  aboliihed.      Another  ineon\  eniencc  \ 
was  like  to  trouble  us,  a  {c<cd  of  Hyper-Brounifm,  wKlch  ■; 
had  been  fecretly  fou-n  in  the  minds  of  fundry  of  tl;e  fol-  ' 
dicrs,  that  it  was   unlawful  to  join  in  arms  with  fuch  and 
fuch  men,  and  fo  that   they   were  necelhtaicd   to   make   a 
civil  feparaiion  from  fuch,   for  fear  of  lin,  and  curling  of             ' 
tlieir  cnterprifes.     The  nrain  fomcnters  of  thcfe   doubts 
feemed  not  at  all  to  be  led  by  confcience,   but  by  intereft ; 
for  the  officers  of  our  {handing  aiiny,  finee  the  defeat   at 
Dunbar,  being  lent  to  recruit  the  regiments  in  the    north- 
ern Ihires,  little  increafed  that   number,  but   taking   laige 
money  for  men,  and   yet  exafted  quarters  for  men  which 
were  not  ;  this  vexed    the   country,   and   thfappointed   the 
fervice.     The  officers,  by  the  new  levies,   thought   it   ealy 
to"  be   recruited  at  their  pleafure  •,   but  an  acl  p;iiiing,   that 
the  new  levies   fliould  not   recruit  the  old  regiments,   they 
iforn^ed,   and  gladly  would   have   biafted  the  new  v/ay   for 
their  own  ends.      Under  tliefe  evils  we  wrefrle  as   yet,   but 
hope   tor  a   good   end   of    thefe   divifions   aifo.      lu    the 
mean  time  Cromwell  is  daily  expected    to   march    tov.ards 
i5tirling   to    mar   the  coronation,   which,  fore    againlt    my 
heart,  was  delayed  toilie  lirft  of  Janii.iry,   o\\  prclence  (jf 
keeping  a  fall  lor  the  fms  of  the  King's  fariiily  on  Tliuri- 
tlay  next.     We   moiu-ned   on   M(nid;'.y  bill   for   the   con- 
tempt of  the   gofpel,  accortiing    to    Mr  ]3icl:lbn's  motion, 
branched  out  by  fvlr  Wood.     Alio  you  f^e    in    the  printed 
papers,  upon  other  particuhu;;  the  ccniiniffion  :u  Stiilinp,, 

wlvlth 


V,::  I  !  \  i:'U.   ..a"''' 


}.(;,!  ;-i>o->  v.-i  !:  . 


;i"    :.o.  '|■ 


'li       ,-   .CM'!..-''-;    ■'••:'■' 


I,  ( ' 


,    ,,    .r,rr|    . 


Let.  192-  Tor  Mr  William  Spang.  .  367 

which  appointed  thcfc   fafts,  rnukl   not  agree.     Tlie   rc- 
jnonftrauts    preflLcl    to    have    luiKh-y    iins     acknowledged 
which  others  denied,   and  would  not    now  permit  them  to 
fct  dov/n   as   they   would  wliat    cauies  oF  faft  they   liked. 
Surely  we  hail  nevermore  need  or  mourning,  be  the  cauies, 
what  God  knows,  villule  or  invlllble,   conleiled  or  denied, 
feen  or  unfeen,  by  all  but  the  moll  guilty.     It   cannot  be 
denied  but  our  mlfe'.ie!;  and   dangers  or  ruin   arc   greater 
than  {"or  prany  ages  have  been  ;   a   potent  viclorious  enemy 
mafter  of   our   Teas,   and    for    lbn:>e  good  liaie  of  the   bell 
part  of  our  land -,  our  JianJing  forces    ag.'.inlt  this  his  ini- 
minent    invallon,    few,  weak,    inconfiderable  \    our    kirk, 
{late,  army,    full  of  diviiious  and    i  jalouiies  ;  the  body  of 
our  people  befourh  Forth  fpodjd,  and  near  ftarving  ;  the 
be-north    Forth    extremely   lll-uled   by    a    handful  of  our 
own  \   many   inclining    to    treat  and  agree  v/ith  Croniwell, 
without  care   either  of  King   or   covenant  ;   none  of   oui* 
ncighbours  called  upon  by  us,   or  willing   to   give   us  any 
help,  though  called'      What  the   end  of  all   Ihall   be,  th2 
Lord  knows.      Llany  are    re.uly    to    faint  with  difconragc- 
ment  and  defpair  ;   yet  divers  are  vx-aiiing  on  the  Lord,  ex- 
pedting  he  will  helji  us  in  our  great   extremity  againft   our 
moil  unjufi:  opjn-eiibrs. 

I  hope  you  received  my  lafi:  inclofed  in  Callender's  pack- 
et. You  have  here  a  large  narraticMi  of  many  ot  our 
proceedings.  When  I  began  to  write  it,  my  intention 
was  for  rjr  D.  D'.ck  ;  Init  a  little  afier  i  h.id  begun,  lind- 
ing  this  bearer  going  towartl.;  you,  I  enlarged  r.-.y  letter. 
For  your  hade  and  want  of  good  infirumenLs  lor  the 
time,  makes  the  writ,  I  fear,  illegible  ;  but  guels  at  it  a; 
you  may.  You  have  widi  it  the  copy  ot  a  letter  of  mine 
to  our  friends  in  Fngkind,  whieli  for  a  time  keep  iecret 
to\'Ourfelf  alone.  1  lend  you  alio  a  copy  ot  divers  other 
Avrits,  wliicli  1  think  you  may  defn-e  to  lee. 

This  day  we  have  done  that  what  1  earneftly  defired, 
and  long  cxpeifted,  crovv'ned  our  noble  Iving  with  all  the 
folemnities  at  Scone,  io  peaceably  and  nragniiicently  as  i^ 
no  enemy  had  been  an.iong  us.  '^i'his  is  Oi  God  :  ior  i: 
was  Cromwell's  purpoi'e,  whieh  I  thought  ealily  he  might 
have  performed,  to  ha\e  marred  by  arms  that  iiJilon,  at 
Icall  the  Iblemnity  of  it.  'j'fie  remonitrants,  with  all 
their  power,  wuidd  ha\c  oppofed  it  :  othc-rs  prolonged  in 
io  long  as  they  were  able.  Always,  l/lelTed  be  God,  it  is 
Utis  day  celebrated  with  j^rcat  joy   and  coutcntnuait   to   all 

honck- 


5^  ^or  Mr  JVlUlam  Spang.  Let.  192. 

honeft-hcai'tcd  men  here.  Mr  Douglas,  from  2  Kinas  x{. 
Joafli's  coronation,  had  a  very  pertinent,  wife,  and  pood 
fcrmon.  The  King  (wxyc  the  covenant,  the  league  and 
covenant,  the  coronation-oath.  YvHieu  Argyle  put  on 
/the  crown,  Mr  Douglas  prayed  well ;  when  ilie  Chancel- 
lor fct  him  on  the  throne,  he  exhorted  \\'c\\\  when  all 
were  .ended,  he,  Avith  great  carneltncfs  preiTed  iuicc- 
rity  and  conllancy  in  the  covenant  on  tlie  Kinp-, 
delating  at  length  King  James's  breach  of  the  cove- 
•nant,  purfued  yet  againft  the  family,  from  Neh.  v.  13. 
God's  calling  the  King  out  of  his  lap,  and  the  34th  of 
Jeremiah,  many  phigues  on  him  if  he  did  not  fineercly 
kcep  the  oaths  nov/  taken.  He  doled  all  with  a  prayer, 
and  the  2Cth  piahn. 

Dundas  and  Major  Abernethy  linve  moft  bafely  deli- 
vered the  caltlc  ol  Edinburgh  to  Cromwell.  All  the  mi- 
nillers  faw  the  treacheiy,  and  protefled  againft  it.  \Va- 
liflon,  Sir  John  Cheelly,  and  the  Provoft  of  Edinburgh, 
who  put  them  in  that  truft,  contrary  to  the  minds  of  o- 
thers,  have  little  credit  by  it. 

Now  the  parliament  having,  by  the  ncedlefs  length  of 
fomc,  fat  fo  long,  ended  their  fefiion  on  Monday  after 
twelve  at  night.  None  of  the  remonitrants  are  on  the 
committee  of  eflates.  AVarifton,  with  great  difficulty, 
was  got  on.  All  dilligence  will  now  be  idcd  to  get  up  an 
army.  Tlie  J^ord  be  Avith  us.  Oiu-  grcatcft  danger  will 
be  Irom  fcuriine.  Now  get  victuals  to  ilarving  Ireland. 
It  were  an  h.ipny  benefit  if  your  Hollanders  would  bring 
lis  in  victual  lor.  money.  The  Spaniard,  nor  any  othei-, 
could  never,  by  their  perfualion  nor  force,  hinder  them 
to 'trade  where-ever  they  fmd  gain.  Is  not  this  a  itrange 
Ilavery  now,  our  love  to  the  Englilh  murderers,  that  they 
for  their  ple.ifure  fhould  give  over  all  trade  with  us  their 
bretliren  and  well-deferving  friends  .?  Though  we  lliould 
never  be  able  to  revenge  their  ingratitude,  yet  there  is  a 
God  wlio  will  lee  to  it.  Our  cafe  will  be  exceeding  hard 
if,  beiore  the  lummer,  your  Zealanders,  on  pietv  and 
pity,  be  not  moved  to  bring  us  victuals  for  all  the  money 
tvc  have  refting  ;  though  it  may  be  the  Lord  may  be  plea- 
fed  to  open  fome  other  door  which  yet  is  not  vihble  to 
us. 

Perth,  January  2.  1651. 

p.  S.  I  think  to-morrow  wc  fliall  give  order  to  cxcom- 
7,  municatc 


Let.  192.  For  Mr  JVilliam  «^/<?;.'^.  -o^o 

I  munlcntc  Strachnn,  and  i-elax  MiJclIcton  the  next  flihbath. 
I  By  the  corning  oi-    ionie,   .ill  cnc:,;i;'ing  olncers    and    p.()l)Ii:- 

I  men  were  all  purged  out  of  o;n- arm}- ;  but  now  i  tliink 
«  all  of  thcn-i,  v.-ithont  any  ronlklerable  exception,  are  rc- 
\         ccived.       On    this    neccHary    conclulion,    Tome    turlmlent 

imen  are   lircc  to  be  f.iclious ;   but   to-morrow  a  warninfr   is 
to  be  put  out  for  tlieir   recl.iiinipr-;    if   pofiihic.      iiy    Clod's 
biefTing,   our   all'iirs   lliortly  m.iy    be    in    a    better   iiofture. 
I  Our  j-reat   ii-Gu!;'ei-s,   bith    in    church    -.'.Md   ftatc,   )\a\-e  fet 

^  themielvcs  alide.      11-    Ood  ;j,iv'j  v.z  over   to    Cromwell,   we 

)  expecL  little  oc)od  fro  n  ihcfc  mm  but   a   violent  execiitin''' 

«  oi:  all  in  tlieii-  i-euiouili-.tnce  ;   but    otherwife    1    liiiidcihcy 

\         'may  be  brcu^b.t  t^uichly  to  repe:if    their    ncediefs    (piarrel- 
{  in.T.      ITo'.vevei-,  t!ie  Lord's  will    In;    cumv,-,   wlio  Juio  beoun 

I  to  comiort  us  with,  the  Inr.tH.  il  appeaianee  of  better  hopes. 

I 
J 

I  193.   For  its  Rcvcrrnd  aihl  D:\ir  Br^.thrr,    J\Ir  Ci/.nny,  mi- 

I  nijltu-  at  Loudjn.      (>:j/Jio:v,   July  1-.  1653. 

J  I\c\Tvci-id  and.  Dear  I'rotluM-, 

\  This  my  third   to   you  is  only  to  r;i\e   tlinnV.s   for  vonr 

\  kind  acceptance,   and   anfu'Crinj^  indeed,   of  mv   two    for- 

s  mer.     P.Ir    WilLie,    (uir    couuuinioner,     lias    imported    fo 

I  nuich  of  your  care  to  u£,   to  pi-omove  to  the  utun-moft  ot 

*  your  powei-  ih^i  ehariialde  fupjjly  of  oui-  ihlh-'.ried  jxople. 
I  that  all  of  us  are  much  ob'ij^.d  to  bkis  Ood  in  your  be- 
;  jraif,  who  has  j;iade  you  i'-.Ui  un.ental  to  procu.re  a  libc- 
i  ral  fuppoit,  both  in  your  (Avn  coni^re;_;:ition,  and  over  all 
I  the  city,  to  the  many  families  of  this  v/racked  people 
^.  with  that  flrangell  ine  that  e\er  was  heard  of  in  our  land. 

*  I  am  confident  enough  or  your  readincfs  to  go  on  for  the 
\  perfei^ling  or  what  is  lo  well  'ocs'^iui,  even  to  give  vour  befc 
\  advice  and   af;litance   to    this   fame   gentleman,  whoni    v>e 

*  have  fent  again,  with  fomc  others,  to  receive,  in  the  city 
1  and  cotuitry,  v/hat  ihall  be  freely  oflercd  by  the  pious  be- 
j  iicvolence  ol    tliole  whole  hearts  God  {hall  ftir  up,   by  you 

■  and  your  brcihivn,  to   contribute    to   that  work   of  com- 

pafllon  and  cliariiy.  / 

At  this  time  I  liave  no  more  to  add,  V.wt  this  one  v/oid, 
to  let  you  know,  That  on  the  20th  of  July  laft,  when 
our  general  ailembly  was  let  in  the  ordinary  time  and 
place,  Licutenant-Co'onel  Coiti-ell  belet  the  church  v.itii 
ibmo  r.utes  ol  muhpieteers  and  a  tjoop  of  horfe.  llim- 
VoL.  11.  3   A  lelf 


.,  f ,-,.,', 


'■  J', 


37° 


For  Mr  Calnmy. 


Let. 


193- 


felf  (after  our  fail:,  wherein  Mr  IJickfon  and  Mr  Dour;l,i3 
liad  two  gracious  fL-rnions)  entered  tlie  ailemblv-lioiVrc  • 
and,  immediately  aitcr  Mr  Diekibn  the  JMcuierator  Ids 
pra)er,  recjuircd  atidicnce  ;  wheridii  lie  inquired,  ]f  wc 
did  id  there  by  the  auihurity  of  the  parhamcnt  of  the 
commonweakh   of   Enrdand  ?    or    of  ihc 


comnir.nckTs   in 


chief  of  t])e  Knghfji  iorees  ?  or  of  the  Enghili  judix's  in 
Scofhtnd  ?  The  JMcdo-.itor  r(.;)hed,  'JJiat  we  v/Lie  an  cc- 
clefiaitiek  lynod,  an  fpii  iuid  court  of  j^ius  CJirift,  wJiich 
meddled  not  with  any  thing  civil  ;  tli  it  our  auilun-ity  w;is 
'  from  God,  and  cftaoliflied  by  the  laws  of  the  laiui  VLt 
jftanding  unrepealed  j  tb.at  by  the  Solemn  kej<;ne  and  Co- 
venant, the  moft  of  the  Engiilli  army  fic^^od  o'oii.'.cd  to  de- 
fend our  gener.d  ailembly.  A\'iicn  io;ne  i'lveelies  of  thi'-. 
Icind  liad  p/.fkd,  u\c  Licuien.itit-Cohuu  1  toJd  u'-,  his  ordti 
was,  to  lijli'jlvc  un.  ^^■herL■UllOn  he  co:iiman  led  ail  of  I's 
to  follow  hini  ;  cile  Jie  would  dr;'i.i  tis  out  of  the  room. 
When  we  had  entered  a  proteifation  of  this  unlieard-of 
and  tmexamplcd  vioknce,  we  did  lile,  and  follow  liim. 
He  led  us  all  throiitdi  tl.e  whole  fireas  ;•  mile  ou.t  of  the 
town,  cnconipaliing  us  wiih  foot-rcmiMnxo  of  ntuhp.ie- 
teers,  rod  horf^men  without  •,  .dl  tl:e  people  gazino  and 
mourning  as  at  the  latldeiu  ipeUciclc  tliev  jsa  1  ever  feen. 
"When  lie  liad  led  us  a  mile  withotit  the  town,  lie  then 
declared  Avhat  iurther  he  had  in  eommiihcn.  That  we 
fliould  nor  dare  to  meet  any  more  above  three  in  number  ; 
and  tJint  againft  eight  o' elce!:  to-uKM-row,  v.-e  ihould  de- 
part tlie  town,  under  ]iain  of  i)ei:ig  guikv  of  bre:ik!nif  the 
publick  peace  :  And  the  day  i'ollov^ing,  by  found  of  tium- 
pet,  we  were  coir.;nanded  oil"  the  town,  in;der  tlie  pain  of 
prefent  impiiionm.cnt.  Thus  our  genera!  aiTeir.hiv,  the 
glory  and  Itrer.gth  of  our  chuich  upon  eauh,  is  hv'  vour 
foldicry  crui'hed  and  trotie  imder  foot,  without  the  lu.ic 
provocation  fioni  us,  at  this  time,  either  in  woid  or 
deed.  For  this  otir  liearts  .;re  Jad,  otir  eyes  rtin  tlown 
■with  walei-,  we  figh  to  God  agairiil  whom  we  have  ii'.;n-d, 
and  wait  lor  the  lielp  of  hds  hand  j  but  irom  thole  Avho 
opprell^d  us  we  d.elerved  no  e\il.  \\c  hear  a  noii'i;  of 
ftuther  oideis,  to  diicliai-ge  ail  our  iyiu)ds  and  prefi)yte- 
ries,  and  all  pj-ayer  for  our  K;ng.  I\h;ny  t!ie  moft  mode- 
rate reckon  iucii  oixleis  will  make  ha\(:ck  of  our  cliurcii, 
f.nd  raiie  againit  many  the  belt  n^n  we  have,  a  fore  pt  r- 
iectuion  ;  which,  God  v.-iliing,  we  purpoie  to  endure  wiih 
all  patience  and  lalih,  givin- juil:  clilucc  to  none. 


I  Let.  193-^           ■          fcY'' Mr  CLihimy.       •                       371 

I  I   detain  you   no   ni/'rc.     Tiie  Lord  mind  his  Zion   in 

\  thcfe  lands,  and  bids  you,  Avho  for  ihc  time  lland  in  the 

I  nioll:  eminent  pinnacle  thereof.     Tiius  rcfts, 

I  Your  Brother  10  ierve  }  on, 

I  Robert  Eaillie. 


I  194.   To  Mr  IVlUlam  Spang.     July  19.  1654.  , 

» 

\  ^     Coufin,  ■       " 

.  I  I  think  you  marvel  riot  at  my  long  and  univerfal  filencc. 

I  War  bein;\  Ihiniing  betwixt  the  lands  of  our  abode,   though 

I  neither  yOu  rior  I  h;ive  anyinterell  therein,   yet  tlic  palTige 

i  being  llonpetl,  or  dillicidt,   and  all  corre(pundence  betwixt 

I  any  in  thele  and  ihir  parts  being  liable  to  milconflrti^.tion, 

I  I  cholc  rather  to  be  filent  than  iror  that   time  to  write  any. 

I  But  now  the  peace  being  fublcribed,  and  ready  to  be  pro- 

:'  claimed,   I  reltune  my  okl    way  ol"   letting   yoti    know   the 

I  ti'uc  condition  of  myfelf,   otn- college,  cluu-ch,   and  coun- 

t  try  ;   cxpcc^ting  the  like  from  you  ot  your  atF.iirs  there,  and. 

,  of  the  woidd  abroad,   at  vour  iirit  opportunity. 

I  As  for  our   church-atrairs,   thus  they  ftand.     The   par- 

i  liament   of  J^u'land  had  oivcn  to  the  Enoliili    ;udLres    and 

I  fequellrators  a  very  ample  commiOlon    to    put   out  and   in. 

I  minillers  as  they  law  caufe,  to  plant  and  difplant  otn-  imi- 

I  .verlities.      According    to    this    power,   they  put"^  Mr  Joha 

\  Row  in  Aberdeen,     I'Ai    Robert    J^eighton    in   Edinburgh,- 

\  IMr  Patrick  Gillelpie   in    (Jlafgow,  and  IVIr  .Samuel  Colviil 

I  tliey  otrered  to  the  Old  College  of  iSt  Andrew's.     This  iait 

I  is  yet  held  oil';   but  the  oilier  tliree  act  as  Principals.      All 

I  our  colleges  are  quickly  like  to  be  undone.     Our  churches 

;  are  in  great  coniuiion       No    iiltrant   gets   any   liipend    till 

i  lie  have  petitioned  and  fublcrlbed    Tome   acknowledgemenc 

•  to  the  Englilii.      When  u  very  few  of  the  remonllrants  and 

Independent  party  will  call   a    man,    lie   gets   the  kirk  aiid 

the  ilipcnd  ;   but  v,'ho:n  th  :  pi\ibyrery,   and  well   near   tlic 

whole  congregation,  c.dls  xnl  admits,   he   muii:  preach   in 

the  lields,  or  in  a  barn,   wuiiout  Itijiend.      So   a    J'ei^tary  is 

planted  in  Kilbiade,   ar.other  ia  Lenyie,  [or  Kirkir\til!ochJ, 

and  this  guvle    will    t'row   rife,    to    the    wrack   of   Jtianv  ;c 

foul. 

AVe  thought  at  the  general  alTembly  to  have  got  fome 
totu're  '(ov  tills  ;  but  Colon. 1  Lilburn,  the  command.er  i;i 
chief,  gav:j  ordjrs  to  foldiers  to  brealc  otir  .i.tll'mbly  b-^for^ 

;j  A   :>  'it 


^72  ■         To  Mr  U'^'i/liam  S/^ang.  Let.  19.;.  ' 

^  .  .  ■ .  I 

il  was  confiiiutcJ,  to  the  cxceccHn-r  great  t^rlcf  of  all,  ex-  I 

tcpt   the  )-cnu)nitr;i;ii:s,   Avho  infiiltcd  iijion  i(.  •,   the  Englilh  t 

violence  leaving  tiylKal  with    their   protcft.itioa   againit  it.  ) 

Since  that  tinie  we   have   liacl    no   meeting'   for  the  whole  I 

churcli,  not   fo   much  as  for  coiinfel,  thoiigli  the  remon-  , 

ilrants  liavo  met  olr,   aiul  aie  ]i!:e  10  let    up   a   conuniilion 
and  ail'emhly  ol  their  own  tor  very  il!  purpoles.     'i  hey  are  ] 

moil  Imter  againll  lliole  win)  adhere    to    their  covenaijt  in  ' 

the  matter  of  th.e  Kin;',  and  afiembly.  They  aie  ;;s  bent 
as  ever  to  purge  the  ehmxh.  To  ininiih  jnen  truly  tLier- 
Ving  cenliire,  \ve  are  as  willing  as  they  ;  h\it  llieir  purging 
is,  for  conin'.oii,  a  \  ery  inftu'ious  opprellion.  iSundry  ot 
then"!  fall  openly  to  ihj  linglllh  err(.)r3,  both  of  church 
and  ftaie,  and  mativ  more  ai-e  netr  l()  that  evil  ;  yet  Lord 
AVarltfon,  Mr  hni.c:)  CJmhrie,  and  o'.i^ers,  ilidprolcfs 
their  great  avei'fion  to  the  j'in;l:M\  way  :  howe\'er,  the!/ 
great  iiveifion  ot  the  ivin',,  and  ol"  the  late  alVemblits,  arid 
their  zeal  to  mahc  up  the  church  and  aiany,  and  places  of 
'  trull:,  oidy  oF  tlie  godJy  paiay,  (that  is,  their  own  confi-  ' 
cients),  m.ike  tliem  dear  and  precious  men  to  the  Jlingliih, 
tie  or  fiy  v.hat  they  will,  and.  ih.ir  oppoliies  but  ral'cally 
malionants.  This  maker,  theui  exceedin';  bold,  knowing 
of  their  back  •,  and  were  it  not  for  a  few  more  moderate 
men  among  ilum,  they,  before  thi.T,  would  have  played 
ftrange  pranks.  However,  th.ey  are  going"  cni  pretty  hdl. 
Their  wracking  of  the  congregation  of  Lenzic,  and  divi- 
ding of  the  prelb)tery  ot  (JlaJgow,  tluii-  doing  the  like  ill 
the  congregation  aiul  pi'efliytery  ol' J.inliiligow,  you  heard 
long  ago  i  alio  what  they  have  done  in  Bathgate,  and  ftm- 
dry  parts  of  the  Icutli.  I  will  only  give  fouie  account  or 
their  jail  de:d!ngs. 

From  iluir  meeting  in  I'dinburgh  they  were  inftructed 
to  have  rnontJdy  laiis  and  comnnmions.  TJ^.ey  excluded 
more  llian  ilie  hall:  01  ih^le  wlio  were  (U'dinirlly  admitted. 
Six  or  leven  nriniileis,  leaving  their  o^.•n  congregations 
delbl.ite,  were  about  the  .^viion.  ry'nmb.rs  of  ifrangers 
■ifockcd  to  thefe  rraetin.gs.  At  their  lali  ;,  four  or  hve  mi- 
niftcrs  of  their  l^elt  pi^-.icliers  in  the  bouuLis  excreiled  from 
morning  to  even.  The  gixat  d-ligti  of  I'lis  was  evidently 
but  to  increale  their  ''aity  j  w;ie;eof  vet  in  moll:  places 
they  nulled.  Alwa.ys  the  word  went,  that  t'ie\'  purpolecl 
to  put  up  conuuitiees,  iov  purgiiig  iiud.  ]danting  e\ery 
where  as  they  thought  lit.  1  was  fe)  charitable  as  not  to 
iuipetil:  thcni  of  any  fucli  purpol^,  v.'hen  the  land  was  tidl 
~  '  ^  oi" 


Let.  194.,  '  To  Mr  WiU'iam  Spang,  3^3 

of  confufion  nnd  danger;  yet  T  found  myfclf  difappoint- 
cd  ;  for  ;\t  our  fynod,  the  modLr;uor's  fcrmon  ran  on  the 
neccfllty  of  takinj^  up  the  too-lon^',  nct^Jiu^tcd  work  of  pur- 
ging. The  niun's  vehcmency  in  liiis,  and  in  his  prayer,  a 
lUMn;>,e  kind  of  ilgliing,  the  Hke  whereof  I  had  never 
•heard,  as  a  pythoniling  out  of  the  belly  of  a  fecond  per- 
fon,  made  me  an-^azed.  To  prevent  this  foolidi  and  cruel 
enrerpr).le,  wc  jireucd,  in  the  entry  of  the  fynod,  that  in 
thefe  times  of  conluiion  we  might  be  ailurcd  of  peace  till 
the  next  fynod,  as  we  had  been  in  the  th.ree  forn"icr  iV- 
nods.  \Ve  intimi'.ted  our  great  willingnefs  to  cafe  out  of 
the  miniftiy  all  whom  we  conceived  either  unfit  for  weak- 
nefs^  or  fcandalous  •,  but  a  i'ynud  fo  divided  in  judgement 
as  we  were,  wc  conceived  very  unlit  lor  any  fiicli  work. 
When  Ai'e  iound  otir  defirc  llatly  refufed,  and  perceived  a 
clear  defign  tt)  let  up  prefenily  their  tyrannous  committees, 
■  we,  as  we  had  relolved  beforehand,  and  were  advifed  by 
the  miniftry  of  Edinbiu'gh,  and  others  of  our  mind,  ix- 
quired  them,  that  our  iynod  might  be  rightly  eonflitutc  \ 
that  minificrs  cej^iured  by  the  general  ail'embly,  and  eiders 
notorioully  oppcJite  to  the  lait  three  general  alTemblies, 
migh.t  have  no  voice.  Wlien  this  was  llatly  refufed,  wc 
Ihewed  we  were  necelhtated  to  lit  by  ourfehes,  and  leave 
them  in  their  feparation  irom  the  general  alTembly  and 
church  of  Scotland.  AVhen,  by  all  we  coukl  lay,  nothing^ 
could  be  obtained,  all  of  us  v/ho  adhered  to  the  general 
alTembly,  went  to  the  IMackfriars,  and  tlicre  kept  the  fy- 
nod, leaving  our  nroteftation  with  them.  >Somc  brethren 
travelled  all  the  next  day  for  an  union,  Wc  ollercd  it 
gladly,  on  condition,  that  tb.ey  would  be  content  for  this 
time  of  the  land's  trouble  and  danger,  to  leave  all  med- 
dling with,  things  controverted,  or  eli'e  to  cojifcitutc  ae- 
coriling  to  the  act  of  the  general  affembly.  \V'hen  'neither 
coidd  be  obtained,  (as  you  may  iee  in- the  paper  of  media- 
tion), we  conllitutetl  ourlelves  in  a  fynod  by  an  ae't ;  and 
when  we  had  appointed  a  hift,  we  cloied,  to  meet  at  Ir- 
ivine  the  next  diet.  To  our  abfcnt  biethren  we  fcnt  a  let- 
ter, antl  an  intormation  of  our  proceedings  to  the  neigh- 
bouring lynods  of  Lothian,  Gallu'.va\-,  Argvie  ;  alfo  Fife, 
Perth,  an'd  the  INIerie. 

The  remonilrants  chofo  I^.Tr  William  Guthrie  for  their 
moderator,  and  one  James  i'ortei-,  a  devoted  fervant  of 
their  party,  for  clerk;  nan.ed  a  conKiiitice  of  their  iP.of'; 
forward  men  to  go  immediately  ry  I.aacrk,   to  pvugo   and 

pl-U.', 


374  ■  To  Mr  InUJam  Sjan^.  Let.  itj^. 

plant  as  they  roimd  taiifc;  fciu  two  of  their  gentlemen, 
.Sir  George  _iM.!N'v,v!!  a!KnV,ilirinjvlhaw,  with  the  help  ot" 
their  good  iVicnd  J>ons,  and  Connniirary  Lochhart.  Mr 
Soniersillc,  and  IM.-  J,;clc;  r.iul,  when  they  prevailed  nor, 
two  of  ihrir  niiiiiiieis,  Mr  Wilii.ini  .Somerville,  and  Mr 
William  ].\ck,  wcni  to  the  (lovernor  of  Glafgow,  Col. 
Coupcr,  ior  a  troop  oF  lioifc  to  guard  them  at  Lancrk 
■i\r\(\  Douglas.  .Sonie  (.;i-  them,  to  ihcir  power,  fomented 
a  v',)-y  injurious  fcandal  on  pvlr  Holiert  ilume,  wh.oin  we 
had    i!i,',de    niinilter    at    Crawfordjohn    cor.trary   to    tlieii- 


n  Old;    lluir  counuia^c  lahouied  to  their  power  lo  trv  tha: 
their  o\vji  ijr..-uiio!i  ;   hr.i  i'.idul    therein.     There  i.s  an  old 

wr. 


tlijir  o\vji  jjr..-uiiO!i  ;  hr.i  l.olnl  therein.  There  i.s  an  o: 
.ir.an,  >ir  J(di:i  Vciich,  ndniiler  of  Rohoton,  tlicy  L\ 
•  two  or  ih,rce  ndniller.s  ol"  dicii-  iiuniher  to  Ivear  him  prcacl 


On  theii 


report,  liuy  proiMiiii-,--d  a  fcineiu-.c  ol"  dcpofition 
on  him  as  iidiillleici.t.  •  ];•!!;  tin  ir  chief  wcjrh  was  at  Dou- 
glas. The  noblen-.en,  g,C)u!e:;H d,  wh.olc  iicriiors,  people, 
and  fePd^  n,  nnanin-.cuiiy  h:A  c;dhd  ]\Jr  /i  rchihald  Inglis, 
a  very  g.ood  and  ah-le  )Out;i,    to  his    fither's    y\ACC.      They 


ftirrcd  u]^  lomc  oF  ih.e  eld-j-.s,  wlio  lul)feiil)Ld  a  c.dl  to  the 
young  iv.an,  to  deiire  Ids  tri.d.s  niig.ht  l)e  heiorc  the  united 
preihyiery,  and  iu)i  b-lore  our  p.ntof  it,  from  \vh;eh  ih.e 
rcmonllrant:,  liad  K  p,!r,iu\l.  This  u^oiion  thi:y  fo  fnneiu- 
cd,   that  -diefe  few  cid,.is,   vviili  a  vjry  few    ct:'    the   peo])le, 

to  ;dl  the  con:;regation,   lo 


were  n^oved  i^v  I'u.in,   (x>nrr;i 


give  a  call  lo  a  iiiiy    ycuiiig    man,    a    mi:re    ilr.m.vr,    iroiu 
Fife,   one  i'.lr  Franc;-,  Ividd,    wlu)    liad   never    been    heard, 
nor  i^CLn  in  the  bou.u.ds.     This  man  lliey  bring  to  the   kirls. 
on  the  SuPAiay.      AVI.en    the    people    refilled  to  let  h.im  or 
them  enre)-,   he  p:  juhed  on  a  oraedide    lo   iome   ilraugers 
and  a  few  or"  ih.e  peoidj  of  Douglas,   and  even  tliefe  run  a- 
Avay  froui  lieariug  of  1dm,     (.\cep!;    a    V':ry    k'v/    of    tiiem. 
•Sermon   ended,    they   lent   onj    to    read    em    ivliet    at    {he 
chiirch-do(u-,   wlio  refufed.  to  give  a  eojg,- of  wiuii  !i:  read. 
Without  w.CAC  adio,   on  Pdc^nclay  ir.oriiing,   ih'jy   p.ifLd    all 
his  trials  iii  one  hour,   aud  c.une  to  the  cuurch  of  Doiudas 
in  the  afien.oon  lo  give    him    iuip;;l:don    of   hands.      The 
l)jdy  of  the  jjeop!-  and  luo-irms  h;i;dered  iheir  coming   in- 
.  to    the    churJ\    and    chu;  eh-yai  d  ;     wher.;ti[H)n    they    lent 
once  and  again  for  their  ringliih  guard.      i":y  all    tliei'r   im- 
portunity they  could  ge-  none  of  the  troop  to  counteaan:i; 
them,   ex-^pt  tv.elve,    widi  llu  Jaeuten  u)i.      Dy  the  j)ower 
Of    th;.ir    i\sord,   a.^:    was   avv>we>.l   on   all  hands,   on  a  l^rae- 
iiJe,  vdiho  :t   preaehingj    lii-y   ad.nii'cd   iiim    ndniher   of 

■  '  Don  >' las: 


n  ■.'!»  !:■     1-1  ■■■:;. -v-'i, 


Let.  194. 


■  To  Mr  iriV.iam  Spang. 


MS 


I  Doujlas  :      An  abominable  cx.imnli.',  ncncrally  jnucli    ab- 

I  liorred,  v.'l.irli  fJicv/s  wliac  wc  iiiiy  c:<pccl  from   ihat    par- 

I  tv.     Our  fynod  appointed  fonu  10   join  wjtli  vbc  true  prvTf- 

I  bvtery  of  Limerlc  ;   wbirb  nict  il\c  week  thereafter  ;   tried, 

I  with  all  acci'.raev  po!i:b!e,    Avhar,   could    b^    louiid    in    tb.e 

I  fcandal  ol    i^fr  iluiiic  ;   iound  noiliiiij';  but  malice  oi    fomc 

I  parties,  fomented  by  min'.lLcrr. ;    with  ilie  imr. tiimoiiG  con- 

I  lent  of  tjie  people  ot  Robcrton,   ilrcripthened  the  ndr.irtcr, 

ii  and  appointed  a  helper  to  be    jettled    there    in    an    orueidv 

I  way;  adniiited  'o  the   chin'ch    or   Douj^bis    I\Ir  Archib.;lvl 

with   the    bhlhiu's 


erjonn.d 


Jnpli?;,   ■.'.i'xv  all   trials  duly  j 

and  tears  Oi"  th.'  coruTrc-raiion.      l-\)iVii)lv  thev  will  nrocn; 


an.  orcier 


fro'n  tl:e  l^mihil 


liliJl,    tl^.it 


ilipeud 


ana    clre.rc.i 


Ui  or 
or   A 


•  ihal!  'IP  to  ?'Ir  Kidd,  und  his  twelve  or  iixtecn  lollower;;, 
and  Mr  Ini^lis  iliall  be  loler.ii'  d,  viih  nineh  ado,  to  preacji 
to  tlic  v.hoie  con;;:r(.:^..i!on,  Mn  ;uis  of  Dou^dn,  j! 
Anrnis,  wiiole  lieriioi's  and  ]r.:op.!L-,  in  lae  lieids, 
b.trn,   v.'irliont  a  ii::penre  of  Uiji^ud. 

\\\  this  ^:1  ds  lee  c;ur  condition.  It  is  {o  in  ui-xlry  co!i~ 
gregatioi;^  already,  ;ind  like  to  he  fo  in  nvai-iy  niore  •,  not 
ib  much  lhr(U!:;h.  the  violence  ot  tiie  jin:;!!!)),  as  the  nn- 
reafonable  heuHneis  of  the  i  enMnn'tranis,  which  for  the 
time  is  lemcddeis;  and  we,  ^ov  {'cw  of  worfe  from  their 
very  evil  humour,  nlve  way  to  p.rmit  theni  to  plant  divers 
churches  as  they  like  b>lr.  'litis  lorrned  Jchiim  is  very 
bitter  to  lis,  but  rcsnedilefs,  except  on  intolerable  condi- 
tion.s,  winch  i.o  wife  orthodox  divine  will  advife  us  to  ac- 
cept :  We  nn.ift  embrace  wiihout  contradii^lion,  and  let 
CM-ow,  the  ))rinciples  of  the  [-emonil  rants,  which  all  Reforni 
ed  di\incs,  ami  ail  Itates  in  the  whole  world  abhor  ;  we 
iraill  ]-»erinit  a  lew  luady  men  ro  walle  our  chinch  v.dth 
our  conlent  or  connivance  ;  we  nivift  let  thcni  frame  our 
people  to  tb.e  Sectai-ian  rnotlcl ;  a  few  niore  forward  ones 
joinid  amor.p,  themfelves  Iw'  jirivy  ineetings  to  be  the  god- 
ly party,  and  the  congregaLicjn,  the  reft,  to  be  the  rafcally 
niali^'nant  multitude  :  io  that  tiie  hodiy  of  onr  people  are 
to  be  call  ou.t  of  all  chtnxhes  ;  and  the  few  wdio  are  coun- 
tenanced, are  fitted,  as  Anidry  of  them  already  have  clone, 
to  embrace  the  errors  ot  the  time  for  tlieir  dcilriiclion. 
Agalnlt  thefe  abominations  we  ftrivc  lb  much,  and  fo 
Avifcly,  as  wo  can,  P>lr  11.  Doindas,  Wr  Dickfon,  and  o- 
tliers,  have  ye:  got  lulinburgh  rj;;ht.  The  faction  which 
iMr  Robert  Traill  and  Mr  John  .Stirling  have  there  is  in- 
conliderable.  JMr  R.  Riair  and  i\}r  J.  ^\'ood  keep  St  An- 
drew's 


I  y..r  .a    i 


37^  .         To  MrlViUlvn  Spavg.  Let.  104. 

;drew's  and  Fife  pretty  i-ight.  Wr  Paitherforc],  to  tlic  ut- 
termoft  of  liis  powder,  advances  the  other  party.  l\Ii-  John 
Robertfon  and  Mr  WiHiam  ilatc  get  Angus  and  Dundee 
right ;  but  the  natural'y  lieady  men  of  Aberdeen  arc  come 
10  tlie  full  dehgn  too  ioon  ;  yet  t!ie  body  of  llic  ji-ropl; 
and  coimtry  are  ri;.'Jit.  in  thi?  Mr  J.  (ilutliric  in  iSiirlin-.' 
conies  but  l;n  ill  Ipvcd  :  rdbeit  his  confident  Sir  Wiiliaiu 
Bruce  of  Sicidioide  be  madethc  JLnglilli  jiierid'in  JJnlith- 
j;o\vfhire,  they  have  nfccl  great  violenre,  imprlK)ncd  tlieir 
chief  oppofite  IMr  j(;lin  A'/.n;gli,  foirerl  a  iilly  man  into 
tJie  ndnidiy  of  Jiinliihgow',  and  another  (Mi  Jjaihgate, 
contrary  to  all  the  jynod  oi  j^othian  could  do  ;  yjt  tlie 
body  of  the  people  there  is  llat  ag'.inil  iheni.  'J'lieij-  rreat- 
ell  prcvaleney  is  uith  us  in  (jlafgow,  wldcli  comes  muc'i 
more  by  P.Ir  Janves  Durhaavs  profclied  ncmralily,  Itut 
real  joiiiing  vith  nioft  ot  the  ether's  deligns,  and  Mr  fohn 
Carflair's  zeal,  than  any  thing  that  Mr  Patiick  Gidcf;,'ic 
had  done,  or  coidJ  Ao^  by  iiupdlK.  Tliis  is  tlie  jiitiful 
condition  or  our  cliur*.  h,  wh.ich  is  but  goiiig  on  from  evil 
to  wurfe  till  the  Lord  jvmeid  it. 

/is  \o\-  our  ftate,  this  is  its  cafe.  Our  nobility  are  well 
near  all  wracked.  Dukes  liannlton,  the  oi^se  executed,  the 
other  flain  ;  their  ellare  forfeited;  one  i-»art  of  it  gifted  to 
Englifl)  ibldiers  •,  the  1  eft  will  not  pay  the  debt  ;  little  left 
to  the  hcretrix;  almoll:  the  whole  nanic  undone  with  <^.Q^^t. 
Hnntly  executed;  his  fons  all  dead  but  the  youngefl  : 
th'cre  is  more  debt  on  the  lioure  than  the  land  can  pay. 
JjCnnox  is  living  as  a  man  bin-ied  in  his  lioul'e  ol  Cobh.am. 
Douglas  and  his  ion  Angus  ai'c  cpiiet  men,  of  no  i-elpeet". 
Argvlc,  almoft  dr(rwned  in  debt,  in  rnendlJiip  with  th-,; 
Englilh,  bat  in  hati'ed  v/ith  the  couuti-y.  J  le  courts  the 
rcmonl'trants,  who  wcj-e  and  are  averfe  from  Idm.  Chan- 
cellor J^oudon  lives  like  an  outlaw  about  Athol ;  Iris  lands 
comprifed  for  debt,  under  a  general  very  great  difgrace. 
Marifchal,  Rothes,  Eglinton  and  his  thiec  fons,  Craw- 
ford, Lauderdale,  and  others,  prifoners  in  England  ;  antl 
their  kuuls  all  cither  iequertrated  or  loi-faulted,  and  giited 
to  Englhh  foldiers.  iialmerino  iuddenly  dead,  and  Ids 
fon,  for  publick  debt,  comprifmgs,  and  captions,  keei^s 
not^  the  caufey.  Vs'ariiton,  having  refunded  much  of 
what  he  got  .or  places,  lives  privily  in  a  hard  enou.gh  con- 
dition, much  hated  by  the  moft,  and  neglected  by  all,  ex- 
cept the  remonllraiits,  to  whom  he  is  guide.  Our  crimi- 
nal judicatories  are  all  in  the  hands  of  the  Englilh  ;  our 
I  civil 


//    ■:a>w   '    '  "^ 


iMt'»  •.        ;  r      i  i .    iicil 


■tr  >  _  . yn  ivo 


I  Lci.  194.  ■  To  Mr  IViUiim  Spanf.  n'^'; 

?  *  *         o  Oft 

I  ' 

I  civil  courts  alfo ;  only  fome  of  the   rcaionflrants  are   aJ- 

t  joined   with   them.     In   the   feflion  are  Craighall,  and  liis 

I  brother  Hopcton,  Mr  A.  Pcarlbn,    Southall,    Col.  Lock- 

I  hart,  and  S\vlnton.     The  only   clerks   to   the   icflion   are 

I  Mr  John  Spreul  and  William  Downie.     The  commiflarioc 

i  and  flicriil"  courts  are  all  in  the  hands  of  Englifh  IbUlici-s, 

I  witli  the  adjuncTtion  in  fome   places   of  fome   few   remon- 

i  ftrants.     Strong  garrifons  in  J^eith,  F.dinburgh  town  and 

I  caftle,  Glafgow,   Air,  and  Dumbarron,  Stirling,   Linlith- 

f  gow,  Perth,  Dundee,  Burntilland,  Dunnotter,  Aberdeen, 

I  Inverncfs,  Inverary,  Dun  11  ail  age,  oic. 

I  Of  a  long  time  no  man  in  the  whole  ifle  did  mute.      All 

i  were  lulled  up  in   a   lethargick  fear  and  defpair  •,  onlv  the 

\  other  year,   Glencairn  and  Balcarras,  underftanding  of  aa 

[  order  to  apprehend  them  as  correfponding  with  the  Kinf-, 

\  retired  to  the  hills  of   Athol.     Kenmure  having  efcaped 

from  England,  when  his  houfe  was  burnt  and  his  ren.ts 
feized  upon,  got  lo  the  Lennox  with  a  few  horfe.  Lorn 
being  but  conrfely  ufjd  by  his  father,  joined  with  Ken- 
mure.  To  thefe  fimdry  did  allbciate,  Glengarv,  Athol, 
Seaforth,  not  fo  much  to  do  any  thing  againll  the  EngUlli, 
as  to  make  fome  noife  of  a  party,  to  encourage  the  King's 
friends  abroad  to  fend  him  fupplies  of  men,  amis,  and 
money.  At  once  a  great  animolity  did  rife  in  every  fhirc 
of  the  land.  Very  many  young  gentlemen  made  bold 
with  all  the  ferviceable  liorfes  they  could  find  about  them, 
and  notwithftanding  of  all  the  diligence  the  Engliili  could 
ufe  to  prevent,  great  numbers  came  fafe  to  the  hills.  The 
war  with  Holland,  and  rumour  of  great  help  froni  over- 
feas,  did  increafe  daily  both  the  number  and  couratTe  of 
this  party. 

.  But  behold  inward  divifion  d(3th  hazard  all  at  the  very 
beginning.  The  irreconcileabie  difcord  betwixt  Argyle 
and  Hamilton  had  undone  the  iile,  and  almoit  both  the 
families.  Glencairn,  Hamilton's  couiln,  did  much  mif- 
truft  and  flight  Lorn,  llalfton,  and  the  remonitrani- 
gentlemca  of  Kiiuyre,  feemed  ready  to  arm  for  the  Eng- 
liili, againll  the  King's  party.  Lorn  and  Kenmure,  with 
the  meti  they  had  raifed,  went  to  Kintyre  to  fupprtfsf 
thefe.  They,  on  Jiope  of  tlie  Englilh  afnitaiice  iVoai  ^ivr, 
fortined  trie  caftle  of  Locliead,  But  v/lien  neither  Ar- 
gyle nor  the  Engliili  appear  in  their  djfence,  they  render 
the  houfe  to  Lorn's  difcrerion.  Ken-.v.ure  iliinking  the 
befieged  better  ufed  by  Lorii  than  they  deicjved,  fell  in  a 
Vol.  11.  3  B  mircontert, 


376    .  To  Mr  IfHUam  Spang.  Let.  19,^^ 

miTconlcnt,  and  went  from  Lorn  to  Glenc.iirn  with  manr 
coniphiints.      Balcarras  .iH'o  unwilling   to   liavc    (ilcncaira 
above  him,  and  conceiving   it   was  beil  for  the   advanciniT 
of  the  King's  allairs,  that  till  tlie  King  hinifeli",   or  one  of 
auiliOvity  from  him,    lliould   come,  the    party   lliould   be 
ruled  by   a  committee  without   any  fupremc  oflicer,  and 
that  all  admitted    to    councils  and  command    in    the   army 
iliould    declare    for    the    Solenin    League    and   Covcjiant. 
For  thefe  ends  he  dealt  with  Lorn,  Seaforth,   and  Athol, 
till  Glcncairn    produced    a    commillion    under   the   Iving's 
hand  to  be  general,  till  himfLlF  or  fome  I'rom  him  Ihould 
tome  to  take  the  command.     This  uncxpefted  ccMumilliori 
put  all  to  a  fubmillive  iilence,  but  increaied  heartburnings. 
Lorn  profefling  ail  iiriunefs    to   the  JCing   and  caufe,  was 
j:iot  willing   to    take   ordeis   from  Glencain,    till   he   knew 
luore  particularly  the  King's   ple;durc.     For   this    end,  he 
Balcarras,  and  others,  Avroie  to  the  King  their  difcontent 
Avith    Glencairn's    command.      Thefc    letters   were    inter- 
cepted, and  br(;ught  to  Glcncairn  ;   whereup-on  he  pave  or- 
der to  Glengary  to  apprehend  Lorn  to  ani\ver  for   his    fe- 
dition.    Lorn  hardly    enough    cfcaped    Glengary 's  purfuit. 
J3a1carrJ3  retired  ;   and,  a  little  after,  with  his  lady,  went 
difguii'ed  through  Fngland  to  the  King.     Nolwithllanding 
of  all  thcfe  pititul  and  ihameful  debates,   Glencairn's  par- 
ty  ftill   increajed,  and   his   conduct  became    confiderable. 
The  whole  highlands,  ifles,  and  much  of  the  north,  and 
numbers   horn  the  lowlands,  were  come  unto  him  •,  fo   it 
^vas   thought,   at  iMiddletoa's   coming,  he   had   here   and 
there  ^000  or  9000  foot,  and  2000  or  :;ooo  jiorfe,  of  very 
flout  and  rcfoluie  men   as   ever  we  had  on  the  fields,  the 
mod  of  them  old  foldiers.     But  at   Middleton's  coming, 
Avhen  neither  the  Kiiig,  nor  his  brother,  nor  any  foreign 
forces  did   appear,  tlie   hearts  of  many  began   to   doubt  v 
and  v.'hen,  alier  his  coming,  Ionic  month?,  notwithftand- 
ing  of  all  the  reiterated  proniiies,  no  foreign  afliftance  at 
all   did  conie  ;  but   on   the   contrai-y,   the    Holland  peace 
Avas  proclaimed  •,  the  treaty  of  the  Protector  with  Sweden 
Avcnt  on  •,  the  French  ambalfador  at  London  was  folenuily 
a'cccived,  as  the  Spanifli  and  Portugal   had   been  j  all  hu- 
man  liope   began   iniich    to   fail,  efpccially   after    ISIonk'^-- 
coming  down   as   general,  ihc  proclamation  of   the    Pro- 
^iC(5tor,    the   atTI:  of   imion,    and  the   ordinance   of  grace, 
v'hich  forfeited  and  deeply  fmed   fo   many,  and   fubjcctcti 
the  whole  privileges  of  the  nutiou  to  the  Proteiior  and  hi-: 

council*'! 


.■'./Mr:, ,' ^   <'riij: 


.J.!     .-'O 


1.,     !m.,iI      ;;■ 


Let.  194V  71?  Mr  U'iHiam  Spang.  379 

council's  pkafure,  w'nh  the  abolition  of  royalty,  the 
whole  branches  ot  the  family-royal,  and  all  Scots  parlia- 
ments and  conventions  of  ellatcs;  the  taking  of  Kinnoul, 
Lieutenant-Colonels  Hcriot,  Wiihart,  Forfyth,  and  fun- 
dry  more  of  otu'  Scoifmcn,  unhappily  :  all  thefe  were  fo 
hard  prefaws,  that  the  mo(f  gave  all  the  King's  aliairs 
for  gone,  and  many  thought  that  the  King,  whether 
through  their  weaknefs,  or  the  treachery  of  the  few  coun- 
fellors  about  him,  or  the  crofs  afpecl  of  all  Europe  to- 
wards hini,  hatl  fo  far  difappointcd  the  expeclation  of  his 
friends,  that  while  he  lived  he  was  not  like  to  get  fuch  a 
party  for  his  fervice  in  Scotland, 

So  for  the  time  the  cafe  of  our  land  is  moft  fad.  INIonk, 
by  fea  and  land,  is  to  befet  Glencairn  and  his  party,  and 
■with  much  feverity  to  crtilh  them,  and  for  their  fakes  to 
]ie  more  heavily  on  the  whole  lubjected  country,  beginning 
with  the  beft  of  the  minitfers  •,  who,  after  mvitual  adviee, 
find  thcmfelves  in  coni'cience  neccfiitated  to  keep  the  King 
flill  in  their  publick  prayers.  They  have  been  veiy  care- 
ful to  give  the  Englilh  no  other  oifence  at  all;  for  in  all 
this  northland  rifuig,  to  my  bcfl  knowledge,  there  is  no 
miniftcr  in  Scotland  who  lias  had  the  leafi;  hand  or  any 
meddling.  lleAvever,  for  this  our  great  treafon  of  naming 
the  King  in  otu- publick  prayers,  (as  we  conceive  otu-  duty, 
covenant,  and  directory  ot  worfiiip  do  require,  as  you 
will  fee  in  the  papers  herewith  fent  you),  we  are  like  to 
fuiVer  heavy  things.  For  all  this  our  eyes  are  towards  the 
liOrd.  We  expect  protection  from  him;  and  if  fo  he 
think  meet,  we  are  willing  to  feal  our  teftimony,  in  faith 
and  humble  modeify,  with  all  the  I'niTerings  which  the 
injuflice  of  men  may  be  permitted  of  our  heavenly  Father 
to  impofe  upon  us. 

Being  called  the  other  week  to  confer  with  the  brethren 
of  Edinbin-gh,  I  v%'as  comforted  to  fmd  all  that  met,  fully 
in  my  fenfe  aboi;t  prayer  for  the  King,  and  atlairs  of  our 
divided  fynod,  di\ided  preihytery,  troubled  college,  and 
all  clfe  we  fpoke  of.  But  it  was  a  fad  light  to  fee  the  ge-. 
neral  allliftion  at  the  proclamation  of  the  Protct^tor,  of 
the  ait  of  union,  the  act  of  forfaidtry  and  deep  fming  of 
i'o  many,  the  preparations  of  IMonk  by  fea  and  land  pre- 
fently  to  fwallow  up  the  northern  party,  deiViiute  of  all 
liQpe  of  the  oft-promifed  foreign  fupplies,  as  common 
fame  furmifed.  As  our  miferies,  (without  a  kingdom 
wholly,  without  any  judicatories  to  count  of  of  our  own, 

T,  V>  2  wlthous 


Y:      V./1'     f--:\A<',-l' 


'i.ij'jfij  ru'. 


3S0      •                  To  Mr  William  Spang.              Let.  194.  \ 

without  a  church  well  near),  are  great;   fo  we  expect  they  \ 

jhall  incrcafc,  and   the   next   heavy  dint  Ihall  fall  on   the  \ 

cliief  of  tl\c  niiniftry.     At  once  it  will  not  be  f.ife  to  have  | 

{iny  atulible  comphiiuts  of  thefc  things  cither   to    God  or  : 


...  '•  Pojlfcripiy  July  20.  1654. 

While  I  waited  long  for  a  bearer,  I  add  further,  our 
triumviri,  IVIcfl".  Livingllon,  Gillefpie,  and  Menzies,  {laid 
long  at  London  without  much  accefs  to  the  Proteftor. 
He  thought  it  good  to  write  for  MeiF.  Douglas,  Blair, 
and  Guthrie.  I'.Ir  Liair  cxcufcd  his  health.  Mr  Guth- 
rie, by  a  fair  letter,  declared  his  pcremptorinefs  not  to  go. 
Mr  Douglas,  by  Monk's  fi'iendly  letter,  got  himfclf  alfo 
excufed.  On  their  not  couiing,  Mr  Livingflon  got  leave 
to  return,  and  is  at  home.  IMr  G.  and  Mr  M.  are  expect- 
ed. The  bufjnefs  of  the  plot  gave  not  the  ProtC(51:or  much 
leifure  for  auditing  of  them.  Only  we  fear  that  our 
church  fliall  be  call  under  fuch  a  committee  as  now  guides 
all  ecclcfiailical  affairs  in  England,  abfolutely  as  the  Pro- 
tector thinks  Ik,  the  moft  whereof  are  Anabaptifts,  Inde- 
pendents, and  gentlemen  of  no  eccleliaflical  relation.  AVe 
thank  God  that  perfecution  on  the  minifti-y  is  not  vet  be- 
j;un,  except  i\hat  the  remonftrants  draw  from  the  Engliih 
on  fome  few.  I\Ir  jolin  Waugh  and  Mr  Robert  Knox 
%verc  long  prifoners  lor  naming  the  King  in  their  prayers  ; 
yet  now  they  are  at  their  liberty,  and  at  their  charges,  to 
our  great  joy. 

As  to  our  anti-fynod,  after  the  pranks  in  Lanerk  they 
met  fynodically  veiy  frequent  at  Glaigow,  fell  on  a  com- 
mittee for  purging  all  the  prefoyteries.  I  alone  went  up 
to  them,  intrcated  them  with  many  fair  words  to  delay 
any  fuch  work,  and  for  that  end  gave  them  in  a  large  pa- 
per, which  a  very  gracious  and  vrife  biother,  fomewhat 
a  mit!-man  betwixt  us,  had  drawn  for  that  end,  which  I 
fentl  to  yoti,  th.u  Irom  it  you  may  more  fully  learn  our 
prefent  tempei'.  All  lliis  labour  ]>rocurcd  little  ;  for  not- 
withftanding  they  proceeded  in  their  work,  and  appoint- 
ed their  purging  and  pLmting  committees  ;  but  with  this 
provifo,  that  tf.ey  Ihould  have,  at  tlieir  next  meeting,  .1 
(;onference  v.-ith  any  I  pleafed  of  my  mind  before  tlicy 
proceeded.  Againil  their  day  I  had  our  part  of  the  iy- 
|iod  met,  and   full  infon-.iation  of  the   brethren  of  Edin- 

Vyrgli 


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I        Let.  19-1.1  To  Mr  JViUiam  Spang.  381 

f 

i  b\n'gli  and  others  for  o\n-  proceedin^T.  "We  prcfcntly  Tct 
I  lip  a  purging  and  planting   committee  as  well  as  tlicy,   and 

I  of  theie  w'c  appointed  a  number  to  confer  witli  them. 
i  With  much  ado  we  got  them  to  Itay  till  the  firrt  of  Au- 
j  guft,  upon  a  new  conference  :  agninft  that  day  Mr  James 

I  Fergufon    (.lycw  up  a  paper  of  his    overtures    ior   our    re- 

union, and  I  dri:w  up  another.  You  have  both  he)"C. 
"What  the  idue  ihall  be  you  m.vy  hear  afterward  \  only 
thefe  things  lie  heavier  on  my  heart  th;m  any  man's  elfc  I 
know,  for  ulually  at  the  times  of  thefe  coirjfortiefs  jang- 
lings,  1  am  lick  and  tlirtcmpered  with  grief  and  difcon- 
tent,  thouidi  every  op.e  or  ihem  gives  me  mere  refpci^t 
than  to  any  other ;  yet  for  the  remedilefs  breach  I  am 
heavily  oft  troubled  in  uiy  own  mind,  whicli  I  ufc  to  pour 
out  before  God,  and  get  then  couras'e  and  ftrength  to  vo 
on,   and  bear  the  burden. 

General  IMonk  v.-ent  to  the  fields  in  the  beginning  of 
June,  thiiiking  and  prolellhig  that  the  dilcublng  of  the 
northern  Tories  would  coll  him  but  a  fev/  weeks  labour  ; 
and  we  indeed  expected  no  other;  for  the  Englilli  in  men, 
horfe,  money,  and  all  things  they  could  delire,  had  the 
clear  advantage:  yet  wc  cannot  hear  of  any  great  progrels 
lie  has  made.  So  foon  as  Clencairn  had  rendered  his 
commiflion  to  IMiildleton  ;  on  a  jar  between  INIonro  and 
Glengary,  Glencairii  fpcaking  for  Glengary,  got  a  chal- 
lenge froni  Monro;  whdch  he  anfwcred,  and  beat  Islonro, 
to  his  great  commendation.  This  atlVont,  not  fo  nuich 
rcfented  by  IMiddleton  as  need  had  been,  together  with 
the  King's  too  much  ncgletfi:,  as  fome  fay,  in  his  late  com- 
milhons,  of  Glencairn'b  \ery  great  fervices,  upon  the  infor- 
mation, as  it  is  thouglit,  oi  liOrn  and  Balcanas,  iie  left. 
Middlcion,  and  came  with  a  fmall  pii-ty  to  the  Lennox;.' 
The  noife  of  this  mal^icontentment  exceedingly  difcouraged 
many  ;  but  at  once  Glencairn  carrietl  it  fo,  that  all  this 
difcouragement  was  quickly  changed  ;  for  wi':h  the  f.uall 
party  he  had  he  derended  the  pafs  of  Aberfoyle  Co  well  a- 
j^ainft  IMonk's  freqiumt  alfaults,  and  fent  cut,  for  good 
purpofe,  Co  many  I'mall  parties  to  Clydefdaie,  ilenfrew, 
Cunningh.am,  Kyle,  Carrick,  .".nd  Gallov/ay,  as  retarded 
a  while  Tvlonk's  march  to  t!ie  north;  and  when  he  Avent 
north,  norwithftinding  of  ail  the  gai-rifons,  and  belidc 
them  one  lull  regiment  of  foot  and  another  of  horfe,  ict": 
at  Glafgow  and  Jvilfyili,  the  party  fent  out  from  Glen- 
cairn, ran  up  and  d(?wa  the  whole  country,  and  did  v.-hat 

they 


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.V  I  ;!    J  J 


352 1    "  'To  Mr  William  Spang.  Let.  19^.  | 

•they  liked,  without  great  impediment,     I\Ion]c  found  liis  \ 

march  to  the  north  very  troublefome.  The  people  carried  all  i 

out   of  his    way;    ftragglers  were   fnapped   up;  the   hills  \ 

made  fundry  both  horlc  and  men  ficken  and  die.     It   was  \ 

oft  printed,  that  Morgan  had  Middleton  fo  inclofed  in  Sii-  : 

thcrland,  that  he  could  not  efcape  to  the  fouth  ;  yet  when  .  1 

Middleion  thought  it  time,  he  divided  his  men  in  parties,  \ 

nnd  pafied  by,  with  eafe,  both  Morgan  and  JNIonk,  coming  • 

to  Perthlhire  and  Argyle,  noiwiihilanding   all   they  could  \ 

do   to  impede  him.     Colonel  Brian's  regiment   from   Ire-  | 

land,  landing  in  Lochabcr,  was  lighted   on   by   the  cotm-  \ 

try-people,  and  near  100  of  them   flain  :   for   this   JNIonk  \ 

did   catil'e  burn  all  the  lands  of  Lochaber,   Glengary,  and  \ 

Seaforth,  as  he  came  through.      Clenorchy  had  been   too  " 

great  an  intelligencer  to  the  Engliih,  and  Tided  witli  Ar- 
gyle againft  Lorn  his  fon  ;  fo  Middleton  cauled  burn  \ 
nmch  of  his  land.  This  burning,  now  begun  on  both  I 
hands,  may  ruin  the  whole  country.  It  is  thought  the 
Enghlh  have  their  full  of  the  highland  hunting,  and  that 
the  ilux  is  fallen  among  them,  which  make  them  ipeak 
■  already  of  quartering.  It  feems  Middleton  mintls  no  light- 
ing in  any  boxly,  but  lliifts  till  he  fee  what  time  may  bring 
forth,  'riie  country  every  where  luflers  much  ;  yet  is  pa- 
tient, for  they  fee  no  remedy;  alfo  the  victual  all  this 
year  is  at  41b.  the  boll,  a  greater  appearance  of  the  conti-  ' 
nuance  of  this  greater  plenty  than  has  been  feen  in  our  days. 
What  the  world  abroad  is  doing,  we  know  no  more 
than  the  I^ondon  Diurnal  tells  us.  What  the  myftery 
may  be  of  the  Qrieen  of  Sweden's  dimifllon,  and  why  her 
laft  act  Ihould  have  been  (without  all  necefllty)  a  {\:v\£t 
frienddjip  with  the  Protector,  is  much  marvelled  ;  alfo, 
why,  for  the  Protector's  friendlhip,  (conti-ary  to  the  mind  ? 
of  the  other  provinces),  tlule  of  Holland  Ihould  have  cait 
ou"  the  Prince  of  Orange  ;  and  if  Spain  be  with  the  Pro- 
testor upoit  a  league  oftenllve  and  defenfive,  how  comes  it 
that  both  Fi-auce  and  Portugal  Ihould,  by  their  ambafla- 
dors,  be  begging  his  friendlhip  ?  AVhat  all  this  may  mean, 
we  undcrlVand  not,  nor  what  our  King's  journey  to  the  lea 
imports.  You  polhbly  may  make  us  underlland  thefc 
thiiii;s.  Is  Salmafius  dead  ?  What  is  become  of  Blondell  i 
^AVhat  new  books  arc  among  you  ?  Try  to  get  me  what  or 
chronology  is  lately  come  out.  Dr  Strang,  yotu-  good 
friend,  having  to  do  in  Edinburgh  with  the  lawyers,  con- 
cerning the  unjuU  ijoublc  he  was  put   to  for  liis   ftij^enu, 

after 


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I       Lrt.  194.-  To  Mr  IVUl'inm  Spang.  2^ 3 

I  after  a  few  days  fickiicfs,  did  die,  fo  fwcetly  and  gracioufly,  a-: 

I  was  fatisfactory  to  all,  and  much  applauded  ovci*  all  the 

i  city,  liis  very  pcrfccutors   giving  him  an  ample  tcliimony. 

I  His  treatifc  Dei  circa  pcccatinUy  he  has  enlarged,  and  made 
ready  for  the  prcfs.     Be  careful  to  get  it  well  printed,  ac- 

?  cording  to  the  conftant  friendlhip  that  was  alway.s  bciwixJ 

?  vou  and  him.     TUey  hope  you  will  get   it   printed   freely, 

>  for  the  piece   is  likely  to  fell ;  but  if  you    muft   give  any 

I  money   for  its   printingj  they  will  hear   the   charge.     Let 

I  me   know  with   the   finl,  your   aniVcr   herein  •,  for   they 

»  will  fend  you  the  copy  fo   foon   as  your  mind   is   known, 

f  and  your  advice  given.     How  is  your  condition  in  Middle- 

I  hursi"  ?  The  Enahfh  c()n<ire9ations  ufe  to  be  verv  fickle  and 

f  hartl  to  be  kept  by  their   minifters.     If  your  lot  be  better 

I  with  yours  I   will  be  glad.     This   letter  is   after   my  old 

^  falhion.     It  deferves    a    long  anfwer.     INIy  love   to   vour 

I  wife  and  children.     I  reft,  in  the  Lord, 
\  Your  Coufm, 

I  PiOBIillT  IjAILUK.       . 

i 
« 

I  That  you  may  knov/  the  way  of  planting  owv  churches, 

I  liave  this  late  pra^Ttice.     Mr  John  Galbraith  of  Bothken- 

I  nar  was  depofed  for  tippling  and  other  fatdis,  ibme    three 

I  or  four  years  ago.     When  Mr  James   Giuhrie  continued 

\  to  preach  in  Stirling,  after   his   depofition  by  the   general 

j  aHembly,  Mr  Galbraith  followed  his  example,  and  return- 

l  cd  to  his  pulpit.     His  people  loved  him   better   than   Stir- 

\  ling   did   the   other.     Of   the   preft:)ytery  of  Stirling,  Mr 

I  James  Simpfon,  of  Airth,  likewife   depofed,  and    I\Ir  Jo. 

I  flogg)    of   Larbcr,    adhered   to   Mr    Guthrie,    and    thclc 

\  three   made   one   prelhytcry.     Mr  11.   Wright  and  otlicr 

\  two   or   three  adhering   to    the  alfembly,   made  theml'clvci" 

[  another  prclbytery.     Mr   George   Bennet  and   other  two 

\  were  neutrals,  and  abflained  from  both.     I\Jr  Guthrie  bc- 

i  gan  a  procefs  of  excommunication  againft  Mr  Galbraith  v 

i  but  he  boailed  fo  faft  to   exconmiunicate  Mr  James  if  h  : 

\  proceeded  againlt    him,  that    thi>  was  left  oil',      i^r  James 

!  profelles  to  have  no  meddling  with  the  Lnglilh  at  all,   and 

to  be  much  avcrfe  from  all  compliance  with  them,  yea  to 

miilikc   ISIr  P.  Gilltfpie's  v/ay  ;  yet  Sir  William  Bruce    of 

Stonehoufe,  his   fpocial  and  intimate   friend   to   this   day, 

has  taken  the  Ihcrillship  of  Stirling  from  the  Engliih,   and 

continues  riding  elder   in    Mr  Janies's   preibytery.     By  his 

•means  an  order  is   procured  from   the   Engliih,  that  I^-lr 

Joba 


;  J    ,<'..■;! 


'3S4  •  To  Mr  Ji'illiam  Spang.  Let.  194.'  j 

|ohn  Galbra'uh  fl^all  give  over  preaching.     This  he  is  for-  | 

ted  to  obey.     They  whole  parlih   gives  an  unanimous  call  j 

to  Mr  AVilliam  Galbraith,  a  good  young  man  ;  but  an  or-  1 

der  comes  from  the  Englii]i  to  hinder  his  plantation  ;   and  s 

the  whole  pariih's  fu pplication  oft  prefented    to   the   Eng-  • 

lifli,  could  not  get  it  helped  ;   for  tlic  judges  are  fully  for  ■; 

the  remonflrants,  though  General  Monk  fcems  to   dil'likc      .      i 
them.     Thereafter   one   Tslr  John  Blair,  never  heard  nor  » 

fcen  by  the    pai-ilh,  is    named  by  jMr  Guthrie's   prelhytery  | 

to  b;  mini^ei- of  that  kirk  j  for   that  people  having  adhe-  \ 

red    to    a   depofed   ininifier,  muft    be    counted  malignant,  \ 

and    fo   lofe    their    right   to    call,   and  the  light  of  calling  j 

nmil  fall  in  the  hands  of  the   prclbytery  •,  fo   an    order   is  • 

procured   by   the   prefbytcry's   ruling   elder,    Sir   William  I 

Lruce,   fronv   the   Engrdh   to   admit   that   Blair.     ]\Ir  Ja.        .     = 
Guthrie  caufes   convene   a   great   nuniber  of  this   faclion 
from  divers   pariliies   about,    and    gets   INlr  Robert   Trail  i 

from   Edinburgh,   and    Mr  John  Carftairs  from   Glafgow,  i 

and  others,  to  fpend  a  day  in  preaching  and  prayer  at  his 
admillion.  The  whole  people  of  the  parifli  meet,  and 
keep  the  other  out  of  the  kii  k  ;  the  tumult  begins  ;  dry 
fiirokes  are  diftribvued  •,  ibme  fell  upon  liie  fherilf's  neck. 
The  gentlemen-parifliioners,  fo  loon  as  t]\e  Iherill  produ- 
ced his  Englilh  orders  for  tb.c  admiliion,  ceded  ;  but  the 
people  continued  all  day  cafting  ftones  and  crying  :  yet 
they  went  on  w^ith  their  work,  and  thiuft  in  the  man.  For 
all  this,  Pdr  Guthrie  has  no  dealing  with  the  Englilh,  and 
does  no  wrong.     Our  opprelhon  is  great  and  crying. 

At  Glafgow,  Mr  Andrew  Gray,  a  youth  of  twenty-two 
years  at  moft,  lately  laureate  at  St  ^\ndrew's,  upon  one 
lermon  or  two  at  Glafgow,  Mr  P.  Gilleipie  and  his  friends 
will  have  him  admittecl  to  his  place.  I  refufed  to  confent; 
the  youth  being  fo  young,  and  utterly  a  itranger  to  us  j 
his  trials  of  expeftant  being  hatcily  paiietl  in  the  prcibytery 
of  Hamilton  ;  and  none  of  the  miiiillers  eitlicr  of  iulin- 
bur"h,  or  St  Andrew's,  tiic  places  of  his  refiJence,  being 
acquainted  with  him,  as  he  profelfed  ;  alio  his  voice  being 
fo  weak,  that  the  niofi  in  our  kirks  heaixl  him  not.  Tlie 
maf^ilfrates  and  town-council  being  utterly  againn  his  ad- 
mifiion,  dealt  with  hini  earncftly  not  to  trouble  them.  At 
fu-ft  his  modefty  was  io  veiy  gi-eat,  ^  that  a  fmail  impedi- 
ment feemed  enough  to  iear  liim  from  accepting  oF  any 
change-,  but  io  fooa  as  oiu-  feuioa  (which  is  but  the  echo 
•of  wlvat  our  brethren  fp.al:)   had   givca  him  a  call,  wnh 


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Let.  i9i.  To  Mr  IVUIiam  Spavg.  385 

but  fcruple  he  went  on  to  his  ii-ials,  and,  over  tlic  bellv  of 
the  town's  protcftation,  was  admitted  by  their  part  of  the 
preflDytery  minifter  of  Glalgow.  His  voice  is  not  yet  fo 
good  as  to  be  lieard  by  diveis.  lie  has  the  new  guife  of 
preaching,  which  Mr  Hugh  13inning  and  Mr  Robert 
Leigb.ton  b;.gan,  containing  the  orcHnary  wav  of  expound- 
ing and  dividing  a  text,  of  i-aillng  doctrines  and  ufes  ;  but 
runs  out  on  a  difcourfe  on  iomc  common  head,  in  a  iiifh, 
romancing,  and  imfcriptui-al  iiyle,  tickling  the  ear  for  the 
prelent,  and  moving  the  allectlons  in  fonic,  but  leavinp', 
as  he  confelies,  little  or  noui>ht  to  the  niemory  and  un- 
deritanding.  This  v/e  nnill  milkcn,  for  we  cannot  help 
it.  This  J action  grows  much  among  us.  I  fear  the  iflue. 
Tlie  King's  reftitution,  or  his  parry's  thriving,  they  feeni 
to  fear.  Tb.eir  piety  and  zeal  is  \cry  fufccprihle  of  iciiinn 
and  error;  1  am  oft  afr.iid  tor  their  apoftafy.  IMany  con- 
ferences Jias  been  among  them,  Argyle,  and  Col.  Lockhart, 
for  taking  up  arms  againft  the  northern  party;  yet  nothing 
of  this  ]:.ind  is  done,  though  divers  mints  have  i)ecn  made. 
Time  will  clear  the  honeily  and  diilioiu'Jiy  of  many.  Our 
Hire  here  is  a  wartare  ;  yet  God  fupports  us,  and  we  faint 
not.  Ijleifcd  be  our  Fatlier,'  who,  through  all  theJb  con- 
fufions,  will  bring  his  children  to  glory. 

One  of  our  fiiends  wrote  to  us  ionie  (cruples  agaiiift  the 
coni'litution  of  onr  feparate  fynod  ;  to  which  I  returned 
the  inclofed  anfwer.  On  ilie  lU  of  Auguft  fome  of  both 
fides  met,  but  could  come  to  no  agreement.  Vv'c  gave 
them  in  our  overtures,  caft  in  another  moidd;  and  they 
theiis,  as  our  inability  to  deal  with  the  Englilh,  and  thcii* 
continual  alliilance  from  that  power,  (fought  or  unrougiu, 
I  cannot  fay,  and  many  affirm),  make  us  daily  lofe,  and. 
them  gain,   and  many  incline  to  their  thriving  iide. 

After  fome  relrelbment  from  a  fruitlefs  journey  througli 
the  hills,  INIonlc  is  again  to  the  fields.  He,  Couper,  Twii- 
fmi'ton,  and  Arpvle,  are  at  Dumbarton,  adviiint^  on  a 
liard  and  forrowful  work,  what  lioufes  and  what  corns 
to  burn.  This  work  is  begun  on  both  fides  ahcady.  Wc. 
know  not  whc)-e  it  will  end.  .' 


195.  To  Mr  JVilUam  Spang.     Anno  1655. 

Con  fin, 
I  go  on  to  give  you  an  account   of  our  affairs  whcr-'  I 
Vol.  II.  3  C  ieic 


•U:  ■■•!,.'.;   I' 


I   '.-.<;  .v. 


SC/^   '  To  Mr  William  Spang.  Let.  lo". 

left  off  In  my  h{t  long  letter.     The  Lord  has  given  myfclf 
above  this  tv/clvc  months  much  more  peace  than  1  had  be- 
fore, and  than  1  expected  upon  thlsoccalion.      You  heard 
the  overtures   \ve  proponed  for  the  union   of   our   fynod 
which  were    the    leaft  we  could    receive   before    we    could 
join.     Though    among   ourfclves  unanimoullY  we   had  a- 
greed   to  keep   up   our    part   of   the    fynod,    if   the   fub- 
itanec   of  all   thL-fe  were  not   granted,    and   the   brethren 
at  Edinburgh,  to  whom  I  went   lor  advice,   had  approven 
that  our  relblulion  ;   and  the  chief  of  the  prt  lb)  teries   of 
-f\yr  and  Irvine,    with    whom   1    had    met    alfo    at    Irvine 
had  agreed  to  adhere  to  ihefe  overinres  ;   and  if  they,    be- 
ing miiih7iuin  gi/cJ  J'r,   ihould    be    rtfufed,   they  concluded 
to  fet  up  their  two  prciljyleries   in   a   fynod  by  thcmfelvcs, 
according  to  their  ancient  privilege  acknowleged  in  all  our 
late  general  aflemblies ;   alio,  when  we  met   at  our  fynod, 
thefe  on  our  fide  agreed   again   to   acl:   here   according   to 
former  i  cfolutions.     Notwithftanding,  v/hcn  the  brethren 
of  the  other  fide  had  peremptorily  refufed  our   overtures, 
and  drawn  on  a  new  conference,   to  try  if  two  of  each  fide, 
particularly,  Tvlr  James  Fei'guibn    and   Mr  Ceorgc  Young 
for  us,_  iSIr  James  Durham  and  Mv  l\  Gillefpie  for  them, 
could  fall  on  ajiy  other  overtures    which    might    unite   us, 
thefe  four  among  thcmfelvcs  condefcended    to   the  inclo- 
fed  paper,   and  engaged  ihcn\felves  to  do    their  bcft  to  per- 
fuade  others  tliLreio.     Wb.en   I   fiw    the   paper,    I   found 
clearly,^  that  the  limd  determination  of  all    tliines  was  left 
in  the  fynod,   whereof  remonilrators  were   the  "j^lurality  ; 
and  that  no  remeid  was  left  us   againft  the  opj^rcfiioji,  ei- 
ther  in   purging  or  planting,  that^  was   for  any  pui-pofe  ; 
iind  that  this  agreement  was  a  clear  receding  from  our  for- 
mer determination.     I  did  nut  yield  to   it :  'yet    fear  from 
the  remonftrants  violence,  and   love  of  peace,  and  hoj'c, 
by  yieldingr,  to  make  them  more  moderate,  made  the  n.oll 
declare  their  contentment  to  accept  of  it ;  all  of  Glaf^ow 
except  one,  and  of  Dumbarton  except  tv.-o,  of  Irvine^x- 
ceptiwo.     Finding  it  fo,  1  was  glad   at   my  heart   that   fo 
fair  a  door  to  my  private  iieaec  v.as  opened;  for  not  btir-g 
willing  to  acccp:  oF  the  terms  of  that  agreement,  I  had  a 
clear  reafon    to    ablent  n)\  felf  from  tJie  lynod  and  prelLy- 
tcry,  ur.ited  on  io  uu'yail  tern.is.     The  brethren  of  my  i'vi- 
mer  mind  finding  uw  ixfolute  not  to  join  with  them,   were 
ucfirous  to  keep  v,  iili  me,  efpecially  tiie  author  of  tlie  laro 
overture,   IMr  ]vr:;ufon,   and  Mr  Young.     But   this  by  no 
"means  I  would  puiJiit  •,  for  that  having  declared  almofl  all 

their 


h.     :   .  .  ^;  I 


t,n.  19^.'  To  Mr  JVlUidin  Spang.  387 

•their  willingncA;  to  unite  on  thcfe  mean  terms,  I  would  not: 
liave  them  draw  back,  contraiy  to  their  minds,  upon  my 
diflcnt  :  io  with  much  ado  I  got  them  to  join,  and  let  me, 
and  a  few  more,  ferve  my  own  mind  of  abftaining  from, 
iheir  imited  meetings.  This  hitherto  I  have  done,  to  the 
great  quietncfs  of  my  own  mind,  and  freedom  of  the  very 
frequent  and  vexatious  janglings,  Avherewith,  in  all  meet- 
ings, I  was  wont  exceedingly  to  be  troubled  :  only  I  am. 
grieved  to  fee  my  pred.ictions  too  tndy  to  come  to  pafs  ; 
tlie  remonflrants,  as  xuHiueftionable  mailers,  to  do  with- 
in the  bomvdi  of  the  fynod  wh;uever  they  think  expedient. 
IMr  Archibald  Dennillon,  without  any  confiderable  fault, 
they  depoied.  When  he  iled  to  the  Engliih,  Mr  P.  Gil- 
lefpic,  as  1  forefaw,  by  his  gix'aier  credit,  Hopped  all 
hearing  there.  iNir  J3a\id  Adamfon,  though  of  many  li- 
bflied  I'eantlals  they  got  not  one  proven,  yet  ftill  tliey  keep 
in  tlie  pannel  J  and  our  molt  regular  plantation  of  iNIr 
James  Uamfay,  Mr  Archibald  Inglis,  and  one  in  Rober- 
ton,  they  will  have  aimulkd,  and  tbe  inoll:  irregidar  plan- 
tations of  their  men  to  iland.  At  tbeir  next  diet  they  will 
fall  on  whoin  they  pleafe  v/ithout  controul.  However, 
being  free  of  publick  debates  without,  as,  I  think,  my 
own  procurement,  but  the  ralh  imprudence,  il:  not  tbe 
too  mucb.  wifdom  of  others,   1  ani  glad. 

I  was  like  to  have  been  more  troubled  by  anotlier  dellgn 
of  a  larger  union.  I\lr  Durnam  going  througli  St  An- 
drew's to  the  houfe  of  "urie,  he  fell  with  Mr  Jilair  to  re- 
fumc  bis  old  counfels  of  ;i  general  vuiion  with  tlie  remon- 
ftrants,  by  an  overture  oF  oblivion  of  bygones.  For  thi^ 
cud,  Mr  j'^lair  and  he  deal  with  INlr  Wood  to  be  content 
of  a  conference  at  Edinbarg'.i  tipon  that  fubject,  together 
Avitb  the  other  piu-pofes  we  v/ere  nuich  vexed  v.'ith,  prayer 
for  the  KijTg,  and  adniiiilon  of  compliers  to  the  commu- 
nion ;  alib  they  went  to  defign  the  conferrers.  For  us 
tiiey  named  P.ir  Robert  Douglas,  Mr  David  Dickfon,  Mr 
Hugh  Mackell,  Mr  W.  Rate,  Mr  W.  Douglis  of  Aber- 
deen, INlr  jo.  Robertlon  of  Dundee,  Mr  J.i.  Wood,  M\' 
]x.  Fei-gufun,  arid  me.  For  the  other,  P.lr  j.  Guthrie, 
Mr.  r.VjiUeiMe,  iMr  jo.  i/ivingrton,  Mr  vS,  Rutherford, 
Mr  R.  Traill,  I'.lr  Jo.  Carfcairs,  Mr  Sa.  Audin,  and  ibmc 
three  nu)re.  .So  foon  as  I  heard  of  this  motion  {o  far  atl- 
va\iccd,  I  was  uuie'i  ic.uwl  for  the  coiilequenee  oi:  it,  and 
therefore  wj-ote  to  Tdr  Divklbn  to  beware  or  tlie  dan  ;er  ; 
and  being   wed,    called   Mr    jo.  15.11,  Mr  W^  RulrJ,^uul 

3  C  2  Mr 


3S8,  ■    ;:         fo  Mr  WilUam  Spang.  let.  19;. 

iVir  Ro.  Wallace,  to  advifc  on  it.  All  of  thcin  were  afraid 
of  tlrj  iilue  ;  yet  none  wouUl  lie  at  the  ])aias  of  ridin^  to 
Edinburgh  to  conlidt  about  vt.  Tbi^  I  behoved  to  do  nn-- 
Jl'lf.  When  I  came  there,  I  found  the  brethren  not  at  all" 
minding  the  matter  •,  but  fcitinj,  the  hazard  before  their ' 
eyes,  i  got  them  roulcd  to  loo!c  about  tliem,  and  to  com-  - 
miffionaie  me  to  bring  from  the  well  whom  I  thought  lit 
for  thai  conference,  to  write  themielvcs  to  Mr  Knox  and 
Mr  Jamefon,  with  others  in  the  fonth,  and  to  IMr  Ilobevt 
Yonng,  Mr  James  Sharp,  and  others  in  the  north,  to  be 
prefcnt.  A\''lien  we  came  to  the  meeting,  I  v/as  i'lad  the 
danger  was  not  fo  great  as  J  aj);-)r.diended,  'J'he  remon- 
ilrants  had  as  little  a  mind  to  unite  with  us  as  we  with 
them.  Mr  Gillefjiic  and  Mr  Cru-ftairs,  and  a  fcAV  others, 
were  for  capitulating  •,  but  Warillon,  Mr  Guthrie,  and  o- 
thers,  were  as  rigid  as  ever ;  yea,  whatever  by  their  con- 
triving or  othcrv.'ife,  it  was  fo,  that  v/e  could  have  no  con- 
ference. We  had  drawn  tip  an  overan-e,  as  we  thought, 
■\ery  favourable,  fo  far  as  we  could  go.  aecordin"  to  the 
alTembly's  late  overture  for  union,  and  [ly  the  j-iands  of  the 
tryfters,  IMr  Blair,  ;ind  Mr  Durliam,  feat  in  to  their 
meeting.  Alfo  the  tryflers  liad  given  us  both  their  over- 
tures to  be  thought  upon  •,  but  tlie  ren^onllraius  told  us, 
in  regard  of  INIr  Rutherford  and  Mr  Livingllon's  abfence, 
they  could  not  at  that  time  engage  In  a  conference  ;  and 
therelore  dehred  a  new  meeting.  We  were  not  content 
that  they  had  made  tis  travel  in  vain,  and  tliought  not  fit 
to  appoint  a  meeting,  till  they  met  aauong  tliemVelves,  and 
conhdered  the  paper  we  had  given  them;  if  ihcy  would 
acquieice  to  it,  or  icnd  us  any  bcitL-r  wliereto  we  cotdd  ac- 
<iuiefe,  upon  the  advercilement  of  fomc  ])robability  of  ac- 
commodation from  Ml-  Dlcivfon  to  us,  and  Mr  'I'raill  to 
them,  there  might  be  a  meeiing  (Id  f(H)n  as  they  thought 
iit.  So,  after  a  htrle  prefacing 'by  de'egates  from  both 
meetings,  we  parted  before  we  entered  in  a  conference. 
We  underiiood,  that  our  o\erture  w.;s  laughed  at  bv  iheir 
high  Aomaehs;  and  as  {va-  ili.it  of  pvlr  IMan-,  we  were  of- 
fended all  of  u:,  wuh  it,  as  grandng  ;o  tb.e  ii^monftrants  al- 
moft  all  their  tnueaionable  dcllres.  l\»r  this  we  exnoftu- 
laied  (harply  enough  with  l\lr  JViair,  and  he  uith  us.  Juu. 
he  was  nuich  more  oilended  with  tlie  other  ;  and  both  he 
and  Mr  Durham  laid,  iliac  lo  long  as  Warifton  and  Mr 
Guthrie  guided  that  i>arty,  li'.eie  could  no  jKace  be 
pofliblc.     Thouoli  the  great  ;uul  much-talked-of  errand  of 

our 


'jt.ii  'I 


Let.  l^S'-  '^^  -^^^  WiViiam  Spang.  .jgp 

our  r.iecting  had  evriniflied  ;  yet  we  conferred  among  our- 
jelvcs,   and   Pvlr  Blair,    Mr  Durham,  Mr  Traill,  iVlr  Stir- 
ling, and  Mr  Carftuirs,  on  other  things  for  good  purpofe. 
Tor  a  number  of  years,  the  comnumion  had   not  been  ce- 
lebrated  in    Edinburgh,   Glafgow,  St  Andrew's,   Dundee, 
&c.   niofi:  becaufe  all  the  magillratcs  were  fo  deep  in  com-  . 
plying  with  the  Engliih,   that  they  were  excluded  from  the 
table  by  the  act  of  our  church,  and  long  conftant  practice, 
except  they  declared   their   repentance,  which  th.cy  wouhl 
not  do,  nor  durll  we  crave  it  of  them  :  alfo  iliey  were  fo 
importunate  to  have  the  communion,  and  impatient  to  be 
k)ngcr  excluded,  that  they  were  on  heady  and  evil  defigns 
againft  us,  if  we   gave  them  not  fitiifaction  Iktciu.     I'he 
n-ilnillcrs   of  Edinburgh   inclined   to   admit   them  on  very 
imall  acknowledgement.     We   in    Glafgow    were    all   for 
that,  except  '^\v  Durham  and  myfelf,  albeit  we  were  both 
much  moUjucd  at  that  time  ;    but    thcfe    of   St    Andrew's 
were  very  avt! !(.  from    their  admiilion,   except   on    condi- 
tions not  to  be  exptcled    from   them.      For  this   ejui,   tliey 
had  fent  us  a  long  p-H"  i  •,   vet,   after  fome  days  confcj-cnce, 
we  came  to  agree  to  admit  ihym  on  a  general  tcftiuiony  in 
our  doctrine  againft  their  compliance,  and  private  admo- 
nifhing   of  them    to    repent  lor  it,   laying  it  on  their   ccui- 
iciences  to    come    or    not    as   they   thought    good,       V.'^e 
thought,   indeed,   lime  had  much   altered   tl\e   caie  ;   anal 
drew  Mr  Blair  by,   and  told   hini  roimdly,   it  was  very  dif- 
concordant,   not  to   quarrel  Mr  Livingfton's  and  Mr  Gil- 
lelpie's  celebration,  notwitiiitanding   their   voluntary  mofb 
grois  and  avowed  compliance,  and  to  controvert   the   ad^ 
)nifiion  of  magiftrates  for  compelled  compliance   in    a   far 
lefs  degree.     'Ehis  flopped  his  mouth,   and  he  contradiclcil 
no  more.      As    for    prayer   for    the   Kin.;.';,    we    fpake    nor. 
much   of  it  in  publick  •,   but  in  ]ii-ivate  1  found,   that,  mofc 
of  the  company  thought  it  mnght   be  forhorn,  were  it  r.ot 
ior  thiC  proclamation  to  forbear  it  under  tlic  penalty  of  lo- 
fing  our  ftipends  ;   that  leaving  of  it  n.ow  v/ou!d  occafon  .1 
great  fcand.il.      V/hlle    we    were   in    private   cc;u Lrrin;^  oi* 
this,   Mr  Wood  oxerttn-ed,   that  a  way  might   be  foimd   to 
ja'tisty  the  luiglilh,   a.nd  keep  if  ill  our  p<rayer  for  the  K\v.'.\. 
1  thought  this  impolhble  ;   and  before  I  coald  ie.n-n  it  ivova 
liim,   he  was  neceliitated  to  g(i  liome.     'Ehere;i;.er  I  found, 
that  ]^dr  JauK's  Sharp   had  -perfuaded  .him  and  'Air  Dougla.--: 
10  go  with  ?Jonk's  recommer.dation    to   tlie   Protecroi",    ti> 
intrcat  for  our  fnaring  in  this  ccnllicutious  pracatv,    .<rj<I 


•'■I!   :^  ■■{ 


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'    ',1     '.,■/     .'^n'yi 


'V     :J(,(\7 


39«  ■      ^         To  Mr  IVUUam  Spang.  J.^t.  j^.. 

,.  for  the  freedom   of  our  animblics,   on   promifc  of  n^acr 
able   behaviour,     flou'  far  tlic  renK)ulhauts  provoc-uion^ 
put  on  fuch  a  rcfolution,  I  know  not;  but  no  fuch   thMiT 
IS  yet  doi.e,  and  to  me  it  is  a  matter   of  a  very  doubtfome 
nature.     It  is  true,   all  the  cilates   of  the   kingdom     y,., 
every  particular  per(on  of  note,  have   fubmitte^,    and   on 
occalion  ot   civil  rights,    have   acknowledged    the    orefl-rt 
power,  except  lorn,  of  us  miniftcrs;  and  that  our  protei^- 
mg  brethren,   of  their  own  accord,   ever  fince   Worceiler 
having  pm  the  King  out   of  their  prayers,    have  provoke.! 
hereby  the  hnghih  to  perlecute  us  ;   yet  it   all  be  true  whit 
iome  ot  us  have  written  for  this  dutv,   how  wc  fliall  for  a 
J.y  trouble  leave  it,   it  is  hard  to  ihy.     ]  jc„t  you  three  p^. 
pers  for  the  contiiuiance  of  il-is   prac^tice  ;    -.n-.^X    Mr  Hut 
chiefon  wrote  a  fourth,  which  [  did   not   ^cc,   better    as  I 
heard,   than  all  the   former.      For  myfelf,   I  nexer  wrot'e  a 
Ime  on  that  queilion,   but   adhered    to   the   thino   without 
fcruple  ;   albeit  what  ye  wrote  iVom  Voetius    flurahled    me 
and  the  general  practice    of  all    our  brethren    of  En-lipd* 
and  Ireland  more.     What  we  ihall  do  in   the   end   we  '  do 
not  know.     This  is  the  greatcit  diihculty  that  fcicks  in  oi- 
ftomnch;    albeit    in    mine,    IMr  Dickfon\   Mr  Durham's 
J^irhmiths,  and  others,  more;   inMrDouoIas,   iNirDliir 
Mr  Wood,  and  Mr  Fergufon,  and   moH:   o^  others     \d' 
It  is  our  prefent  deliberation  :    the  Lord  direct  us  in'it       f 
Lear  the  King  himfeit   would   gladly  permit  us  to  forbeac 
It,  and  our  Jiocks  wotdd  earneltly  requell  us  to  the  fame; 
but  for  mylelf  I  know  not  yet  how  to  do  it.      I\Ir  Ja    F^r' 
gufon   and   i\Ir  Alex mder'Niioct,  by  the  malevolence   of 
fome   of   their   neighbours,    were    forely    perlecuted,    and 
cnaled  fome  weeks  from  their  Hocks,  and  with  very  much 
ado  obtained  fome  forbearance  of  the  General.    How  lone 
we  fluiU  be  fpared,  we  cannot  tell.  . 

I  wrote  to  fome  of  the  miniiters  at  London  to  canle 
fome  friends  to  repreient  our  cafe  to  the  Proteclor  •  but 
the  anlwer  I  got  promiied  little:  yet  (by  what  means  I 
know  not)  to  this  day  the  Icorm  is  holden  olf,  wh^ilier 
confcience,_or  pity,  or  fear,  or  diveiilon  by  oti'er  ailaii  s. 
lias  helped  it,   is  uncertain. 

When  i\Jr  Gillefpie  was  with  Cromwell,  he  allifted  and 
plcafured  fundry  in  the  matter  of  their  lin.\s.  All  th.e 
ihree  preached  once  oi-  twice  in  the  chapel.  Cromwell 
was  kind  enough  to  them  all;  but  Mr  Livm-lton  came 
hrll  away.     IMr  Gillelpic  and   iMr  xMenzies,  for   the   two 

coll-.ci 


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Let.  195. 


To  Mr  WiU'iam  Spang. 


391 


colleges  of  Glafgow  and  Aberdeen,  obtained  fundry  fa-, 
vours  ;  tlic  Aipvrioriiles  of  Galloway  as  the  billio'i  had 
them,  and  2900  merks  a-yeai-  out  oF  the  cuftoms  of  Glaf- 
gow, for  maintenance  of  bui'i.'.rs  at  our  own  noiViination, 
with  the  town's  maintenance  lor  the  ufe  of  the  poor  who 
were  hurt  by  the  burninj^.  For  this  lervice  the  town  gave 
I\Ir  Pacrick  a  gratuity  oi  30  pieces,  which  he  took  :  and 
having  regretted  to  us  his  great  chai'ges  in  that  h.df-year, 
that  it  liad  exceeded  L.  250  Sterling,  and  all  that  he  had 
received  i  ron~i  Cron'iwell  wa.s  ]-..  100,  I  was  content  the 
college  Ihoidd  allow  hint  L.  100;  but  it  was  carried  by 
votes  to  3000  merks.  liis  llipend  ili.it  year,  I  think,  was 
2000  merks,  and  his  deburferncnts  for  us  about  one  thing 
and  another,  another  icoo  merks,  befides  1000  merks 
for  books  to  the  libcrary.  For  all  this  I  think  he  was  no 
gainer:  his  joiu'ney  and  way  ol"  li\ing  at  I^ondon  was 
fumptuous.  Yet  all  this  would  have  been  well  taken,  had 
not  the  hilf  half  of  his  gift  contained  an  order  to  the 
judges  to  allow  no  intrants  any  ftipend  but  thefe  who  had 
the  tcftimony  of  fo  many  of  the  i-emonllrant  faction  in  e--- 
very  diocefs  as  they  fat  down.  There  were  only  a  few  of 
our  mind  joined,  who  would  have  carried  nothing  againll 
the  other,  fo  the  pLuuing  of  all  the  churches  ^vas,  in  ef- 
fciTt,  devolved  on  tliat  faetion.  Tlie  claufes  in  the  ordei' 
appointed  tlte  judges  to  alUif  them  in  the  ejection  of  all 
thefe  tliey  ihould  declare  fcandalous,  as  you  may  I'ead  iu 
the  order  itfelf  printed  by  the  council.  So  \oon  as  this 
was  known,  however,  t!ie  remonfcrauls  iu  our  bounds 
and  in  the  foiuh  were  r,lad,  ai>d  beg.m  to  niake  vS<^  of  it, 
vet  generally  it  was  cried  out  upon  ;  the  miniliers  of  Edin- 
burgh preached  much  againjl  it  ;  llie  prefl)ytery  of  Edin- 
burgh and  f)nod  of  Lothi.ui  declared  againft  it  •,  the  iV- 
jiods  of  rife  and  the  I^lerie  did  tlie  like  :  yea,  Mv  Giuhrij 
wrote  jlaarply  againft  it,  and  the  riiinirtcrs  u'i  Edinburidi 
gave  in  to  Monk  a  paper,  to  be  comiuunicated  to  the  Pro- 
te(5lor,  as  both  the  iynod  and  preibylcry  of  Edinburgh 
]iad  declared  before  aii^ainll  it.  And  in  a  meetiui'  of  tiie 
remondrants,  Yv''arifton  carried  a  \ote  of  a  teltiraony  a- 
gainlt  it  :  but  this  was  fuppref  jd,  for  fear  of  dividing  their 
party,  who  iu  other  things  alio  clid  not  well  r.gree  \  for 
lome  ot  them  were  much  more  complying  with  the  Eng- 
iilh  than  Warillon  or  IMr  Guthrie  allowed.  Yet  i\Jr  Guth- 
rie's way  became  doubtful  on  this  much  talked  occafion. 
}'is  colleague,  I-'.lr  David  Dtmiet,  had  under  his  hand  en- 

•gaged 


'I 

i 

"92                        To  M>'  IViUlam  ^pan^.                Let.  in-  S 

i 

j  gaged  hlmfclf  Tome  more  to  the  afiombly  of  Dundee,  than  \ 

agreed  with  his  former  rafhnefs,  and    Mr    Guthrie's  wav  :  I 

though  after  tlie  breaking  of  the  land  Mr  David  retracted  \ 

fomewhat  of  this,  yet  fo  much  fluck  of  it    as   made  him  i 

not   fully  of  Mr   James's  judgement.     The   people   liked  * 

neither  well,  but  Mr  David  bell  of  the  tv/o  :   thence  emu-  | 

"lation  and  fome  conteils  in  the  fellion   began  to  ariie;  but  \ 

1A\-  David  being  on  his  deatb-bed,  and   alivifmg   to   plant  f 

his    place  with  a  man  peaceable,   not  factious,    Mr  James  j 

and  the  town  iell  in  a  Itrifc  about  that  matter   immediate-  \ 

ly  after  his  dcaib.     Mr  James  had   formed   the  fefilon   to  \ 

bis  own  mind  ;  whoever   oppoled  his  way,  Avere  removed,  j 

on  divers  pretences.     The  remainder   were   but  lew,  who  \ 

were  perfuadcd  to  call  to  Mr  Bc^nuet's  place,  one  Mr  Paile  j 

from  Angus.     To  this  eleftion  the  body   of  the  town  Avas  ■; 
oppofxte  •,  but   when    Mr  James,  neglei^ting  tbeir   oppofi- 

tion,  went   on   to   admit   him,  the   people,  tumidtuouflv,  5 

with  cries,  and  ihouts,  and   Ih-okcs,  oppofcd   it  ;  yet   JNlr  ! 

•  James  admitted  the  man,   and  caiifcd   lummon   above   60  ' 
of  the  chief  burgclTes  before  the  En^;li(h  criminal  court  at 

Edinburgh  for  a  riot.      Being  all  put   to    an   affile,   to   tbe  ! 

judges   open   dilT-itisfaaion,  \hey  were  all   abfolved    once  \ 

and    again.     'IMieir   advocate   publickly  ferved   Mr   James  ; 

with  very  coarfe  language;   but   the  judges  favoured  him  \ 

all  in    their  powcj-.     This  all  m.ifliked   in   Mr  James   as   a  \ 

•dangerous  preparative  to  the  whole  land.  However,  it  ' 
made  his  people  irreconcJleablc  to  him.  The  fynod  of 
Perth  met  at  Dumbluie.  Wlien  they  were  about  to  de- 
clare againft  the  violent  intruilon  of  hlr  Rule,  JMr  Gu'b- 
rie  appeared  with  a  declinatin-e  of  tbeir  judicatory.  This 
irritated  them  fo  fir  as  they  appointed  fome  of  their 
number   to   go   to   .Stirling,  and    intimate  his   fcntence  of 

depofuion    by   the    general    aiiembly,    the   nullity   of  Mr  \ 

Rule's  admiihon  to   .Stirling,  ajid  ot   Mr  Blair's   to    Roth-  ' 
kennar,   to  elect   a   new  fellion  for  calling  of  minifters    to 

.Stirling,  and  to  approve  that  as  the  prefl)\tery  of  Stirling,  •; 

from  which  i^.Ir  James  had  feparateil.     'J 'bis  provoked  the  ; 

remonflrant    party  to   meet   at   Edinburgb,    where,    what  j 
courfe   of  revenge  they  have   refolved  "upon,    I   fear  we 

ihall  hear  in  lime.     There  is  a  talk  of  fending  propofitions  | 

to    Cromwell    for    invefting    the    church-government    in  \ 

their  party's  hands.     However,  Mr   Rutherford  was    fent  'j 

to    Stirling    to    preach    againft    the    fynod's    proceedings,  | 
though  Mr  Rule  was  a  ktjov/n  fornicator.     There  v.-as  ;m- 

2                                                                             other  ; 


K.ri 


M.'dl 


,':   ij/;    (    !/».. 


Let.  195.  ^fo  Mr  WilUain  Spang.  gp^ 

other  \tT)\  crroncour,  practice  of  our  brcil;rcn  :  A  Good 
and  ;;ble  young  man,  hir  Jo.  J.unL!bii,  bciii^'  planted,  al- 
moft  unauimoufly,  in  the  pariili  oi"  Eccles  by  the  v/hole 
prcHiytcry  of  Dun("e,  Ibine  few  of  the  renionUrant-fide  fiive  a- 
call  to  Mr  Andrew  rtutiicriord.  Mr  John  J/ivinj^fton,  wicli 
two  of  the  preibytcry  of  Chu-nfide,  admit  liim  to  liis  triiils 
in  i-elereiKC  to  that  cluirch.  Tiie  brLiiucn  of  EdhiburgK 
hearing  of  it,  Ciirneftly  wrote  to  I\fr  John  to  beware  of 
inch  a  clear  overturning  (jf  on.r  fundamental  difcinline. 
However,  they  go  on  v.'ith  al!  ipced  with  the  trial  j  and, 
with  an  Engliih  order  and  guard,  force  him  on  tlie  people. 
When  the  iynod  were  about  to  declare  agaiidl  tiiis  \\\\- 
heard-of  intrufiou,  iNlr  J  oho  and  his  friends  gave  in  a 
ftrong  proteflation.  The  Iynod  declared  againO:  them  ;  and 
they,  by  the  Englifh  force,  keep  out  Jamefon,  and  put  in 
Ptutheriord.  The  prclLyteries  of  Edinburgh  and  St  An- 
drew's, and,  as  I  think,  the  fynods  of  Fife  and  Lothian, 
declared  againft  tlils  ihameful  id\\r])ation  ;  but  our  bre- 
thren regard  Hole  either  jn-eibyteries  or  i'ynods  v/hen  op- 
pofite  to  iheii-  dehrcs.  This  f)nod  of  Lothian,  in  a  v/elU 
framed  aei:,  opened  I^.Tr  AVilliani  Colvill's  rjiouth.  Thcfe 
fatal  divifions  which  v/)"acked  England  and  our  kiiipdom* 
jfirit  and  lafl,  which  with  our  eyes  we  have  ieen,  the  only 
Conliderable  means  of  the  ruin  of  thofe  who  are  down,  and 
rifingof  thofe  who  are  up,  are  lihe  to  put  in  f!ie  h amis  of  that 
iinitiiet  faction  of  our  l.)ieth)en,  or  eile  into  tlie  hancis  of 
Eraftian  ftatelmqn,  ad  cluu''  h-jiu'ildiclion  j  lo  at  once  we 
/hall  have  no  diicij^iline  to  look  alter,  but  ro  preach,  pray, 
and  celebrate  the  iacramoius,  and  be  gl  id  to  be  tolerated 
to  go  about  that  without  controul.  YVlien  Quakers  fall. 
;i-railing  on  all  tiie  miniilry,  in  the  face  of  oui  congrega- 
tions, on  the  iSabbalii-day,  they  are  not  punilhed  at  all  j 
nor,  for  ought  1  know,  is  there  any  chtu-cli  ^liiciplinc  at: 
all  to  this  day  any  v^'here  in  England.  The  n;inillers 
there,  are  herein  fo  lieartlcfs  and  dilcouraged,  that  they 
dare  Ipcak  nothing  v.hich  may  be  interpreted  to  give  the 
lea.fl;  od'ence.  I  marvelled,  that  v^dien  I  lent  my  .mfv/er  to 
Cotton  and  Tonibe?,  to  iNlr  Calamy  \o\-  his  ]irprn::aii;ry 
yea,  a  de<.Hcatory  epilile,  lie  was  no  feeble-minded  as  to 
retiiie  both  my  tledicvition  and  his  own  f.i'.pr'nji.itiir  ;  yea, 
\vith  a  great  dilheiiicy  coidd  I  get  \\V^  Lr.yriiualur  to  my 
very  catechd'm  :  A  ih.uige  change  of  times,  and  great 
iecblcnefs  ot  men  ! 

Concerning   our   comnionwealth,    how   \t  is   conceived 
here  I  give  vou  tliis  accoimt.     The  riilng  gi  the  ]d.ghlar<Js 

VoL.n.  :;  D  has 


hg4  '                     Ttf  Mr  JVUTiam  Spang.               Let.  19-j  j 

I 
liaspro.vcn,  as  the  moft:  of  v>'lic  men  ever  expected,  hurt- 
ful to   us.     The  coiuuiy  Avas  much  oppreffccl   by   it  j  the  • 
King's  party  much  -weakened  •,  the   Englifli  imbittered  the  ' 
more  againll  us  ;  and  their  inward  divilions   and   factions  | 
Jiolden   in   fo   long   as   that   party  flood   coniiderable.     k  1 
crew  indeed  to  a  'u-eater  heiuht  than  anv  could   have  ima-  '• 
gined  ;  yet  the  Holland  peace,  and  the  King's   difapjioini-  .  | 
ment  abroad,  "with  ilieir  own  foolilh   pride  and  divifions,  | 
brought  them  to  nothing,  and   made   them  capitulate  one  ; 
after  another,  till  at  lafi:  all  are  come  in.    John  Graham  of  | 
Duchray  is  the  lall,  who  indeed  was  among  the  wo'ii  lionelr,  \ 
flout,  and  wile  men  of  them  all.     The  Jl^nglilh  gave  tolcr-  ? 
able  teiaxis  to  them  all  •,  and  by  this  wiidom  have  got  them  all 
quiet.    Glencairn  led  ilie  Avay  to  the  rell,  as  of  going  out,  j 
fb  of  coming  in  ;  for  which  nnuch  blanie  lies  on  him.      A-  ' 
thol's  friends   brought  him  off  with  the  lirft  ;  Scaforth  al- 
io became  wife   in   linie.     Lorn's   difl'erence   v/ith   his    fa-  \ 
ther  kept  him  longer  out ;  yet   he  is   at    laft  perfuaded  to  I 
come  in,  albeit  he  and  hi^  father  are  not  like   to   be   good  ■ 
friends.     His  father,  leit  he  give  any  occafion  to  the  Eng- 
lllh  to  fufpect  his  collufion  with  his  ion,   keeps  the  greater 
tliftancc  from  him,  albeit  the  moil  think  the  domcllick  di-  \ 
villous  between  them  are  fo  real  and  true    as  makes  both  .' 
their  lives  bitter   and   vmcomfortable   to   them,    and   ih'i 
j',reat  burthen  of  debt  ])uts  their  very  houfe  in   hazard  to  ■ 
I'tiin,  if  the  Knidilh  be  no  more  kind    to   them  than  thev  ' 
have  been,  or  it  feems  they  will  be.     The  father   fought  a 
oarrifon  to  lie  in  Argyle,  to  keep  it  frora  his  fou's  violence, 
but  when  it  was  on  tlie  way,  he  repented,  and  got   a   nev/' 
order  for  their  return  :  yet   they  wouhi  go  on  ;  yea,  took  i 
lip   his   own  beft  houfe  of  Inverary,  made   the   kli-k   and  ' 
jchool  their  llables,  .and   liiirdly  at   this  very   time   have  ' 
been  got  removed.     The  people's  great  hatred  lies  en  him  I 
flbove  any   one   man,  and  whatever  bcfals   him,  few   do  1 
pity  hin-i.     At  this  time  his  eilate  is  very  Itaggering.     The 
Chancellor  got  better  conditions    in    his   capitulaiion   than 
any  expccled,  albeit  his   debts  and  infamy   lie  very  heavy  ; 
upon  him.                                                                                           '  j 

For  this  time,  all  Scotland  is  exceeding  quiet,  but   in   a 

Tdry  uncomfortable  condition  ;  vcy  many  of  the   noble-  t 

ineii   and  gentlemen,    what   with   impriibnments,    baniih-  j 

iiients,  forfeitures,  lines,  as  yet  continuing  without   any  j 

releafement,  and    private   debts  front    their   former   trou-  | 

\A<x,  are   wrecked  or  s^oing  to  wreck.     The  coUinionality  I 

arc  ; 


.'n*:.      *;    ,l:  '■<<■/  1    ,  d    ,y< 


;    .'If: 


Let.  195.  To  Mr  IViU'uim  Spang.    ■  59 j 

arc  opprciTcd  with  maintenance  to  the  Englifli  army. 
Strange  want  of  money  upon  u-.ant  of  trade,  for  our  towns 
have  )io  conliderable  trade  ;  and  what  is,  tlie  Enghlli  have 
pojll'ircd  it.  The  viclual  is  cxtraoidinary  cheap,  in  God's 
mercy,  but  judgement  to  many.  AVant  of  jufiice,  for  we 
have  no  baron-coui-ts  ;  our  iherids  ]iave  little  ikill,  for 
common  being  Esighlh  fokliers  ;  otir  lords  of  fcliion,  a  . 
fev/  EngliOi,  unexperienced  with  our  law,  and  wlio,  this  . 
tv/elvemontli,  have  done  little  or  nought:  great  is  our 
fuilering  through  want  of  that  court.  After  long  neglecb 
of  us  as  no  nation,  at  laft  a  fuprcme  council  of  ftace, 
with  power  in  all  things,  is  come  down  to  fix  or  feven 
Lnglilh  foldiers  aiid  two  of  our  complying  gentlemen. 
Colonel  Lockliart  and  Swiiuon.  "VVc  expct^t  little  good 
from  theni  •,  but  if  an  Jicavy  excile,  as  is  faid,  be  added 
to  our  maintenance,  and  the  paying  or  all  tb.e  garrifons  lie 
on  us,  our  condition  will  be  iniupjiortable  ;  yet  be  what  it 
will,  it  nmil  be  borne,  we  liave  deierved  it.  But  we  hope 
the  liOrd  will  look  dov/u  on  the  alilie'tioji  of  the  unjulUy 
afllicted  by  me2i. 

The  otlier  year,  when  the  good  parliament  fat  down, 
v/c  M'tre  in  great  fear.  Their  lirlt  declarations  were  To 
pious,  but  to  me  fo  full  of  the  Anabapiiilick  llrain,  that 
1  was  afraid  of  tlK-m.  'i'h.;y  were  clc^-ted  abfolutely  by 
the  officers  of  the  army,  ai:J  the  miniders  of  their  cabal, 
fully  according  to  the  r,iind  or  the  .Sect:arian '  parry  •,  but 
they  were  no  fooner  fet,  tlian  theyilew  fo  high,  as  to  mind 
nothiiig  but  a  iiLih  nionirch.y  upon  earth,  to  overtlirow 
all  magi!lracy  and  minircry  as  it  llood,  and  put  all  in  a  new. 
mould  of  their  own,  wherein  publiekly  fome  fomented 
them  for  their  oa^ji  wife  deilgus.  However,  they  were 
far  on  in  overturning  all  remaining  foundations  of  church 
r>nd  ftate.  The  General,  with  fome  of  his  confident 
friends  of  the  army,  dillolvcd  theni  by  force,  leit  they 
Ihould  have  overwhehned  him,  tlieml'elves,  and  all,  in 
their  new  Babel,  an^l  took  on  himfelf  the  olllcc  of  Pro- 
tee'for,  with  a  power,  to  him  and  his  council-luprenTe,  be- 
yond, as  it  i'eemed  to  many,  the  regal  line  ;  yet  necellary 
lor  the  time,  and  quietly  accjuiefced,  in  v/iihout  contradic- 
tion. To  mollify  it,  a  parliament  w^is  called  after  the  old 
Vay,  but  of  men  engaging  to  the  new  way  01  government. 
There  went  irom  Scotland  thirty,  and  rrom  Ireland  as, 
many.  Our  and  their  chafers  were  men  who,  for  peace, 
Yi'crc  relolvcd  to  do  or  lay  any  thing  th-y  fouud   to^.-rabl.; 

'  3  i)  S  ta 


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■    ■    '     ■'■■     .1    V   ;j:  t    .;     .; 

■J  ■  iu.    ,(ji,,(  ;,   ;|  , 


^'()6  To  Air  IViUtiun  Spatig.  Let.  inr,  I 

tfi  t]ic4r  own  large  mind,  and,  I  think,  were   all  fo   com-  i 

-  pb''""'S  ^^^'^''^  ^^^^  Protcclcr   as    he    coidd   h:ive   wifhcd  :    yet  I 

many  of  the  chief  in  this  meeting  were  fo  dilTatislied  with  j 

one  above  a  parliament,   (a  true  and  high   royalty  as  they  ! 

conceived),    th.it    at    their  very  firfb   downfitting   they  iet  j 

themfelvcs  to  ovcrtnrn  the  new  building  for  tlicir   love  of  • 

their  too  much-fmcied  republick,   in  a  free  and  abfolutcly  | 

fuprcine  parliament.  An  nnliappy  dream  !  imllt  for  the  f 
govern  ju'nt  of  the  pcojde  of  this  ifle  at  aiiy  time,   and  moll         '       1 

as  now  difjXTfed.     'i'he  Proi>  clor  iinding   it   fo,    made  no  5 

fcrupie  to  diiciplinc  them,   and,  without  much  more  ado,  ! 

to  purge  the  lioufc  prefently  of  all  who,  under  their  hand,  i 

did  not  engage  ai",.iin  to  prelerve  tlie  model  of  government  ( 

appointed  by  the  Prottx'tor  and  Ids  friends.  "VVlien  many  1 
of  the  moft  flirring  heads,  by  the  refufd  of  this  engage-  "  ^ 
ment,  were  put  out   of   the    Jloufe,   it  v.-as  cxpected/that 

the  reft  would  have  fo  i\dly  complied    as    they  had  written  1 

uith  their  hands;  yet,   for  what  caufes  we  kuov\^   not,   the  !• 

Protector  loinsd  them  all  fo  undernjining   of   his    povern-  ' 
,     ment,  that  he  thought  it   fit   to    dinbive  them,      iience  all 
.    were  filled  with  new  difcontenis :   but  the  Protector  had  fo 

far  wiih  his  wit  and   diligence  provided  for  all,  that  there  I 

was  no  confiderable  flir.     Lambert   and    the    chief  of  the  ;' 

.  army  were  made,  by  hopes,  fo  faft,    ih;;t   they    concurred  : 

chearfully  in  all  things.     Lieut. -Col.  Lilbmn,  a  moft  tur-  j 
bulent  man,  v/hom  i  thought  no  force  nor  flcill   would   e- 
ver  have  got  quiet,    vvms   {o  cunningly  conveyed  to  jerfey, 
and    there  fo  Itrlctly  kept,    that    there    lias    been    nothing 
more  heard  of  him  than  he  had  been    death     Capt.  Joyce 

was  put  in  the  fame  condition.      General-Majors  liarrifons  ' 
and  Overton,  v.-ith  fundry  otlicr  ofiicers  of  tJie  armv,  both 
in  Scotland  and  Ive.giaiu!,   are  dole  prifoners  for  deligns  to 

tm-n  the  army  ag.iinlL-  the   Proteaor,      A    ntunber   oi"  the  ' 

royal  party  rifing  in  a  veiy  confufed  imprudent  way  in  '\ 
many  (hires,  were    all    eallly   fcattered,    and    the    chief  of 

them  made  faft,  and  fundry  executed  h)r  their  confplrijig;  ; 

albeit  in  what,   and  how  far,   we  know  not.      We  are  olad,  i 

that  no  Scotfman  was  found  acceflbry  to  any  of  -thefe"  de-  I 
figns.     It  feenis  our  people    were    f,)    ill    burnt,    that    they 

I    }iad  no  flomach  for  a, ly  farther  meddling  ;   only  Cr.'iwford,  \ 

Lauderdale,  and  David  Lefiy,   when  the ''Power  was  filled  1 

.     Vv'itli  new  prifoners,   were  fe:!t  to  fai-ther  and  worfe  prifonr,  1 

•.    for  no  new  fatilt  that  we  liear  tell  of.  | 

Tiii-f-  ftirs  nrake  the  Proicc^ior  more  vigil.mt.     The  fall  ^ 


f        L«t.  195.  '    To  Mr  WiU'iam  Spang.  397 

I  out  of- his  concli,  and  the  attempts  more  tlian  once  for 
f  his  life  by  Gerard  the  tailor,  and  others,  fj-iew  the  vio- 
I  lencc  of  fome  fpirits.  The  raifinp,  of  all  the  three  laft  par- 
I  lianients  ;  the  fpeaking  ot"  a  crown,  and  title  of  a  King  or 
I  Emperor,  whicli  fome  think  is  not  vain  ;  the  putting  of 
f  the  government  of  Ireland  under  his  fon  Henry,  and 
I  Scotland  ttnder  a  council  of  fome  fix    or   ^icxcn  olhccrs   of 

I  the  army,  and  chiefly  of  his  nieces,  Ro'oin  a  fewiler's  liuf- 

i  band,  the  young  Lord  of  Lee,  make    great   malccontent- 

I  ment  in  the  heart  of  the   moil.     To  help  this,  all  poiliblc 

I  courfes  are  taken  to  fatisfy  England  \   hut  Scotland   is   not 

I  worth  the  minding.     \\\    England    L.  60,000    Slei'ling    a- 

i  month,  the  half  of  ihc    maintenance    is   diminifhed  •,   but 

\  v.'e  fear  the  new  excife    Ihail    double  otir  maintenance;  al- 

[  bcit  cxcifing  in  England  feems  to  have  been  great,  yet  few 

[  have  fuflered,    and   we  hear   of  few    forfeitures    or    lines 

\  there  ;  but  many  of  our  nation  are  fent  to  the  plantations, 

'  our  fines  are  many  and  great,    and   our   grievances  much 

neglected.  Eor  fatisfy ing  the  people  of  England,  the  two 
great  navies,  the  one,  on  the  coalt  of  Africa,  Italy,  and 
.Spain,  under  Blake-,  the  other,  in  the  Weft  Indies,  under 
Penn,  fervecl  much  for  a  time  :  for  it  was  thought  at  lirfr, 
that  the  navy  under  Blake  to  aflift  the  Spaniard  againil 
the  French,  invading  by  fea,  both  Naples  and  Catalonia, 
belidcs  the  fecuring  of  the  lliips  and  cannon,  ihould  have 
]iad  afPurance  from  the  Spaniard  for  pay  200,000  potmds 
Sterling;  and  thereafter,  iiiat  their  dcllgii  was  to  hee  all 
the  Engliili  captives  at  Tunis,  Algiers,  and  Salee,  and  to 
huerccpt  the  Spanilh  plate  at  Cadiz.  Alio  that  Peon's  great 
army  of  12,000  men  had  been,  not  only  to  have  taken  St 
Domingo  in  Hifpaniola,  but  alfo  I\Iexieo  in  New  Spain. 
Thefe  high  and  advantageous  defigns  did  much  pleafe  the 
fpirits  of  the  vulgar;  but  now  mifcontcntments  are  fear- 
ed, even  on  tliat  ground  alfo,  to  rile-,  th;it  ib  huge  ex- 
pence  has  been  laid  on  the  people  for  fruitlefs  defigns  •, 
and  that  in  their  fai-  voyag,es,  many  lives  have  been  lofc 
for  no  piu-pofe.  Since  this  time  Blake  has  lived  on  the 
Engli/li  charge,  the  Spaniard  has  borne  no  cxpences.  The 
burning  of  the  Turkiih  Ihips  at  Tunis  is  laid  to'ha\c  pro- 
voked the  Turks  at  Conftantinople,  and  eifev.  here,  to  i-ob 
many  Engliili  of  life  and  goods  ;  th.at  none  of  the  Si^aniili 
fleet  is  yet  gotten,  and  if  n:cddled  with,  it  were  a  breach, 
with  Spain,  which  were  a  beg.inning   of  a   needlefs  war  at 

sn  unfcafunablc  time  ;  that  Peau's   rreat   navv   ar.d   -.wnw 
'  i_>  •  - 

ha\o 


I'.t 


/!'   ■..'Ml: 


■  ■rij-  ...'  Jk 


xf.'l    ii..  .      -rn 


•i  }i,fj 


398     •  To  Mr  William  Spang.  Let.  19-,  I 

,     have  done  no  fc-rvlcc  at  all,  hut  in  Hifpanlola  liave   got   a  ^ 

great  aJlVont.     Thcfc  thing's  from  the  Diurnals  :    the'  dif-  i 

content    royalifts    hiaze    far  ;     but    the    Piotcclor   is   wife  "          } 

enough  to  \^cc  to  all  thefc  muj-murings  of  filly  people.     In  | 

quieting  of  malccontents  he  has  a  ilrange   both   dexterity  - 

and  ficill.                                                                                      \  I 

For  church-matters,    there   is   no  ccclefiafl-iclc    govern-  ! 

ment  at  all  that  we  can  hear  of;  yet  the  hand  of  power  is  \ 

Jiot  heavy  on  any  for  matiejs  of  ivlis^ion,  no  not  on  Qua-  ? 

kers,   who  are  open  railers  a-ainn.-  ihc  Protc^or's  perf^n  ;  ^ 

yea,  we  hear  of  little  trouble  of  PapifLs,  who  (jrow  much  I 

in  the  north  of  Scotland,  more  than  thefe   eli^'hiy  years,  1 

without  any  conirouL     ¥/e   cxpeft  our   council   of  ftaic  i 

will  fee  to  it.  I 

P'or  ihiiu^s  abroad,  they  are  th.us  rcprcfented  to  us  :  That 
the  French  totally  neidecf  our  King,  the  Cardinal  being 
unwilling  in  the  King's  minority  to  undertake   a  v/ar  with  | 

England,  for  the  marring  of  the  great  advancement  of  the  ? 

French  intereft  againft  their  chief'cncnn'es,  the  SpaniOi  and  ; 

Auflrian  ;  that  for  tins  end  iliey  pafs   by  the   daily  takinp 
of  numbers  of  their  lliips.  '  '  ^  . 

The  defeat   oi"    the   royal  navy  in  its  way  to   Dunkirk,  1 

svhereui)on  alone  followed  the  lofs  of  Dunkirk;  the  takin;' 
from    them   the   plantations   of  Canada,   and  St  Chrifto"^  \ 

pher's,  and  others;    that  al!   ihcfe    ilic   French   dillemblc,  | 

and  feek  the  Englifh  fricndihip,  till  they  have   done  their  | 

bufincfs  el.'ewliere,  as  daily  they  make  fo  good  prom-efs  ; 
that  Conti  lakes  in  town  after  town  in  Catalonia,  wluch  is 
interpreted  the  great  weaknefs  of  Spain,  that  is  not  able 
in  Spain  itfelf  to  cruiii  a  Httle  French  army;    in   Italy  aU  5 

fo,  the  Spaniih  in  Milan  is  put  hard  to'  it,  when  the 
French,  with  al!  the  power  of  Savoy  and  Modena,  and 
the  neuiralitv  of  the  Venetian,  Pope^  Florence,  and    Go-  ' 

110a,  deals  With  liim  ;   only  it  is  marvelled   what  folly  mo-  | 

ved  the  French,  in  their  pallage  throtigh  Savoy,  to  fall  on 
the  quiet  Proteftants  of  the  vallies.  If  this  ma'liacrc  he  the 
half  of  llie  thiiig  it  is  called,   it  were  enough,   not   only  be-  ' 

fore  God,   but  with  men,   to   mar   the   futl   career   ot   the  1 

French  viotoiy.  But  many  here  fufpecl  the  matter  not  to 
be  fo  great  ;   not  fo  much  becaufe  the  French  King,  Pope,  I 

and  Savoyard,  difclaim  it  as  none  of  their  deeds  j^'bnt  be- 
caufe fo  many  diurnals  infift  fo  much  upon  it,  and  i'o 
much  noife  is  made  of  it  here,  the  royalilts  fav,  "that  ox^ 
the  blood  of  the  faints  this  politick  ulc  is  made,  to  malc^ 

peo^)!^'  i 


--  ,1     1 1    ,■; 


y  ui 


t-et._i95- 


To  Mr  WiJIiam  Spang, 


3?9 

T^eoplc  fee  Lhe  happuu-rs  of  our  prci'cnt  government,  where- 
in wc  live  in  peace,  free  from  the  cruelty  of  Papiii?; ;  and 
if  Charles  Stuart  came  here,  the  people  jiad  cauie  to  fear, 
from  him  and  his  mother,  thefe  incredible  murders  which 
the  Proteftants  of  Savoy  find  from  the  Duke,  the  King's 
coufin-german,  by  the  advice  of  his  mother,  the  C^een's 
true  fifier.  But  wc  fear  too  n)uch  of  this  pcrfecution  be 
true,  let  any  exaggerate  or  abufe  it  to  what  end  they  thl)ik 
fit.  But  the  terrible  progrefs  of  the  French,  and  moil  to 
our  prejudice,  is  in  Flando's,  where  the  luiidilh  junclion 
with  Spain,  if  in  time,  might  eafdy  have  hopped  ;  but  if 
to  the  conquell-  of  Lorain  and  Alfatia,  they  add  Flandei-s, 
and  get  of  Spain  the  Lov,-  Countries,  tlicij-  neiglibourhood, 
both  to  England  and  Holland,  will  be  more  formidal)lc 
than  ever  Spain  was  ;  and  whatever  progrefs  tlic  French 
make  this  year  againfl;  Spain,  many  impute  it  to  the  Eng- 
lifh,  who  have  hindered  the  Spanilh  lilver-ilcct  to  come 
liome,  whereby  the  Spanilh  have  been  difablcd  to  keeji 
the  fields  againfi:  the  French  any  wlicre,  let  be  in  Flanders 
againil;  the  King  in  perlon,  with  the  great  royal  army. 


Pojijcrlpt,   December  I.  1655. 

While  Mr  Wood,  rector  of  the  unlverfity  of  St  An- 
drew's, had  oft  to  do  with  Gen.  Mon'.c  for  the  luiiverlity, 
and  always  got  civil  Jicaring,  it  was  thought  fit,  that  Mr 
Douglas  and  he  fliould  ixprefent  to  the  General  the  niani- 
luld  and  increafing  grievances  of  the  cliurch  ;  which  they 
did  in  a  paper.  The  General  profelFed  himfclf  willing, 
but  unable  to  remedy  them  ;  only  undertook  to  fend  them, 
to  the  Proteiflor,  with  whom  yet  they  keep  together,  with' 
iheir  rcpix-fentation  againft  Mr  Gillei'pie's  charter,  as  they 
call  it.  The  General  oft  fpoke  concernig  prayer  for  the. 
King.  Mr  Douglas,  and  others,  ihewed  their  utter  un- 
willingnefs  to  quit  it  fo  long  as  the  pioclarniuion  ftood  •> 
and  when  the  iheriir  was  fent  to  troid)ie  tlieiu,  juul  he  nat: 
given  over  his  begun  jirocefs,  they  had  prep.nvd  prot eft;! - 
tions.  The  General  declared  his  inability  to  talic  oft"  the 
proclamation  for  the  time  ;  but  hopetl  the  new  council, 
Avhcn  it  came  down,  Ihould  do  it.  At  their  comin;;,  the 
Prefident  Ih-ophill,  havins'  a  ^ood  invpreilion  from  his 
fifier,  the  Lady  Cloiworthy,  of  Mr  Douglas  and  iMr  Dick- 
iun,  dealt  kindly  with  llicm  ;  and  rnuleijlandlug  tJ-ieir  hick 

at 


■-yi  •!  \vm-^'i>^S.  ,v,W-;\^^^ 


4o'a  To  Mr  IVilUam  Spang.  Let.  ipr. 

^  at  the  proclamation,  albeit  with  fome  dirTicviUy,  got  the 
council  to  take  it  ofT,  fhcwing  withal  to  the  niiniftcrs  the 
Arictiiefs  of  his  inicructions  aj^ain/t  all  who  continued  pu- 
blickly  naming  the  King.  Aitci-  much  deliberation,  they 
thought  It  fit  to  give  it  ovei\  They  once  purpofed  a  de- 
claration, and  a  paper  for  removal  of  obje»Stions  \  but 
forefeeing  the  ofience  from  thcfe  wM-its  would  have  been  e- 
qual  to  the  continuance  of  their  praelice,  they  abftaincd, 
and  only  drew  a  paper,  which  they  fent  to  me,  and  no  o- 
tlicr.  Mr  Wood's  larger  anfwer  to  objeclions  I  have  not 
yet  got.  The  example  of  thefc  in  Edinburgh  is  like  to  be 
followed  by  all.  Some  yet  ftick.  Our  remonftrants  grie- 
ved and  mocked  at  this  change.  Some  of  our  people, 
from  whom  wc  did  not  expect  it,  were  oftendcd  ;  but,  a- 
bove  all,  General  Monk  was  irritated  againll  us,  as  if  we 
had  yielded  to  Lroghill  v/hat  wc  denied  to  him  :  and  from 
that  day,  on  all  occalions,  befriended  openly  the  remon-> 
flrants,  to  our  prejudice,  as  men  to  be  trufred  beyond  us, 
their  principles  being  oppofite  to  the  interefls  of  their  ene- 
my Charles  Stuart,  whom  we  did  aiFect  illU,  notwith- 
flanding  of  our  iilence  in  our  publick  prayers.  Mr  Traill, 
who  convcrfed  much  with  him,  Avrore  in  the  tinie  of  our 
laft  fynod  a  long  letter  to  Mr  Gilleipie,  wliich  he  read  pu- 
blickly  to  a  grand  committee  of  his  mind,  as  il  we  had  ut- 
tered to  the  General  and  I'refident  very  many  calumnies 
againft  them,  efpeciaily  their  averfenefs  from  all  peace 
with  us  their  brethren. 

On  occafion  thereafter,  both  the  Prcfidcnt  and  General, 
to  their  own  faces,  Vi'ltncffed  our  innocency;  affirmiing, 
that  in  all  our  fnceches  to  them  we  had  never  fpokc  oiie 
word  to  their  prejudice.  However,  ib.c  rcmonilrants  of 
our  fynod,  Itirred  up  by  I\Ir  Traill's  calunuiious  letter,  fent 
to  Mr  Gillefpie  and  otlicrs  to  clear  them  of  oiu*  imputa- 
tions, and  to  deilre,  that  the  mlnifters  of  Edinbm-gh  might 
call  a  meeting  for  union,  if  pofiible  ;  or,  if  not,  that  it 
might  be  feen  by  whole  fault  the  difcord  continued.  \  h-- 
jTieeting  was  called,  and  kept  Noveniber  S.  by  a  number 
of  both  lldes  from  all  tlie  parts  of  the  kingdom.  It  was 
not  long  before  it  was  clear  w];o  Averc  the  men  thn'  made 
the  union  defperate,  except  on  Intolerable  conditions.    Our 

.    meetings   appoiiued  nine  on  every  fide  to  confer.     Tluir^J 

Averc  Warifton,  Sir  John  Chcefiy,    Col.  iCer,  ^^]r  Fauiier- 

ford,  Mr  Guthrie,   Mr  Gillelpie,' r^lr  Naefmith,  Mr  Traill, 

Mr  Gabviel  Maxwell :  Our^  were,  I\Ir  Dougf.r.,  MrDi.d- 

'  Z  fo)i. 


.;  II  !\ 


;ji   V-  :..).. 


•..;'  » 


Let.  19 ^  To  Mr  r/illLm  Spdu^,  40! 

fon,  Mr  Wood,  Mr  Kcr,  Mr  Fcrgufon,  Mi-  Ilobert 
Young,  Mr  JM.ickcll,  ISIr  Smith,  aiul  nivfclf.  ]\Ir  Jilair 
and  Mr  Uurbaia  appeared  as  inUrinen ;  albeit  of  our 
judgcnient  for  tjie  main,  and  in  the  wjiolc  debate,  grieved 
with  the  other.  Their  papers  were  all  framed  by  Ivir 
Guthrie's  ]iand  of  my  Lord  Vv'.iriiion's  materials.  The 
ilrR-  to  us  was  i'o  high  and  abil'.rd,  that  we  cc-iiM  fcarcely 
believe  our  ov\'n  apprehenlions  of  it,  ;ind  relolved,  by  que- 
ries, to  try  their  j^ofiiive  mind  anent  it.  I  drew  a  para- 
plirafe  on  it,  and  Mr  Fergufon  auotiter  ;  out  of  wliich  Mr 
Wood  drev/  this  third,  which  we  gave  ilieni  to  anfwer. 
To  be  even  with  us,  they,  November  13.  g;ivc  u.s  queries 
on  our  overture  the  ill  of  June;  and  witlial,  an  anfwer 
to  our  queries.  Having  pondered  thefe,  we  returned  au 
anfwer  to  their  queries,  and  our  ienfe  of  their  overtiu'e. 
Our  couceillons  were  fo  m.iny  and  great,  that  I\Ir  Gil- 
lefpie,  Mr  Carllairs,  and  otliers  of  their  meeting,  not  Is'Ir 
Durham  and  Mr  Blair  only,  feemed  fully  fatislted  there- 
with, and  Vv-e  began  to  hope  for  a  concord.  But  Wari- 
llon  and  Mr  Guthrie  carried  it  fo  in  their  meeting  over 
JNIr  Gillefpie,  that  this  very  captious  paper  was  given  to 
lis;  which  Mr  Gillefpie  denied  openly  to  be  the  ienfe  of 
their  meeting,  and  Mr  Guthrie  alfirmed  it  was  ;  and  hard- 
ly by  diftinctions  coidd  they  be  brought,  even  in  our 
meeting,  to  .agree  among  thcmfelves  about  th.at  jxtper. 
llowcver,  wo.  agreed  to  give  it  a  fuft  unreflecting  anfwer, 
though  much  provoketl  \  yea,  to  gain  them,  we  gave  in  a 
rcprcl'cntation.  At  laft  they  gave  us  their  clear  and  linal 
ica(e  ;  v.-irh  which  LIr  Gllleipie  refufed  to  join,  but  dc- 
ferted  their  me>.ti!ig.  Mr  Wood  was  here  called  from  us 
to  fee  his  father  die  •,  but  we  gave  them  the  laft  paper,  of 
Mr  Fergufon's  hand  j  and  fo,  after  twenty-three  days  ftay, 
wo  clofcd  the  m,eeting.  We  heard  in  the  midll;  of  our 
coni'erence,  they  had  voted  the  fetting  up  of  twenty-four 
minifcers  and  )ix  elders,  thirty  of  all,  even  tl;eir  part  of 
the  commiffion  of  the  ailembly  16^0,  with  abfolute  power 
of  a  full  juriidictiou  over  the  whole  kirk  of  Scotland,  on 
fuppofttion  wc  lliould  not  agree  to  th.eir  dcHres  ;  and  like- 
wife  had  agreed  on  a  fupplication  to  the  couiicil  ior  afliilj 
nnce  to  that  their  molt  prcl'umptuous  and  unrealunabls 
connnittee  which  ever  or.r  chtu'eh  did  lie. 

At  our  lynod  of  (ilaigo'.v,  where  this  conference  for 
union  v.-as  hatche.l,  there  were  other  t.vo  dangci'ous  mo- 
lions.     V/arifton  and    Mr  Guihric   had   fallen   on   a  nev/ 

Vol.  II,  .    3  iv,  concciti 


.'     J  •: :  i;    "I  I.  ,■;  "1    ■ , 


4ot  To  Mr  irilliam  Spang.  Let.  ic)^, 

conceit,  to  put  all  the  godly  of  the  land,  of  tlicir  fic^iou, 
under  the  band  of  a  new  covenant)  which  Mr  Guthrie 
had   drawn  in  fonic  iljccts  of  paper,   from  which   h,c    had 

•  cut  oft' all  tlic  articles  of  our  former  covenants  which  con- 
cerned the  King,  parliaip.ent,  or  liberties  of  the  land,  or 
mutual  defence.  At  this  motion  the  council  was  hiiddv 
olTended,  and  fpoke  threatening  words  of  Wariflon  and 
Mr  Guthrie  foi-  this  attempt :  )  et  after  their  apology,  were 

•  fo  well  plealetl,  that  the  Genej-al  gave  Waj-ifton  a  \\iii  in 
his  honfe,  which  1  knovs'  not  if  lie  hath  yet  done  to  any 
other  of  the  nation  ;  and  Mr  Guthrie  hath  that  familiarity 
with  him,  that  when  both  are  in  town,  he  iends  his  mind 
to  him   in   doled  epifllcs,   which   I   doubt  if  any    other  of 

-the  nation  has  yet  made  bold  to  do.     In    thcii-  meeting  nt 

.Jidinburgh,    January    )  ft,    iliey    projionetl    this   covenant. 

-The  Englilli  agents,   aMr  Ciillelpie,  and  Mr  Lixingfton,  dif- 

puted  againft  it  in  vain,     IMr  Gillefpie,  fo  foon  as  he  went 

Weft,   called  a  meeting   at   Kilmarnock   to   crulh   it   if  he 

could,     Warifton   hearing   of   his   dellgn,  lent   Sir  John 

•  Checily  to  keep  that  meeting,  where  tkicre  were  bitter  and 
relleciing  words  betwixt  .Sir  Jol-sn  and  Mr  Patrick  j  yet 
Mr  Patrick  carried  it  over  Sir  Jolm,  that  all  Ihould  de- 
clare their  mind  concerning  the  covenant ;  where  all,  ex- 
cept four  or  live  of  little  weight,  diilented,  yet  fo  that 
they  fhou.ld  inquire  tlie  fenfe  of  the  godly  of  the   bounds 

.anentit,  and  report  at  the  next  fynod.  Sir  John,  foiled 
in  this,   prevaik-d   againll  Islr  I'atric!:   in    another    vote   of 

.  theli-  mind,  for  erection  of  the  commiirion  for  purging 
the  kirk.  Thcie  interterijigs  put  us  in  hop.s  that  facticu 
would  divide  among  thcmfelves.  At  Glalg^ow,  the  report 
was,  that  all  the  godly  in  thefe  parts  nniliked  the   motion 

.of  the  covenant;   however,   the  godly  in  Fife  and  Lolhiaiv 

•were  laid  to  li!;e  it ;  yet,  on  the  well's  millike,  the  mo- 
tion for  the  time  v/as  laid  aiide.  But  behold,  from  fume 
of  the  rcllions  of  GLifgow  it  was  moved,  ihat  the  ordi- 
nance tor  teilifyir.g,  noiv.'ithftanding  of  .\11  the  contra- 
diction had  been  m.tde  to  it,  feenu  d  Vv^^ry  iouoccr't  and 
exceeding   good   to  be  praelifed.      'J'o    this    Sir    John    op- 

•  pofed,  and  IMr  P'atrick  a\owed  he  knew  iioii;:_ht  of  the 
motion;  but  fo  foon  as  lie  v/cnt  to  i'.diuburgli  to  feek  a 
conference  for  union,   tlie  prelident  and  other  counllllor^, 

.of  their  own  propter  motions  altogetlter,  witiiout  lui 
knoAvlcdgc,  as  he  aliirms,  refolvcd  to   prcekiim   Ids  ordi- 

•  nance,    and    did   it    aftir   his    depaiiure;    but    after    hi:; 

prcaeUini, 


:  'i'A 


u  i 


Lv^t.  19^.  To  Mr  IViU'iam  Spang.  403^ 

prcachinp;  to  the  council,  mid  kecpinff  of  their  kirk  the 
wliolc  fabb;ith,  and  going  with  the  prclideni:  in  his  coach 
to  dinner,  thcl'c  things  niadc  us  not  at  all  to  underftand 
]\Ir  CJillcipic's  meaning;  yet  this  was  vilil)le,  as  Mr  Guth- 
rie wrote  lliarply  againft  his  ordinance,  fo  he  oppofed  his 
covenant  and  coinniillion,  and  looked  towards  an  union 
with  us;  but  for  what  end  many  did  doubt.  A  little 
time  vdll  clear  more  myfteries.  You  will  perceive  in  tlic 
papers,  as  is  evident  in  the  conference,  that  our  remon- 
iiranrs  firft  refblution  is,  r.  Not  to  rell  content  viih  an 
oblivion  of  wiiat  is  p-ill,  of  enjoying  their  own  judge- 
ment in  peace,  and  taking  oil"  tbcir  cenihres  ;  but  will 
have  us  confent  to  their  liberty  of  pro!ecuting  their  pi'o- 
leflaiions  in  poflerior  alilmblies,  not  only  for  condemning 
of  the  publick  reiolutions,  (which  we  in  conleience  judge 
ncceflary  trutl^.s,  the  grounds  of  our  apology  to  foreign 
chinches,  and  the  world,  for  our  innocence  in  all  thele 
fearful  fcandals  v/h,ich  our  brethrens  tenets  and  practices 
have  occaiioned  to  be  caft  upon  the  lace  of  our  church 
and  nation),  but  alfo  for  condemning  the  two  lalt  general 
alfemblies  lor  ever,  which  lor  conftitution  cannot  be  more 
lawful  than  ihefe  two=  "2.  That  whatever  neceliity  we 
may  have  of  a  general  alTembly,  or  whatever  defire  we 
may  jiave  of  one,  or  libeiay  from  the  Juigliili  to  get  it  ; 
yet  we  muff  never  have  it  till  they  be  Avilling  to  join  v/iih 
us  to  feek  it  in  their  terms.  3.  That  as  peace  with  them. 
may  not  be  had,  except  dui-ing  the  paucity  of  their  party, 
compared  Vv'ith  tlie  nraltitude  of  their  oppohtes  in  the  prcf- 
byterics  and  fynods,  (for  Tundrv  whole  iynods  will  not 
have  any  of  them,  as  Angus,  Pdorav,  Argyle  ;  and  I 
think  lundry  other  divers  iynotls  have  btit  very  fcv/  of 
them  ;  as  Fife  but  fevon,  v/liereof  two  only  conhderable  ; 
Perth  at  moft  fourteen,  whereof  but  one  confiderable  ; 
JjOthian,  if  ve  except  tl-.cm  of  Lithgow  and  13iggar,  but 
three),  the  v/hole  iynods  and  prelbytcries  of  the  king- 
dom; will  be  content  to  lurceal'e  from  their  juriftliclion, 
and  devolve  it  on  a  committee  for  the  bounds  of  every 
fynod,  of  the  numlier  v.'hereof  they  fhall  make  the  equal 
half,  to  judge  and  determine  all  matters  of  planting  and 
ptn-ging,  and  vrhati'ver  falls  to  be  controverted,  whofe 
acts  the  fynods  ihall  have  no  power  to  reverie  without 
the  previous  advice  of  a  general  conlultatory  com- 
ii\ittee  out  of  all  the  fyno^Is,  whereof  aUb  the  ecjual  ii.dl 
ihall  be  of  their  judgement,  and  nominated  by  tl^ciUa 
3  K  2  W'hc:: 


<|04-  To  Mr  WiUlam  Spang,  Let.  195. 

Wlicn'  \JC  in' the  fynoJ  of  Glafgow  clefirccl  fomcthing 
3ike  this  in  a  far  otlu-r  cafe,  wc  being  tlic  riglit-conftitute 
iynoc!,  and  they  a  fchifmatick  faiTtion,  we  jiillly  fearing 
their  unjuft  violence,  and  more  dilTimilitudts  apparent  in 
our  cafe,  of  their  demand  for  the  whole  land,  yet  they 
paffionatcly  cried  down  oiu-  motion,  and  rather  chofe  to 
reje^l  all  peace  with  iis  than  to  hear  of  any  fuch  overture. 
4.  All  ]-)lantations  niuR-  be  taken  fi-om  the  congregations 
and  fcfhons,  to  be  jjut  in  the  hand  of  a  few  whom  they 
count  the  godly  party  ;  for  they  avow  that  the  plurality 
ol"  all  congregations  in  the  land  are  fo  ignorant  and  fcan- 
clalous  or  ungracious,  that  they  are  to  be  excluded  from 
the  communion  and  voice  in  chuhng  of  a  minifter.  By 
this  device  they  hope  (juickly  to  hll  all  vacant  places  v/ith 
intrants  of  their  faction,  as  they  are  careful  to  do  wdiere-i 
ever  they  have  any  power  to  do  it.  5.  Though  we  flioulci 
yield  to  them  all  their  defires,  yet  do  they  exprelsly  deny 
to  us  that  which  we  count  the  elfence  of  Freft^yterial  fub- 
ordination,  a  fubmilhon  to  the  fentence  of  our  judicato- 
ries for  time  to  come.  They  feem  to  be  for  the  thing  in 
general,  but  not  for  a  fubmiffion  to  our  judicatories  in 
their  prefeut  corrupt  conftitution  of  To  many  luifit  mem- 
bers. In  this  cafe  of  the  church  they  plead  for  a  liberty 
both  of  judgement  and  practice,  both  to  dilfent  and  con- 
tradict the  fentenccs  of  the  bell  fynods  of  Scotland,  fuch 
as  Lothian  and  Fife,  in  any  planting  and  purging  that  is 
contrary  to  their  mind.  And  a  6th  now  they  are  come  to, 
a  few  of  thtm  to  name  fome  twenty-nine  of  their  faction 
vrhich  were  of  the  commiflion  1650,  to  be  a  fettled  judi- 
catory, with  abfolutc  jurifdiction  over  the  whole  church, 
ever  v/hile  they  think  time  to  call  a  general  afTcmbly. 
This  to  us  is  worfe  than  Ivlr  Gillefpie's  ordinance,  which 
they  fo  much  cry  down  •,  for  it  was  alone  for  ftipends  in 
order  to  planting  ;  btit  this  is  an  ufurpation  of  tjie  whole 
immediate  jurifdidtion  ;  worfe  than  Independency,  that  en- 
croaches not  on  others,  but  exempt  only  their  own  adhe- 
rents from  other's  jurifdic^tion  ;  v/orfe  than  Epilcopacy, 
that  never  made  fuch  havock,  and  fo  caufeleisly  of  ail 
prcPjyterics  and  fynods  at  once.  The  event,  is  feared, 
vill  be  the  forfeiture  of  all  our  ccclcliaftick  liberties,  in 
taking  them  out  of  both  our  hands,  to  be  depofited  ia  an 
Eraftian  Itate-committcc,  till  our  remonllrants  think  fit 
^p  join  vith  us  j  v/hcrcof  I  have  no  iiones,  as   thii>gs  now 


^> 


i..'  '; 


■I'.iit 

.ffv,.,,! 


'II    10 


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Let.  195/  To  Mr  JVilliam  Spang.  40^' 

go  in  ihe  land.     Near  nvo   years  ago  I  drew   \ip   the  ftatc 
of  the  qiicftions  they  had  then  firaried. 

For  matters  of  ftate  at  home  and  abroad,  we  meddle 
not  at  all  with  tliem  ;  only  we  obferve  the  fooilteps  of  di- 
vine providence  as  they  oiler  theinfelves  to  the  eyes  of  all 
beholders.  Admiral  Blake's  navy  has  cofi:  a  vail:  charge, 
Avithout  any  profit.  The  expetlition  of  Hifpaniola,  as  I 
read  it  in  a  London  defcription,  is  lull  of  iliame  and  lofs, 
both  of  charges  and  men,  has  drawn  on  an  open  war 
with  Spain  which  will  hurt  our  trade.  Our  empty  coilers 
v.'ill  not  be  furnilhed  with  all  the  ordinary  incomes, 
though  great,  and  much  greater  than  before,  nor  by  this 
new  prefigure  of  tiie  cavaliers,  the  ieparaiing  ot  them  from 
others,  even  thofe  againit  wliora  uo  new  rranlgreflion  is 
alledged,  only  for  the  holding  down,  as  is  profelTed,  the 
great  and  ix'lllefs  faction  of  the  royalifts,  we  fear  do  more 
harm  than  good,  albeit  Lillie's  prognoftick  v/e  count 
merely  knaviili. 

Since  I  came  from  Edinburgh,  there  are  two  or  three 
papers  more  paft  betwixt  us  and  the  remonilrants,  which 
inake  our  v/ounds  wider,  ei'pecially  iince  by  violence  they 
avow  openly  to  opprefs  us ;  one  part  of  them  under  AVa- 
rifton  and  Mr  Guthrie's  patronage,  thougli  difallowed  by 
others,  puts  into  their  hand  the  power  of  mailing  all  the 
churches  void.  They  look  by  their  fupplicating  of  the 
Engliih  for  erc(!l:ing  of  thcmfelves  in  a  com  million  for 
purging,  againft  which  the  prefl)Ytery  of  Edinburgh  has 
given  an  honefl  teilimony.  Another  part,  under  tJie  pa- 
trociny  of  MelT.  Gilleipie  and  LivingAoii,  by  the  Engliih 
ordinance,  takes  the  power  of  planting  all  with  their  own 
friends,  though  pafiionatcly  difclaimed  by  the  other.  A- 
gainft  thcfe  fearful  oppreilions  we  have  no  human  help. 
Y/c  cannot  make  luch  cordial  application  to  the  Engliih 
as  they  do  ;  fo  we  fear  they  ihall  lend  their  power  to  the 
other  for  our  hurt  ;  whereof,  and  other  things,  you  I'ec 
how  I  exprefs  nivielf  to  a  iViend  at  London  ;  the  return 
to  which  you  have  here  alfo.  I  break  oiF  here  till  tb-C 
next  occalion.  My  fcrvlce  to  your  kind  wile. 
Your  Coulin, 

JlOBERT  B.ULLIL. 

Pecembfr  31.  1655. 


196,  Fo 


'•    \ 


4o6 


for  Mr  Spang.      .  ;  Let.  ic,6. 


uj6.  For  Mr  Sjnr.rj,  at  MhLMurg.    September  i.  1656. 

Reverend  and  Dear  Coufin,  

As  to  our  plantations,   I   am  glad  my  hand  is  free 


r    1  ,,  I  " "■"'    ^    "'"   ii'^'-i  i'V  nanu  ]S  tree 

of  them  totally.      Mr  James  llamfav,   a  very  able  and  fuf- 
licicnt  youtli  as  ^ve  have  ot"  Jiis  age,  planted  by  us  in  Lcn- 
z.e,^to  the  great  fatisiaction  of  all,  except  a  very  fe^v,  Avho 
cho,e  an  Lngh/h  /caary,  to  \vhom  they  promifed  the    fii- 
pend  ;    when,  after    two   year's   iroidx'e,  the   Enoliflmian 
removed,  our  brethren    Melf.    Gillei'pie,    Durliam,    Car^ 
itan-3,  all   much   obliged   to   Mr  Robert  Ramfav  for  their 
own  places,  would  not  for  any  intreatv   be   plcafcd    to   let 
ins /on  live  m  peace  ;  fo  we  let  him  go  to  Liihgow,  where 
he  ]s  much  better  than  lie  could  have  been  where  he  was  • 
but  m  his  place  they  have  pur  one  evidently  of  far  meaner 
parts,  Mr  Henry  Forfyth,  lately   a   baxter-boy,  laureated 
wuhm  thefe  two  years  ;  a  little,   very  fecklefs-like  thino-  \a 
his  i)erlon,   and  uK'an    in   Ids  gifts.     To    him    the    parilh, 
M-eary  ot  Jlnfe,  wherein    by   the  Engliih  power  they  were 
always   opprcfled,    yielded    in    filcnce    without   oppo/ltion. 
In  Lamphe  likeuiil^,  one  Mr  Archibald  Dennifton,  depo- 
sed by  them  without   any  confidcrable   caufe,   much  to  mv 
%vK.i    and  aganul  the  hearts  of  his  parifh,  who  loved  him', 
tacy  have    planted   I\lr   J.  Law   within    thefe    three   vears, 
brought  from  a  pottinger  to  be   laureate.     In  Rutherolcn 
agamtl  the  people's  heart,   they  have  planted  a  little  n^ani- 
km  ot  fmall  paits,  whom  I  never  faw  ;  and  forced  old  Mr 
Jv.  \oung,  albeit  as  able  yet  as  ever,  to   give  over  his  mi- 
r.htry.      In  Cat  heart,   where  they  had   planted  an  Enolifu. 
man  agamlt  my   mind,   having,   after    two    or   three  txars 
trial,  enough  of  him,   they  IJuifiied  him  over    to  Ireland  ; 
and  are  to  plant  another  young  thing  lately  laureate,   with 
Imail   contentment   to   the   people.     Li    Ghd-Hr.v,   Mr  A. 
Cray  being  dc.\d  of  a  purple  fever,   of  a  few'davs  rovin-* 
the  nragiftrates  would  have  been  at  the  callir.p  of  Mr  James 
Inn-gulon,  one  of  the   mofl  excellent  young"  men   of  our 
land  ;  but  to  this  JMr  Dtnham  and  the'rell  Were  fo  averie, 
thatthey  were  ready  publickly  to  have  oppofed   it  :    fo  the 
niag.ih-aies,  knowing  their  inability  to  carry  any  call   con- 
trary to  their  mind,    yielded  to  let    them    call   whom   they 
plcaled.     IMr   Durham  would  have  been  at  I^.Ir  J   Law  be- 
fore they  put  him  on  Campllc ;  but  hit  Patrick  carried  it 


,/:i,M    f. 


./.    !i." 


,p)-;.i  >.  '^■>f 


ll    ;>!<    i: 


Let.  196.  f'or  Mr  Spang.  •  'A^7 

to  Mr  Pvohert  Macward»  who  lately,  for  inability  of  body, 
h.d  left  bis  cbarac   in  the  college,  and  evidently  was  un- 
able  for  fucb  a  charge  as  Glaigow  :  yet   tbey   put  hnn    m 
lemne  covtradu-cntc,  and   that    wuhout    all   the    ordnKuy 
rials     bcina  unable   for   his    health   to   have    unc  erj.onc 
hem'.     Appearinglv  the  burthen   Ihortly  will   crnih    Inn., 
except  he  Po  on  to  do   fo   as   he   has  done  yet    frequently 
to   let  his  place  valk.     Through  the  violence  of  that  par- 
ty.  our  church   in   thefe  parts  is  in  a  hard  conduujn     and    , 
for  the  time  renudilefs.     They  got  a  httle  Uc)i>  lately  trmn 
^vhence  it  was  not  expeaed.     At   Blantyre,  Mr  John  Ik- 
riot,  of  fevcnty-eight   years,    havnig   achnitted  l\n-    a>ms 
Hamilton   his   helper,  with  two  parts  ot  h.s   Ripend,  bc- 
caufe   he   would   not   thereafter  give  over  the  whole,  the 
prclbyterv  of  Hamilton  intented  a  pvocel^s  agan.ft  h.m,  for 
fmall  inconfideruble  clanils,  and  depofed  hnn      A\  hen  he 
is  charged  to  remove   from  his  houle  and  .11  he  has  there. 
his  font  bv  the  fricndlhip  of  Swinton,  get  the  Enghlh   to 
t:ike   notice  of  the    violent  opprelllon  •,  who,   at.er   a    tu.l 
hearin-,  decerned  the  old  minifter  to  enjoy  ail,  even  wlrat 
beforelie  had  been  content   to   cpdt.     Tins  preparative   is 
dangerous  for  our  whole  church;  but   the   unhappy  v,o- 
lenJi'  of  thefe  unadvifed  men,  draws  on  thcie  evils  on  them- 

felves  and  others.  ,-     ,,    ,  r 

This  is   like  now  to   be  the  refuge  of  all  they  opprels  ; 
but  a  miferable  one.     It   puts  all  our  church-caules  in  the 
hands  of  the  Engliih,  who  defirc   to   be  judges  ot   them, 
according    to    their    Eraitian    principle     though  ordmarny 
our  brethren  have  the  ear  of  the  Engliih  to  do  witn  them 
■.>vhat   they   pleafe.     AVith  much  ado   your   old  friend     a 
rioht   honell   and   able   man,  more  than   the   moit  ot   his 
nc'inhbours,  Mr  Allan  Fergufon  ot  Drymen,  clcaped  tneir 
hands.    The  lail  fvnod  had  put  a  committee  to  the  prcloy- 
tery  of  DunbartoA  to  try  a  number  of  llanders  noded  uoja 
•     hi-n      When,   befide   all  his   elders,  ninety-tour  witnelus 
'    arefvvorn   and   tried,  nothing  at  all  is  found   agamit  mm. 
This  procefs,  and  another  of  his  neighbour  INh- IXuu.  A- 
.damfonofEintrv,   where  alfo,   after  much  none,   noinmg 
was   found,   has' made    their  fervom' ot    purging    m    our 
bounds  much  to  relent-,   for,   as  ok  I  told  them,   they  will 
Jind  on  trial,  ihat  the  m.en  to  be  purged  out,   are  on  tnui 
lide,    not   on    ours,   if   there   were    any  juliice.      At   liiat 
rimefynod,  the  depolition  of  Mr  11.  Hume   was   ratified, 
■.islwasinfurmed,  very  unjufily.     In   the   other  parts  ot 
'  the 


'I  ; 


'*-M'-"     '.' 


'•1^8  For  Mr  Spang,  Xct.  i^6, 

the  land  we  fee  no  rclentiiig  of  our  brcthrcns  fervour. 
I^Jr  Jyivingdon,  nof.viihflanding  of  ail  ihc  tioublc  about 
the  planting  of  Ecclcs,  has  gone  on  to  the  like  enormous 
praflice  at  Sproufton,  coming  in  on  the  prefl)ytery  of 
Dunfe,  with  two  or  three  of  the  neighbour  prelbyterics, 
and  planting  Mr  8.  Row,  one  of  their  prirty,  contrary  to 
the  mind  of  all  the  preibytery.  IVIr  Guthrie  is  lUU  in 
conteft  with  the  people  of  iSiirling,  but  in  more  vexation 
than  formerly;  for  his  colleague  Mr  Matthias  Simpfon  is 
as  heady  and  bold  a  man  as  himfelf,  and  has  good  hear- 
ing with  the  Englilh,  fo  that  he  is  like  get  the  llipcnd, 
and  Mr  lltde  to  live  perquire.  Mr  James  and  AVarifton 
are  on  their  old  dejlgn  ilill,  to  fet  up  their  commiJlion  for 
tyrannizing  over  the  kirk  ;  but  it  is  like  the  Englilh  will 
not  countenance  them,  the  thing  is  fo  extremely  and  evi- 
dently unjufi  ;  alio  fomc  of  us  are  fallen  in  with  the  Eng- 
lilb  far  enough. 

The  Preiident  Broghill  is  reported  by  all  to  be  a  man 
exceeding  wife  and  moderate,  and  by  profeflion  a  Preiby- 
terian.  He  has  gained  more  on  the  aifecStions  of  the  peo- 
ple than  all  the  Englilh  that  ever  were  among  us.  He  has 
been  very  civil  to  Mr  Douglas  and  Mr  Dickibn,  and  very 
intimate  with  Mr  James  Sharp.  By  this  means,  we  have 
an  equal  bearing  in  all  we  have  ado  with  the  council ;  yet 
their  way  is  exceeding  longfome,  and  all  mull:  be  done  firfi: 
at  London.  It  is  but  the  other  week  that  Mr  Gillefpie's 
abfurd  orders  for  ftipcuds  was  got  away.  \lt  puts  us  in 
hopes  of  more  favour.  That  much-talked-of  refpect  to 
Mr  V/ood,  (though  I  have  not  yet  inquired  it  of  hlmlclf ), 
as  I  hear,  was  this  :  Mr  P».ut  her  ford's  daily  bitter  conten- 
tions with  him,  jnade  him  w^eary  of  his  place  exceedingly. 
The  Old  college  being  long  vacant,  and  he  the  eJdeft  :-nx-' 
ftcr  of  it,  and  for  fundry  years  employed  to  overfee  it  al- 
moft  as  Principal,  was  wiihed  by  fundry  who  loved  it  and 
him  to  be  placed  there  ;  and  there  is  no  doubt  he  was  the 
fitteft  man  living  for  that  charge.  But  here  was  the  ir.fu- 
pcrablc  diiliculty  :  A  fair  call  could  not  he  got.  The  five 
mailers  who  had  power  to  call  were  divided.  One  Camp- 
bell, a  rcmonftrant,  minded  tb.e  place,  and,  by  Ids  jiarty, 
was  not  imlike  to  have  carii^d  it  from  the  Engidh.  One 
Martin,  the  oldell  mafter  then  in  charge,  alledging  it  to  be 
his  right  to  fucceed,  with  the  confent  ot  other  two  malters, 
went  to  the  jLnolilh  to  I'liit  their  favour.  The  Prcfident, 
I  think,  on  Mr  Sharp's  inlonn.ulon,  moved  the  cotmcil, 
%  without 


h.   .    .      !.;.■.■>) 


Xct.  ic)6.  For  Mr  Spang,  .  '  '^or? 

v/irliout  Mr  Wood's  knowledge,  to  make  choice  of  him 
foi'  the  place.  They  write  a  pcrciiiptory  letter  to  the 
minifters  and  mafters  of  St  Andrew's  to  admit  IMr  AVoud 
Principal  to  the  Old  college  withotit  delay.  When  the 
itniverllty  is  convenetl,  and  the  letter  i-ead,  Mr  Campbell 
protclled.  The  other  three  were  nioved  to  invite  him,  ia- 
obediencc  to  the  luiglilh  command,  but  not  to  call  him. 
He  accepted  the  charge,  I  am  glad  he  is  in  it,  or  any  other 
place  where  he  is  contented;  for  indeed  he  is  the  moft 
ferviceable  man  om-  church  now  h:ts :  but  I  am  not  vet  fa- 
tisfied  of  liis  accepting  that  place  on  the  Kngiilh  command; 
for  if,  in  divine  providence,  they  who  havl  right  to  call, 
for  their  own  bafc  and  hurt  fid  defigns  refu  fed  to  call 
him,  I  think  it  was  hard  for  him,  upon  whatevt-r  caufes, 
to  meddle  witli  it.  I  love  not  th:'t  we  iliould  juftlfy  or 
liarden  the  I''.ngli{]i  in  their  vdurpations  in  our  univerlity- 
rights ;  btit  theie  things  I  v.'ill  debate  with  himfelf  at. 
meeting. 

Another  paffige  of  ours  I  was  not  fatished  with.  Swin- 
ton  V.MS  cxcommunic;itcd  for  his  early  compliance  with  the 
Engliili.  Sundry  of  Ids  friends  were  earneil  to  have  him 
relaxed,  that  in.  their  nccelT<;ry  aflairs  they  might  have  the 
more  liberty  to  employ  liis  help.  Pie  was  either  fo  protidj 
or  fo  feared  to  Oifend  his  mafter^;,  that  he  would  neither 
acknov/ledge  a  fault,  nor  petition  for  favour.  When  his 
friends  dealt  with  the  prefliytery  of  Edinburgh,  they  fcnt 
two  to  confer  with  him.  All  that  they  reported  from 
him  was,  that  he  was  very  willing  to  live  and  die  in  the 
commtinion  of  our  cliurcli  *,  and  that  the  reafon  of  his 
not  appe.irance  when  cited  to  the  commilhon  of  Perth, 
was  not  contempt,  but  juil  fear  of  his  life.  PTpon  this  re- 
port, without  any  iupplication,  he  is  relaxed  the  nex(; 
Sabbath  by  Mr  Ja.  Hamilton.  This  I  did  not  like  at  all, 
as  a  mere  feorn  of  our  difcipline.  Our  brethren  wotdd 
not  long  be  behind  with  us  :  for  at  once  the  prefl)vtery  of 
Ayr  relaxed  good  William  Govan,  who  was,  at  leafi:,  on. 
tlie  feafl'old  at  tlie  Iving's  execution,  if  no  more,  excom- 
nuuiicated  on  the  like  occailon ;  yea,  the  fynod  of  Glaf- 
gow  and  Ayr  took  the  cenfiwe  oit  Mr  Gilleipie  and  IMr 
Naifmith,  without  any  acknov.dedgement  ot  a  fault,  or 
dcfire  lo  be  relaxed.  To  this  llrange  enormity  all  formally 
voted-,  only  IMr  Fergufon,  Mr  Ivirkaldie,  IMr  G.  Young, 
v.'ere  abfent.  Mr  J.  Ikll  and  IMr  Alexander  iN'ilbet  remo- 
ved ihemfelvcs  ;  but  no  diflcnt  was  cntcr;d. 

Vol.  a,  3]<'  Out- 


41  o  For  Mr  Spang.  Let.  196. 

Our  A.ite  is  in  a  very  filcnt  condition.  Strong  gan-ifons 
over  all  the  land,  and  a  great  army  both  of  horfc  and 
foot  \  for  which  there  is  no  fervice  at  all.  Our  nobles  ly- 
ing up  in  prifons,  and,  under  forfaukries  or  debts,  pri- 
vate or  publick,  arc  for  tlie  moft  part  either  broken  or 
breaking.  No  more  word  of  delivering  Cr;iwford,  Lau- 
derdale, Eglinton,  iNlontgomery,  Ogilvie,  Marilchal,  and 
iiiany  more,  than  was  ihc  Jirft  hour.  Glencairn  lies  ftill 
in  the  cafile  of  Edinburgh  •,  Cob  Borthwick  betrayed  him. 
The  letter  he  brought  to  him  from  the  King,  he  delivered 
to  Monk  before  it  caine  to  Glencairn's  hands,  and  his  an- 
fwcr  of  it  alfo  before  it  came  to  the  King  ;  and  yet,  under 
the  niofl  fearful  imprecations  can  be  dcvifcd,  the  villain 
wrote  unrequired,  that  he  had  done  no  fuch  thing.  Some 
fay  it  would  have  Hood  Jiard  with  Cdencairn's  lite,  had  it 
not  been  the  Prefident's  favour  proctn-ed  by  Mr  Sharp. 

The  dyvour-adt,  of  lands  for  creditors  at  twenty  years 
purchafc,  has  made  much  clamour  ;  albeit  none  who  have 
^ny  ciTdit  have  made  ufe  of  it.  All  the  advocates  are  re- 
turned to  the  bar.  Balcolmy  and  Ker  make  fomc  more 
difpatch  in  caides  than  was  before.  The  great  feal  of 
Scotland,  with  Cromweirs  large  ftatue  on  horfeback,  Oli- 
-vcriiiSy  Del  gratia,  rcip.  Jngiia'y  Scoiicty  et  Hihcrnia:^ 
ProtCLhr,  under  the  arms  of  Scotland,  Pax  quaritur 
helloy  is  given  to  DeilK)rough  •,  the  fignet,  with  the  great 
fees  of  the  fecretary's  place,  to  Col.  JLockhart ;  the  regi- 
fters  to  Judge  Smith,  and  the  refl  of  the  places  of  ilatc  to 
others.  The  expcnccs,  delays,  and  opprefllons  in  law- 
fuits,  are  fpoken  of  to  be  as  great  as  ever. 

This  Spanilh  war  has  wracked  many  of  our  merchants; 
albeit,  in  God's  mercy,  as  little  lofs  has  befallen  on  our 
neighbours  of  this  toAvn  as  on  any  of  the  iflc  ;  for  except 
one  litdc  ihip  taken  by  the  Bifcayners  near  Bourdeaux, 
and  James  Bell's  fhip,  which,  with  himfclf,  by  a  pitiful 
mifguiding,  was  blown  up  almoil  in  the  harbour,  we  had 
no  more  lofs  this  year,  VNaiilcis  a  v/orld  of  others  have 
been  wracked;  many  mere  in  a  few  nionths  than  was  all 
the  time  of  yonr  war.  \v  is  much  talked,  that  it  is  both 
your  men  and  Ihips  that  fcrve  the  Spaniards  in  all  thefc 
fpoils.  Ourilect,  waiting  in  vain  en  the  coaft  of  Spain, 
does  little  good  to  the  merchants  on  thefc  coails;  and  yet 
the  taxes  with  \is  arc  great.  The  maintenance  was  to- 
\vards  L.  r 0,000  Sterling  a-month.  They  lay  the  cxcife  will 
be  double ;  fu  thai,  the  rcvcmiq   will   b^-  ';j,bovc    300,000 

pounds 


Let.  196.  For  Mr  Sjwig.  ^if 

pounds  S'-crljng  :l-ycnr,  tlic  half  whereof  Is  ntver  toj^cthei* 
;tmong  us.  The  imuh  is,  the  luoncy  was  never  fo  icarce 
here,  and  grows  daily  fcarcer ;  and  yet  it  is  thought  this 
parliament  in  September  is  inditSted  mainly  for  new  taxa- 
tions. What  England  may  bear,  to  whom  the  Protcct- 
tor  remitted  the  half  of  iheir  monthly  maintenance  of 
L.  120,000  Sterling,  I  know  not;  but  Scotland,  whofe 
burden  has  been  triple,  befidcs  the  lines,  forfeitures,  debts, 
■,\\\(\  other  niifcries,  ieems  unable  to  bear  what  lies  on  al- 
ready. Wile  men  think  the  rrote(ftor  wifer  than  to  de- 
i;re  the  empty  title,  when  he  has  mucli  more  already  than 
the  thing.  No  man  looks  for  any  good  from  this  parlia- 
ment, but  fear  evil ;  yet  all  who  are  wife  think,  that  our 
evils  would  grow  yet  more  if  Cromwell  were  renioved. 
They  think  his  government,  as  it  is,  v/ill  be  far  better 
than  a  parliament,  or  any  thing  clfe  they  expc6l  j  oidy  alJ. 
think  this  war  with  Spain  necdlcfs  and  hurtful,  and  hope 
by  the  parliament  it  will  be  t;iken  away. 

There  was  never  fuch  foliciration  for  votes  to  be  cliofca 
comniiilioncrs  as  now  among  us.  It  is  lil^e  there  Ihall  be 
I'lonc  of  the  v/hole  number  more  cordial  for  all  the  Protec- 
tor's deiires,  be  what  they  may,  tlian  ihcfe  that  come  from 
Scotland.  It  is  laid,  I\Ir  Guthrie  and  AYariilon,  Vv'itli 
their  friends,  have  been  lltting  more  than  this  fortnight  in 
Edinburgh,  drawing  their  papers,  to  be  fent  by  fome  of 
their  number  to  the  ProteeLor  or  parliament.  They  were 
fo  abfurd,  that  Mr  Ciilcrpic,  Avho  was  expelled  to  have 
been  fent  up  to  agent  them,  turned  his  back,  and  left 
them  :  yet  they  will  not  want  agents.  We  think  my  Lord 
Broghlll,  commiffioner  for  tlic  city  of  Edinburgli,  will 
crofs  their  injuftice  and  irrational  violence.  However, 
our  minds  will  be  in  no  peace  till  we  fee  what  this  parlia- 
ment will  bring  forth.  No  man  1  know  expeels  any  good 
from  it,  and  that  is  our  condition  for  the  prefent,  that  wc 
can  be  hardly  worfe. 

Through  God's  mercy  our  town,  in  its  proportion, 
thrives  above  any  in  ;dl  the  land.  The  word  of  God  is 
well  loved  and  regarded,  albeit  not  as  it  ought,  and  v/e 
ciefn-e  -,  yet  in  no  town  of  our  land  belter.  Gur  people 
have  much  more  tr;i'le  ia  comparifon  than  any  other. 
Their  buildings  increale  ifrangcly  both  for  nun;ber  and  f.dr-. 
riefs.  It  is  more  than  doul)lcd  in  our  time.  I  prav  God 
to  iiicreafe  his  blclling  on  this  pl.iee  of  our  biith,  albeit  I 
am  afraid  for  it  j  for  on  Sunday  Avas  eigitt  days,   a;  four 

3  F  2  in 


412                                For  Mr  Sj'ang.               .       Let.  196.  | 

an  the  morning,   Avigufl:  17.    ilicrc   was    a    fcnfiblc   carih-  ! 

q\uikc  in  all  llic  jxins  or    llic  ttnvn,  though    I    fcU   it   not.  i 

Five  or  llx  years  ago,   tlicrc  was  another,  in  the  afternoon,  ! 

which  1  feh,  and  was  followed  with  that  fearful  burninp,  I 

and  all  the  other  /liakings  has  been   among  us  lincc.     The  | 

Lord  preferve  ns  hom  his  too-well-delerved  jiidgenicnts.  j 

TJie  King  is  i'o  fa.r  foi'got  liere,  that  not  one.  To  far   as  I 

I  know,  keeps  a\iy  correi[!ondence  with  liini  ;   nor    ilo   we  | 

hear  at  all  what  lie  docs  or  intends.     Y^t    I    think  divers  I 

pray  to  God  for  him,   and  wiHi  his  rcllitnlion.     jjut  if  men  j 

of  my  Lord  ISroghill's  parts  and  temper  be  long  among  ns,  | 

they  will  make  the  i)]efent  government  more  beloved  than  '= 

Tome  men  v.'ilh.      From  our  jnibllck  praying  for  the  iving,  ' 

BroghiH's  courtefy,    more    than    his  tiuxats,    brougiit  olf  | 

our  leadin"  men.      About  tb.e  time  of   abllainin<T   I  was  a  ' 

more  carnefi  fu pplicant  for    him    than   ever;    whereupoi\  » 

feme  of  my  good  neighbours   deferred   me   to  the  coiuuil  | 

as  an  earneil  pi-ayer  for  the  King.     This  was  falfe  ;  for  in  | 

doctrine  I  Uruck  not  on    that    ftring  •,    only,  fo   long    as  I  I 

inight    do    it  without   fcaiuhd,    or    rellecling  on  my  wifer  j 

and  belter  brethrens  on:iltiing  it,  I  never  palled   by   it    in  I 

prayer.  1 

When  in  that  we  had  yielded,  we  were   like   to   be   put  / 

farther  to  it.      Our  imhappy  remonilrants   fbill   occalioned  j 

trouble.     INIr  Livingfton  niade   no    bones    to    pieach    and  i 

pray  publiekly  wiili  the  Fnglifli,   and    perfuaded    Mr    Gil-  j 
lefpie  to  begin  before  him  ;   fo  that    Mr  Patrick,  when    he 

came  to  Jidinburgh,  made  no   fcruple   to    preach    in   that  j 

Lnglilh  churcli  to  their  council  ar.d  judges,  and  go  home  j 

in  coach  v.-ith  the  Prelident,  and  lay   grace   at   his   table  j  j 

yea,  in  Glafgov.-  to   preach   to   their   circular    court,    and  ,' 

i'eaif   the  j\idges  in  his  houle.     This  made  the  council  en-  | 

deavour  to  have  fo  many  of  our  belt  preachers  appointed^  ; 

by  turns   to  kome   to    Ldinbin-gh,    and   preach    to   them.  i 

When  my  opinion  was  cra\ed  in  tb.is  uninippy  moticm,    I  i 

ga\c  it  an.  anlXver,  a.nd,  by  God's  blelling,   got   it   crullicil  j 

for  the  tinie  ;  but  how  l(H-,g,   i  know  not ;   for  Mr  Living-  ; 

fton  being  Iblicited  to  go  to  Irelaiv.l,  v/;is   fent    over    tb.eri;  j 
by  his  remonllrant  brethren   to   m;d;e    a  vifit   and   retiU'u. 

It  has  been  their  dellgn  this  long  time  to  llll    Irelan-.l  with  | 

their  party  ;  and  they  have  come   too   good   Ij^eed.      1  ditl  j 

what  1  cotdd  to  help  that  evil  ;  albeit  not  Milh  tlnii  fueceii  j 

1  would.     Mr  John,  fo  foon  as  he  went  over,   lie  goes  im-  j 

mediately  to  Dubhn,  aiul  theie  is  couteut  to  be  cn.ployed  ; 

to  ! 


I^ct.  196.  for  Mr  Spang.  -  413 

to  preach  to  tlic  flatc.  AVhat  evil  tliis  will  work,  wc  know 
not ;  efpccially  Warilion  and  j^.lr  Cuthiit's  impatience  to 
be  out  of  work,  and  kept  down,  inclining  them,  as  fomc 
fay,  to  come  nearer  the  KnglKh  than  they  did  :  yet  tlicir 
dcfign  being  evident  to  play  the  tyrants  in  the  whole 
chin-ch,  and  to  put  the  magiftracy  ot"  the  whole  land  in 
their  parly's  hand,  which  they  call  the  godly.  To  many 
will  be  againfl  them,  as  it  is  hoped  they  will  not  prevail. 
Mr  Gilhipie  found  their  deiign  fo  unfe.ii'onahlc  and  ii-]-a- 
lional,  that  he  lett  their  meeting  difpleiif-id  rhis  lafl  week  ; 
yet  Sir  George  IMaxwell,  who  with  him  is  all  one,  thought: 
the  v/eck  before  to  liave  carried  by  a  number  of  blue  caps 
of  tliat  party,  the  commilllon  [of  the  Iheriitdom  of  Ayr 
and  Renfrew  to  himlelf,  on  purpofe,  as  they  fay,  to  have 
been  that  party's  agent  with  the  Protector  in  all  their  de- 
fires.  But  my  IjOrd  Cochran's  diligence  and  wiftloni 
bioke  Sir  George's  defign.  Time  will  let  us  know  nioie 
of  mens  fecret  contrivances,  which  aie  yet  covered. 

This  {ci\  of  Qu^akers  is  like  to  prove  troublelonic.  They 
increafe  much  among  the  EngHlh  both  in  England  and 
Ireland.  They  in  a  turiour.  way  cry  down  both  minifirv 
and  magiflracy.  Sonie  oi  them  feem  atlually  to  be  poi- 
fefled  with  a  devil,  their  fury,  their  irrational  pailions, 
and  bodily  convulCons,  are  fo  great.  Lieut.  Ofl)urn,  onit 
of  our  firll:  apohates  to  the  Englilh,  and  betrayers  lo  hi> 
pov»'er  of  our  army,  for  which  he  had  great  favours  and 
rewards  from  Cromwell  himfclf,  is  an  open  leader  to  them. 
hi  the  ilreets  of  Edinburgh,  v.ithout  any  puniilimejit.- 
Sundry  in  Clydeidale,  of  the  moft  zealous  remonftraut- 
yeoman,  have  turned  fo,  and  their  increafe  is  feared,  which 
is  the  jull  recompenee  of  admitting  the  beginnings  of  error. 
They  arc  patient  as  yet  of  ftrokes  ;  but  if  the  Fifth-monar- 
cliy-men  of  the  late  parliament  had  prevailed,  or  if  their 
party  go  on  in  its  growth,  their  fury  is  like  to  go  to  un- 
merciful killing  (with  their  prcdeeelTois)  of  their  oppofers. 

Our  church-llrifes  are  not  like  to  end.  The  remon- 
flranls  luake  it  tlieir  er\deavour  to  put  themillves,  as  the 
commiihon  1650,  or  tinder  fome  fuch  notion,  in  a  com- 
mittee to  purge  and  plain  all  Scotland,  with  the  EnglifU 
allowance  to  them  as  the  godly  parly  ;  one  of  tlie  vilelV, 
moil  ihamcful,  and  lyraimick  tricks,  that  ever  was  heard. 
of  in  any  church  in  any  time.  To  prevent  this,  owy  bre- 
thren there-eall  lent  uj),  with  Jh(^gliill,  our  profellecl 
friend  lUr  Jaiiics  Sharp,  to  Croauvell;  with  what  iniirue- 

tionj. 


4i4  -l^or  Mr  Spang.  Let.  ipfy. 

tions,  I  know  nof,  but  I  hear  vci*y  fair  and  honcft.  The 
remonftrants  cry  out  on  tliis  niciliigc,  though  aloue  to 
guurtl  ai';a!nft:  and  prevent  their  nilfchicvous  dcfijais.  They 
will  not  be  long  a-icnding  one  after  him,  to  defuc  openly, 
what  long,  by  their  letters  and  fecret  agents,  they  have 
been  dealing  for.  This  ftrife  at  this  time  is  Hiameful  and 
dangerous.  I  love  it  not.  My  advice  was  never  fought 
to  it ;  but  on  our  part  it  fecms  neceilary.  I  wifh  it  may 
end  better  than  I  fear.  My  love  and  fervicc  to  your  kind 
wife,  ok  remembered  by  ILtrry,  and  all  your  three  datigh- 
ters,  whom  I  pray  God  to  blcfs.  ;■    '  *  ' 

Your  Couiln, 

Robert  Baillie, 


197.  To  Mr  Spang,  ..\..., 

Coufmj 

That  which  oft  I  promifed  you,  a  large  accoimt  of 
our  affairs  this  twelvemonth,  you  have  it,  but  In  a  con- 
fufed  way  for  want  of  leifure.  Our  church  has  been 
pretty  quiet  j  our  troubling  remonftrants  not  having  yet 
prevailed  with  the  Englilh  to  get  authority  from  them  to 
cxercife  their  tyranny  among  us.  The  great  inftrument 
of  God  to  crofs  their  evil  defigns,  has  been  that  very 
worthy,  pio\is,  wife,  and  diligent  young  man,  Mr  James 
Sharp.  The  purpofe  of  the  few  brethren  that  were  on 
the  advice  of  his  going  to  London,  upon  my  Lord  Brog- 
hill's  defire,  you  may  fee  in  his  inftruftions,  fubfcribed, 
and  at  firft  feen,  only  by  thi^ee,  Mefl'.  Douglas,  Dickfon, 
and  Wood.  The  remonftrants  agreed  not  very  well  a- 
mong  themfelves.  My  Lord  Warifton,  LJr  Gillefpie,  and 
Mr  Guthrie,  thefe  three  reftlcfs  heads,  looked  not  one 
way.  But  after  the  afiVonts  Mr  Gillclpic  received  from 
the  fynod  of  Lothian,  and  Warifton's  domeftick  ftraits, 
had  made  him  content,  contrary  to  his  former  refohuions, 
to  embrace  his  prior  place  of  regillcr  from  his  Highnefs  j 
and  Mr  Guthrie's  continual  vexation  by  INIr  Simpfon  his 
colleague;  and  JNfr  Simpfoa  of  Airth  being  pro\ol:ed  by 
the  fynod  of  Perth's  meddling  with  the  great  fcandal  of  the 
faiherlefs  child,  reflecting  lb  on  him,  they  rcfolvcd  at  laib 
to  go  up  together,  and  openly  petition  his  llighnefs  for 
all  their  defires. 

When  the  fvuod  of  Ghifgow  had  taken  o3'  the  ccnfurc 

of 


[I ,    "•  '  ■  1      ;i ' 


,1  )     •:l("i"'.i   I  ' 


Let.  197.  To  Mr  Spang.  415 

of  the  general  aiTcnibly  from  McfT.  Gilltfple  and  Nalfmith, 
in  the  flrange  way  I  wrote  to  you  of  before,  that  party 
thouglit  it  advantageous  to  them  to  have  that  act  of  Glaf- 
govv  acknowledged  by  other  fynods.  For  this  end  they  ■ 
refolvc  to  fend  JNIr  Gillefpie  correfpondent  from  Glafgow 
to  the  fynod  of  Lothian,  They  thought  they  would  not 
rcfufc  liim  for  many  caufes ;  and  if  they  admitted  him,  it 
^vas  a  leading  cafe  to  the  other  lynods  to  pafs  frum  the 
ji(ft  of  the  general  aflembly  in  its  cenfure  without  all  fiitis- 
fafftion.  That  mcllage  was  not  much  to  the  mind  of  Mr 
Gillefpie  himfelf,  but  Mr  Carftairs  and  others  would  needs 
have  it  put  upon  liim.  When  he  came,  his  commillioa 
was  fcrupled  at  by  Mr  John  Smith  and  otliers,  and  laid  a- 
fidc  to  be  cognofced  upon.  They  gladly  would  have 
fliifted  the  matter,  and  efchcwcd  all  din,  being  imwilling 
to  enter  in  contefl.  But  Mr  Gillefple's  high  humour 
would  not  permit  it;  but  he  mud  needs  have  their  poli- 
tive  anfwer  to  admit  or  rcjetSt  his  commilTion.  They  le- 
nified  the  queflion,  and  fmce  he  would  have  it  put,  they 
made  it,  yhlmit  or  Commit.  When  the  votes  almoil  ol:  all 
was  for  referring  it  to  a  committee  to  be  cognofced  on, 
he  took  it  fo  ill,  that  he  broke  out  in  railing,  tcllijig 
them,  "  Their  fword  was  but  of  wood,  and  their  arm  was 
*'  broken,"  and  much  more  evil  language  ;  to  which  Mr 
Douglas  gave  iharp  and  (lout  replies.  I  knew  this  irrita- 
tion would  not  be  cafdy  forgot.  It  was  a  fpur  for  their 
voyage  to  London.  There  was  a  very  foul  fcandal  broke 
out  on  INh-  James  Simpfon  of  Airth.  A  young  woman, 
familiar  with  him,  and  oft  in  his  houfe,  was  found  with 
child.  She  granted  the  child  ;  but  denied  llie  had  knov.m 
any  man.  Mr  James,  with  the  advice  of  his  prdbvtery, 
Mr  James  Guthrie,  and  other  two  or  three  (for  their 
nuniber  is  no  greater  iu  the  remonftj-ant-preihytery  of 
Stirling)  take  the  woman's  confcflion,  in  face  of  the  con- 
gregation, that  Ihe  was  with  child,  and  wit'ial  her  pur^^a- 
tion  by  oath,  that  flie  knew  no  man.  For  this  Ah-  Janics 
and  flie  are  both  cited  to  anfwer  to  the  fynotl  of  Perth. 
Both  of  them  iend  in  to  the  iynod  a  declinatm-e  (both 
written  by  i\lr  James  Simpfon's  hand)  as  of  a  corru[)t  ju- 
dicatory. While  this  is  in  agitation,  Tsir  CJutliiie  is  iln: 
to  London  to  wait  on  till  his  fotu-  fcllow-commiilioners 
fhould  be  ready  to  come.  Their  conuniiiion  I  did  not 
fee  ;  but  it  was  fuch  as  fome  of  their  own,  as  JVJr  Carllair;^ 
pnd  others,   vefulcd   to  fubfcribe.     Wc  may  know   it   by 

their 


^''^  '       roM,  Spang,  Let.  197! 

.their  propoHils,  \vhich  to  ihe  very  lafl:  they  prcncd  to  ob 
•lain  from  the  Trotcaor,  viz.  ,.  An  order  fro.n  him,  that 
within  the  bounds  ot  every  fynod.  there  fliould  be  named 
a   committee   oi  equal  number  of  aflcmbK-men   and  re 
n^onftranis,  who  ihoukl  have  pov.-er   to  determine  all  dif- 
ferences in  pkuiimo-   and  purgmg  in  all  the  prelln-tcrics  of 
the  bounds.     2.  That  there  iJiould  be  a  committee  of  de- 
legates from  all  tlie  fynods,  of  equal  number  of  aiTembly. 
men  and  remonlirants,  to  determine  finally  all  differences 
cccledaltick   in    the  whole  land.      -.  That   the   Protector 
iJiould  nonunate  a  committee  to  nlant  kirks,  and  that   the 
power  of  giving  of  llipends  in  all  vacant  churches  Ihould 
be  m  this  committee.     4.  That   the  pailiament  Ihotdd  re- 
new  the    adl  of  claffes,  to    the    end    the   places   of  civil 
power  Ihould   be    in    tl)e   hand  of  tiieir  party.     The   lall 
they  obtained    ior   Licut,-Gen.   Lambert,  and   the    Gene 
ral-Majors   in   the   parliament   were   much   their   friends 
and   others,    whom   their    diligent    agents    Garfland   and 
Tweedale  made  ior  them.     At   firll  their  motion   was   re- 
jeded  ;  but  tbereafter,  when    our  friends  were  out  of  the 
houfc,  they  got   it   paft  in    an   additional  i)roporition.     It 
was  intended  chielly  for  the  changing  of  our  Glafgow  ma- 
gillrates  ;   whereupon  I  moved  our  brethren  of  Edinbur-^h 
to  write  to  Mr  Sharp  many  reafons  to  ilop  the  thino-  if  he 
could,      lie  wrought  it  fo  that   it   p.ifled   with   nuich  dlili- 
culty,  and  however  got   private   afTuranccs   it   Ihould   do 
no  narm  ;  and   io    that  act  of  parliament   lav   as    oood  as 
<iormant,  till  oi    late   they  obtained,  on   a   fupplic.uion  of 
procured  hands  m  this  town,  a  letter  from  the  Proteaor 
to   fulpend  tbe  new  election  of  magiltrates   in   our  burnh 
till  farther  order.     Our  late  magifirates,  with  the  conciu- 
rence  almoft  of  all    the   burghs  of  Scotland,  are   dealino- 
with   the   Protector    to   get   the    privileges  of  tlicir  bur^h 
prelerved.     What  will  be  the  ilfuc,  we  will  ice  ere  loner.'' 

For  the  other  three  defires,  Mr  Sharp,  in  divers  Con- 
ferences before  the  Protector,  made  them  apnear  fo  un~ 
reaionable,  that  after  more  than  half  a  year's  importtmate 
ioucitation,  they  could  obtain  nothing  at  all.  One  of 
the  caides  of  fi-uftrating  their  hopes  was,  that  the  Lon- 
don miniiters  were  llatly  for  us  againft  them.  You  fee 
what  miormat.on  I  wrote  up  to  IMr  AUi,  a  prime  city- 
mimlter,  to  be  communicated  to  all  our  Prelhyteriau 
iriends  ;  alio  to  my  ancient  Mr  Rous,  one  of  tlie  council 
Vi  Itate.  IMr-  Paithcrford  wrote  to  Mx  Alh  an  informa- 
2 


tiou 


''      I'f)    -f  >^  'I     rjiV.l    ;: 


Let.  197.  To  Mr  Spang.  417 

tion  in  favour  of  liis  party;  but  after  both  his  and  mine 
were  read,  and  Mr  Sharp  wjili  liis  five  oppoihcs  had 
been  lieard  at  length  in  divers  nieetinc^s  of  the  city-mini- 
fters,  all  of  them  profLuld  their  dillatisfaclion  with  the 
vay  of  the  remonllranis,  and  falisfactlon  with  cun-  pro- 
ceedings. ]Mr  Wood  had  drawn  a  reprcientation  of  olu* 
diilcrences,  which  JN'Ir  Huichcfon,  in  his  finoothiiip;,  to 
my  fenfc,  had  fonieihing  enervated,  not  only  in  its  iharp* 
ncfs,  bnt  vigoin-.  This  I\Ir  Sharp  printed  at  London, 
which  (fince  theie  two  ready  fcrihcs  have  not  anfwercd) 
did  us  much  good  with  all  intelligent  men.  The  remoa- 
{Grants  finding  no  Preibytcrian  Iriendj,  plied  tJie  Set^laries 
liardly,  prayed  ofc  witli  them  both  publickly  and  private- 
ly;  fo  that  with  all  their  power  ihefc  befriended  them,  I 
mean  Dr  Owen,  Lockicr,  and  Caryl,  and  other  Lulepen- 
dents.  Lambert  and  Fleetwood,  with  the  great  oiticers  of 
the  army,  molfly  Anabaptifts,  wej-e  aife^licmately  ior 
them.  At  laft,  the  Protei^lor  being  wearied,  nanjed  a 
duodenary  committee  to  Iiear  both,  and  report  their 
judgement  to  the  council.  INIr  Sharp  refufed  to  appear, 
as  being  a  mere  private  man,  having  no  commillion  to 
tranfacl  any  thing  of  publick  concernment  to  the  church 
of  Scotland  ;  but  being  charged  at  the  fecond  meeting,  he 
appeared,  and  gave  fuch  anfwers  to  Ids  oppoUres  chal- 
lenges, that  they  could  get  nothing  there  for  a  good  time. 
Of  the  twelve,  fix  were  conceived  to  be  Prefljyterians,  and 
tlic  reft  enemies  to  our  cluu-ch-dilcipline.  Or  tb.e  fir;]: 
fort  none  kept  but  one,  hir  Manton  ;  the  other  kept  very 
well,  and  v/ere  ready  at  laft-  to  report  to  the  council  their 
advice,  all  the  dehres  of  the  remonifrants,  as  they  h.;d 
reafon,  being  avowed  advcrfaries  to  our  ch.iu'ch  govern- 
ment. When  it  was  at  this  nick,  Mr  Alh,  by  his  inters, 
procured  Mr  Godfrey,  and  INIr  Cooper,  two  Preihytcrians, 
who  had  been  named  on  the  committee,  to  meet ;  they, 
with  INIr  INIanton,  after  a  new  full  heai-ing,  were  i'o  well 
fatislied  v/ith  Mr  Sharp's  replies,  that  they  drew  tip  their 
judgement  by  way  of  teilimony  againft  the  remoiniraius 
defires.  This  wrought  fo  upon  the  council,  thra  t!icy  re- 
folved  not  to  interpofe  in  our  debates,  only  to  write  a 
letter  to  the  minilters  of  Edinburgh,  IMelT.  Dougl.i:^,  L-iek- 
ibn,  'Prail,  Siirling,  to  agree  at  home  among  ourlllvv^s. 
Yet  in  this  letter,  by  caimy  conveyance  of  tiieir  friend 
Mr  Scobcl,  1  think,  clerk  to  the  council,  they  had  gcu  h;i;led 
iu  a  very  hurtful  claufe,  that  where  there  was  diii'erence 
Vol.  Il  3  G  ubc... 


1  JM-  -.i:;    .j;   n-  <,      03 


4J?  ro  Mr  Spang.  '  :  .     Let.  197, 

about   Alpends,  it   iliould  be  determined  by  the  teftimony  \ 

ot  four  naiv.cd  in   Mr  Gillcfpic's  orders,  Avhich   the   par-  i 

liamcnt  had  exprcfsly  ahohlhcd.     Tliat  claufe   was   rcpre-  \ 

fcjitcd  both  to  the  Proti  clor   and   coiinrdlors  to  be  io  un-  ! 

reafonablc,  that   ii   is   hke   there  fliall  no  letter   at   all  be  ! 

font  us.     TJic  ftorm  wc  were  afraid  for,  by  Cod's  niercv,  ^ 
for  a  time-is  put  by  ;  but  how  ibon  it  will  waken  again  we           ■    j 

do  not  know.     My  Guthrie  left  them  before  they  came  to  • 

their   greatcft   conteft,  whether,   for   want  of  monies,  or  | 

difference  among  ihemfelves,  I   know   not;  though   they  1 

put  all  the  minillcrs  in  our  boiuKis  of  their  mind  to   pav,  1 

?t  the  Ihil,  forty  lliillings  .Sterling,  for  their  maintenance]  ! 

tmd  all  ot  their   party,  men  and  women,  to   a  voluntary  ' 

contribution  ;  wlience   out   of  Glafgow,  fome   fay,    there  - 

Avent   up   J..  180  Sterling;  yet  their  charge  was   fo   great,  ' 
and  their  friends   charity  after   the   firll   fervour   fo   cold, 

that  all  of  them   were   ftraitened  enough  for  money,  as  I  ' 

was  informed.     Alfo,  they  fay,  they  agreed    not   io   well  | 
among  thcmfelycs.     Certain   it  is   that  Mr  Guthrie  oppo-           •     ] 

fed  rny  Lord  Warlfton's  refuming  his  place  of  regifler.     If  \ 
it  hail  been  upon  both  their  profelTed  principle,  of  the  un- 

lawfulnefs    to    take    places    fubordinate    to    an    unlawful  i 

power,  I  would  the  better  have  excuied  it ;  but  Mr  Guth-  ,' 

rie,   (as  one  who  ihould  have  known   it  with  the  heft,  in-  ! 

formed  mc),  with   all  his   power,  did   labour  fecretly  to  j 

get  that  place   to   his   confident  friend   Sv/inton,  with  the  I 

Vimlcn  of  a  yearly  pcnfion  of  L.  300  .Sterling  out  of  it   to  ,' 

Wariifon.    1  know  not  what   to   fay  to  it.     Hov/ever,  Mr  j 

Guthrie  left  them  in  the  midft,  having   obtained   nothing  i 

V'Ut  a  penhon  of  L.  100  Sterling  to  his'colleague  Mr  ilule,  | 

out  of  the  treafury  of  vacant  ilipends,  the  ipoil  of  other  ' 

churches,  which  now  is  dried  up.    .Wariflon   is   now  alfo  'j 

retiirned,  h:i\lng  with  his  place  obtained  the  moft  of  tlie  ] 

jcgiftcrs  wliich  we)-e  carried  out  of  the  betrayed  (as  many  j 
lay)  caille  of  Luir.burgh  to  the  tower  of  London.  Mr 
Gilleipie  remains  there  forely  fick,  fome  think  in  difplea- 
lure  tl.at  his  deilres  were  not  granted.  However,  at  hia 
laft  going  to  Hampton-court,"  he  got  no  fpeech  of  the 
Proiet^ior;  but  iie  went  immediately  from  Hampton-court 
to  Womblenon,  Lambert's  houfe,  being  .Saturday  at 
i)ight  ;  and  having  engaged  to  preach  on  .Sunday's  morn- 
ing, before  fermon  lie  had  live  ftools  ;  and  after  his  pain- 
ful   prearhing,    fotn-feore    before    he   refted.     'J'here;ifter, 

for  man)-  days,  a  great  iiux  and  fever,  together  with  tlie  | 

b.rcapli  i 


i         tct.  197.  To  Mr  Spnng*  41^ 

I  breach  of  ah  ulcer  in  his  guts,  put  him  to  the  very  l)rink 
\  of  death.  Many  thotight  it  the  evident  band  of  God  r.p- 
\  on  him,  and  woidd  not  have  ibrrowcd  for  his  death. 
\  For  myfelf  I  was  grieved,  forefeeiug  the  liurt  of  our  col- 
(  lege  by  l\is  removal. 

I  While  theie  debates   at   London   conihiuod,  the  rcftlefs 

I  3iuniour  of  tliat  party  at  home  was  fomcwhat  ([ui^:r,  v.'ait- 
I  ing  for  the  iiluc.  Our  I'ynod  of  Claf^ov/,  whe'Jicr  for 
I  want  of  matter,  or  being  defertcd  aii.l  conteinnevl  by 
I  many,  have  paflcd  this  year  without  din.  JNh-  lloberc 
I  iSemple  of  Lclnialiago's  foid  proceis  has  been  referred  to 
I  a  committee,  and  little  done  in  it,  the  ntan  being  one  of 
I  their  fide.  I\lr  John  Hamilton  of  Inuerkiy,  a  prime  n^iaa 
I  among  them,  ot  a  long  time  under  very  grofs  Icandals,  is 

I  not  fo  much  as  challenged.     Mr  Henry  Semple,  a  bufy  a- 

'i  gi-^nt  for  them,  prevented  his  proeefs  by  death.  The  fy- 
I  nod  of  Lothian  and  Perth  have  been  caiefal   to  try  accu- 

»  j-ately  the  challenges  of  fundry. 

I  The  Quakers  ir.ake   fome   trouble   among  v.s,  and   in- 

I  creafc  in  Lcnzic,  Douglas,  and  other  placLS,  mod  where 
j  that   facfion    have    been    troublefomc.       Tlius    does    our 

J  church-aflairs  fi:and. 

For  our  ftate,  all  is  exceeding  qtiiet.    'A  great  ara"iy  ia 
[  a  mtiltitude  of  garrifons  abides  above  our  heads,  and  deep 

I  poverty  keeps  all  cftates  CKceedingly  at  under.     The  taxes 

i  of  all  forts  are  fo  great,   the  trade    fo    little,   that    it   is   a 

i .  marvel  if  extreme  ic.uciry  of  money,  end  not,  ere  long, 
'  in  fomc   mifeliiel;.      What  came  out  of  the   doors  of  the 

parliament  v/as  this.  All  Avho  came  thither  were  com- 
plying and  confident  men,  and  none  more  ready  to  ierve 
}iis  Higlmefs  in  every  thing,  than  all  that  caau  trom  -Scot- 
land. Jf  any  were  doubted,  they  v/ere  held  oil'  till  their 
conimlfllons  v.'ere  v/ell  examined.  Ttie  milicioufnefs  ot 
the  faction  with  tis  kept  out  Commifi'ary  Lockhart,  com- 
miiVioner  for  Glafgc)w,  a  larg;  month;  yet  at  bill-,  by 
Ambailador  Lockart's  letter  from  France,  he  got  ip.  Th>i 
great  work  at  lirll  was,  to  fettle  the  cxcife,  uiiJ  mainte- 
nance for  the  army.  A  va'il  finn  of  money  w.is  rctpillite 
for  the  garrifons  in  England,  Scotland,  an^.!  Irel mJ,  for 
the  navies  in  Spain,  at  Dunkirk,  and  Jimalci,  tor  the 
army  in  France,  for  tlie  Froteclor's  conrr.  \Vhj;i  this 
,  Avas  agreed  t.")  wit'nout  .dl  contradiction,  i:  was  io  1  lid  by 
a  few  of  the  L'roteti  )r's  fafeit  frieirJ;,  nnL  ab.jve  live,  ikit 
the  city  IhouiJ  pjiitioii  the  p.triiamjat    to   advife   the  I'rj- 

3  G  2  tcvtjv 


teaor  to  take  upon  him  the  government,  and  title  of  Kirm 
after  the  way  which,  in   a   long  paper  of  advice,  wa    S  - 

Uown.     lo   this   none   did   oppoie  but  the  ol^iceis  o     the 
nrmy.     To  take  then,  ofi;  one  of  the   articles  of  ^^ove     !  ^ 

.,    men    was    the  erection  of  a  Houfe  of  Peers,  to  be  no  n  -  : 

Uie  chia  of  theie  oaicers  :  yet  the  thing  was  To  fir  an  lipfT-  ' 

all  that  was  profl^iicd,  and    lb   oft  primed  hefon"  dvu   k  I 

lo.neot  tnun,  cfpccially  then- head,  Lambert,   fo   averfe 
v^s  us  own  evulent   hucref  t ;  for  in  all  n.ens  'eves     e  "■  J 

Sh>   uu  ^'r""%  ^^  '^^  ^^-^c^o^s  power,   but'the    kh.^!  I 

Ih.p  cut  hm     oil  clearly   from   that   ],ope.     About   thi^s  i 

many  hxarp  debates  were  in  and  out  ot  L  hou aT t   d^  I 

.    oinee,-s.      All  other  were  to   give   the  Proteclor  whate  eJ  ' 

•  cnS  ^iz  V,f  7  """''"^-^^  "^'  "^'^'^'^  '-'^  opportune  for  that 
end.  yz.  the  fazmg  or  a  number  of  gentlemen    ih   and  -  ! 

bout  the  c,ty,  as  if  Charles  -Stuart  had  employed  then7f;r  J 

a  prefent  ddturbance  of  the   peace,  which  fear  o    icTly  e- 
vamOjc^   as   .orally  groundlei^.     Alio   .undercc^bt  pi   t  ' 

il^of     I  '.      '     T  "• '''  \  W^nderbufs.     The  man's  de-  | 

mal  of  all,  and  poifonmg  of  himfelf  for   fear  of  ouarter- 
mg  qmck,  made  not  this   to   a-near       Th,^   f.;.  •    ^    r     , 
cicclanuion  and  llandard  of  tli-'l^fth-..^     ,^  ;';^;f  ^  \ 

m.prdonmg  of  Sir  il.nry  Vane  in  Cariibrook  c^  '  a^  ! 

General-Major  Harriion,  did  quickly  evaniil,  But  tW 
J|d.,ch  mchned  the  n.oil   to    fu:4er  tL  Prole^o^  kb^!  \ 

b      ' V   ;  ;.  ^';;  ''^'^'''''-  /^^  ^  ^-Snlar  go^emn^cnt  thcr^-  j 

l^),  ^ytUout  the  perpetuatmg  of  a  military  rule  bv  th  • 
fword    to  wh.ch   fo   vaft  and  arbitrary  change    ioucl     I 

^^nd  m"?"'^^  '1^'^  ''T  ^"  '^^^"^^  a  more   mode-  j 

h  n  f  on  T  '  "  ■""  the  Protector  and  his  children, 
'!  ,  r  Lamoert,  or  any  of  all  the  army.  Souk-  alfo 
^'cie   glad  of   a   profeiled   and   open   3-oyaltv,  ho."  V 

counted  the  lawrul  heirs  of  the  crown.  ^  ' 

When  the  Protecto-     m  th  -,-  r  ,•  t  -n-  .  ' 

J  i<Jvt.eiu.,    as   tn^v  laid,    Avas  W'     nirr    tr,     Ivirp  ; 

d^  J  t^^^t''i  '^  ^'''^^^^  '^  -cep[  'id-j:  ,.!;:;^ 

Averi^    e    'r^r,^'    ''i'^^^   "'  the  article  of  kingihip.   a. 
nthwF     ..        .       "  '^^'i'''  that  fune  n.orning^his'lon- 
Ot  a  itio  u.  conibmatH),,  m  the  armv  to  onn  )lc    that  mo- 
tion.    Upon  the  which  aiiii,htment,  UirtU^.^^  Z, 


Let.  I97»  ,      To  Mr  Spa)ig.  421 

to  the  painted  chamber,  and  called  the  Iloufc  to  fliew 
them,  that  he  accepted  the  govcrnnicnt  according  to  the 
petition  and  advice  in  all  the  articles,  except  the  title  of 
King,  which  he  conld  not  digclt.  His  beil  and  mofl  inti- 
mate counfeUors,  Broghill  and  Thinloe,  thought  this  a 
great  error  ;  yet  it  feems  the  bed:  expedient  ;  for  at  that 
time  Lambert  and  the  General-Major's  power  was  To  grca:t, 
both  in  the  Houlc  and  army,  that  if  their  obftinacy  Jiad 
continued,  they  might  have  overturned  all.  To  prevent 
this  mifchief,  a  few  clays  thereafter  he  adjourned  the  par- 
liament from  June  27th  till  October. 

In  the  lad:  day  of  the  parliament,  June  27.  he  was  mofi: 
folemnly  inflalltd  fupremc  magiftratc  in  a  canopy  of  (late 
and  throne,  with  a  royal  purple,  furred  robe,  a  fword  of 
ftate,  a  fceptrc,  and  a  Bible  in  place  of  a  crown,  by  the 
Speaker  of  the  Uoufe,  Widdringion,  and  was  graced  with 
a  fermon  and  feafl.  In  all  the  aftion,  the  French  and 
Dutch  ambalTadors  flood  on  his  two  hands,  congratula- 
ting in  their  mafter's  name.  The  iiearts  of  many  were  for- 
i-y  to  fee  in  effe<Sl  all  the  kingfliip  eflablilhed  on  Cromwell 
m  peace.  Yet  this  did  not  iatisfy  \  for  quickly  Lambert 
Avas  called  for  to  a  privy  conference,  v/hercin  declaring 
3iimfelf  unwilling  to  comply  in  all  things,  his  commiillou 
was  called  for,  and  he  made  a  man  moft  private.  The 
chief  of  the  army,  in  a  fupplicatlon,  expreflcd  their  adhe- 
ring to  his  way.  Broghill  got  paffed  in  parliament  a  right 
of  L.  1000  a-year  for  ids  good  fervice.  All  men  expect- 
ed, that  when  fo  eafily  Lambert  was  quafhed,  the  next 
fcilion  of  parliament  would  liave  quickly  made  Cromwell 
king;  yet  it  did  not  fooner  meet,  but  great  mifconteut- 
ments  were  apparent.  The  Houfe  of  Lords,  according  to 
the  petition  and  advice,  did  fit.  rvlanchelter  and  many 
would  not  fit.  Caffds  difdaincd  it.  There  were  no  more 
peers  for  Scotland  but  Warifton  and  Lockhart  :  yet  tlic 
chief  of  Cromwell's  friends  were  taken  out  of  the  Houfe 
of  Comnions  to  fdl  the  other  Houfe  ;  and  many  tlien 
came  to  the  Houfe  of  Commons,  who  vs-ere  excluded  be- 
fore, no  great  friends  to  him,  Scot,  Hafelrir,  Lambert, 
and  many  more,  who  quickly  began  to  move  high  que- 
Aions  about  the  power  of  the  militia,  the  name  antl  power 
of  tbe  other  Houfe,  to  whom  tlu;  iupreme  magiilrate  was 
to  be  anfwerable.  Upon  their  fiickling  fo  high,  after  a 
tew  days  fitting,  they  were  dillolveil ;  the  I'l'oiector  calling, 
to  God  to  jud^e  betwixt  biu^  and  ihcm,  and  they  fiyin.;, 

AUKU. 


1.  ,..• 


./    ,r..,.  '.J!:::*  '    ' 


',,     ,   ..    il-  .... 


422  .  •  To  Mr  Span&.  Let.  197. 

Amen.  In  hir.  fpecch  he  attcftcd  God  he  had  rather  cho- 
fen,  at  a  wood-iide,  to  havu  kept  lliccp,  than  luivc  under- 
taken the  oflice  he  liad,  if  the  love  ^of  the  people's  peaee 
had  not  coniirained  him.  Iki  ajlui-ed  of  Charhs  vStuart's 
readiiicrs  to  come  from  Flandei's  with  an  army,  and  fun- 
dry  lifting  men  for  him  in  London. 

A  ftorni  after  this  was  expected,  fomc  prodigies  feem- 
ing  to  foretell  it:  A  little  after  his  inlhdment,  a  magazine 
of  powder  blowing  up  many  houfes  and  perfons  ;  about 
the  Jioufe  in  Fogo-niuir  and  Dunl'e-law,  in  Deceniber,  an 
army  of  pikemen  appearing  to  many;  and  fomc  days  af- 
ter, fome  thouiands  of  cannon,  in  a  formal  Ihape,  for 
■many  days  being  feea  by  many,  both  Encdiih  anv.!  Scoi<-, 
made  of  the  fnow  without  the  hand  of  man.  I'or  all  this, 
nothing  to  this  day  is  leen  but  a  deep  peace. 

It  is  expected  a  new  parliament  may  be  called,  and  fun- 
dry  {hires  are  laid  to  be  forming  petitions  to  his  Highnef? 
to  accept  of  the  title  of  King.  Many  in  the  army,  both 
in  Scotland  and  England,  arc  call  out  ;  but  who  remain, 
write  up  their  fupplication,  cncoiu'aging  the  Protestor  to 
proceed.  It  is  thought,  on  the  council's  acSt  and  army's 
petition,  the  crown  Ihall  be  put  on,  and  conih'med  by  the 
next  parliament.  They  fpeak  of  my  Lord  Fairfax  and 
Lambert's  counnitting.  In  a  late  fpeech  of  the  Protector 
to  the  mayor  and  alderrjien  of  London,  it  is  Hill  averred, 
that  Charles  Stuart  is  ready  to  come  from  Oftend,  with 
6000  men  and  7000  arms.  All  marvel  how  this  can  be; 
for  the  Engliih  navy  is  ready  about  that  place  to  hnk  all 
that  come  that  way  ;  and  the  defign  of  raihng  men  in 
England  is  i"o  poor,  that  none  value  it,  efpccially  wlien  it 
is  fo  well  known  by  the  Protector  in  every  eireumftance  •■, 
belldes  that  the  moit  Avho  profeis  ihcmfelvcs  for  the  King 
among  us,  or  over  fea,  arc  of  lb  exceeding  ill  principhs 
and  humour,  that  few  wilh  to  be  under  their  power. 

I  was  called  to  Edinbnrgh,  December  -?o.  10  hear  INlr 
Sharp's  report.  He  gave  us  a  very  notable  relation  of  e- 
very  paflage,  how,  by  the  good  hand  of  God,  he  had  gc^c 
all  the  deligns  of  the  exceeding  buly  ami  bold  remonfti'ants 
defeated;  that  the  Protecior  had  diiiniiied  him  with  niany 
good  words,  alluring  he  iliouUl  be  loth  to  grant  any  10 
our  prejudice,  lie  commended  himielt  in  his  lail  fpeech 
to  four  of  us  in  particular,  and  by  name  JNIr  Douglas,  Mr 
Dickfon,  Mr  I'dair,  and  me,  proleihng  his  forrow  lii.'U 
.he  was  a  ftumbling-block  to  us.     The  rcalbn  of  ihij  kiiul- 

nef* 


Let.  197-  To  Mr  Spang.  ,423 

ncfs  I  take  to  be,  i.  My  Lord  Brof^hill  and  Secretary 
Tiuirloc's  reports  of  us;  2.  That  the  Prcfb}  icrian  p;u-Ly  ia 
England  who  adlicre  to  us  is  exceeding  great  and  llrong, 
and,  after  the  army,  is  the  Prote^lor's  chief  ilrength  a- 
gainft  the  fetTtaries,  who  generally  are  out  of  conceit  of 
liim  •,  3.  Th.it  our  adveriaries  are  found  but  inconiklera- 
ble,  and  a  heady  party,  much  joining  with  the  way  of  his 
adverfarics.  However,  we  bleired  God  that  by  iVir  iSharp's 
labours  was  kept  off  us  for  a  time  a  luuch-fearcd  ftorm.  At 
his  coming  from  London,  ]\e  ai^pointed  a  correlpondcnce 
with  one  Major  Beak,  a  zealous  rrclbyieiian,  for  aflifting 
us  in  what  we  might  have  to  do.  Vv\'  ;ippointed  Mr^Vood 
to  draw  a  fliort  declaration  of  our  willingncis  to  have  any 
tolerable  peace  with  tlie  remonftrants,  if  ib,  for  tlm.c  to 
come,  they  would  promife  to  be  fubmifilve  to  the  efta- 
bliflied  govcriuncnt.  This  iu)w  is  printed  j  but  tlicy  carp 
at  all  we  can  do  or  fay  for  peace,  except  we  iul)ject  our- 
fclves  to  their  good  pleafure.  There  was  fomcthing  mo- 
ved in  our  lall  uieeting  of  a  few,  to  do  a  little  more  ior  en- 
gaging the  Prote(rtor.  I  cruflied  the  motion  at  the  begin- 
ning,  inveighing  againfl;  it  ;   fo  for  the  time  it  is  dead. 

The  .Earl  of  llotlies  is  put  in  the  caftle  on  a  riioft  iliame- 
ful  occalion.  My  Lord  floward's  lifler,  married  \vith  my 
JiOrd  Jj.ilgony,  Rothes's  iilter's  ion,  Ciencral  Leilie's  graad- 
fon  ;  this  Howard's  wife,  a  very  light  woman,  came  to 
make  a  vifit  to  Fife,  where  her  carriage  every  v.-here  was 
exceeding  wanton.  Ptothes  openly  bore  her  too  much 
company,  to  the  offence  of  many.  However,  about  that 
lime  \\\c  is  got  with  child,  which  ilie  bears  at  London. 
Her  hufl:)and  finding,  that  he  had  not  been  near  bt  r  io^' 
three  or  four  months  from  her  conception,  falls  in  an 
outrageous  jcalouly  with  her,  fuipn^ts  my  J^ord  Lcl.ifis, 
whom  his  bi'Otlier  lights  in  that  quai'rtl  ;  but  iufpicls  PiO- 
thes  more  ;  and  in  a  rage  pofi:s  tow.iids  Scotland  to  iig'nt 
Pvotiies.  The  Protector  hearing  of  it,  caid'cs  toiiov.-  and 
apprehend  Hov/urd,  and  lends  an  order  in  hade  to  jccnre 
P>.othe5  in  the  callle  of  Ldinburg'a,  where  yec  lie  li^s  ia 
great  intamy. 

We  are  loa\etimes  in  fear  tor  your  ftates.  Tiiclr  ua- 
kindnefs  to  the  Britilh  family  and  tiiat  or  Orangj  ;  their 
needlefs  provocations  oft  of  Sweden,  by  open  ravoinang  of 
all  his  enemies,  and  drawing  to  their  power  Brandcburg 
from  him  ;  alfo  their  too  firait  aiUancc  with  Spain,  and 
jTieglcdl  oi  Prance,  portends  no  good,  Uiough  tUeir  luccelu 

ai^tiiill 


424  '  7(?  ^'^f'  Sp^ng.    "  Let.  ic)-],  \ 

againft  the  Portugal  flilps  in  ilic  very  bay  of  Lifl^on,   and  ■ 

their  boahing  of  the  Bilhop  of  IMunller  unto  a  peace  witli  ; 
the  city,  were  very  plcalant  to  us.     They  arc  a  very  iioble 

member  of  the  Reformed  church,  whicli  we  pray  God  to  | 

help  and  blefs  j   albeit  their   (late    fecnis    to    flantl    but   on  j 

tottering  props,  and  they  have  loft:  much   of  the  love  and  j 

reputati(.)n  ibnietimes  they  had  both   at  hoiuc  and  abroad.  | 

It  Icems   the   iSpanilh   patience   has   fent  Jiome  the  Englifti  ; 

navy,  widiout  all  fruit  of  their  three  or  four  years  fump-  * 

tuous  attendance,  but  the  lols  of  Blake  their  adniiral.     As  ; 

for  the  burning  fome  vellels   in    the   Canaries,    it    was   no  \ 

great  bulinefs ;  hncc  now  all  the  plate   Teems  to   be   come  \ 

home  without  impediment.     Mr  Patrick  Gillefpie  preach-  j 

cd  before  the  Protc^Slor   in  his   velvet  rarely    cut  caffock,  | 

a  very  ilattering  thaakfgiving  for  tliat  fignal  fervice,  thank-  \ 

ing  God  for  the  great  relormation  of  the  church.  j 

But  he  whom  all  men  begin  to   look  moft  on  is  Charles  •; 

of  Sweden.     In  his  qu.arrel  with  Poland,  many  were   not  \ 

fatislied  ;  and  generally  all  here,   for  bis   league  with   the  i 

Protestor,  did  malign  him.     For  myfelf,    fnice    the   battle  I 

of  Lelpfick,  I  have  loved  the  houfe  of  Sweden  to  this  day  t 

above  all  foreigners ;  and,   by  the    Grange   fuccefles    God  | 

gives  to  their  valour,  I  expc<St  more  good  to   the  church  ( 

from  them  than  any  other.  I 

Keep  all  thcfe  things  to  yourfelf.     They  are  the   infidc  i 

of  all  our  afhiirs,  which  I  dehre  none  to  know   from   mc  | 
but  yoin-felf  alone 


your  forrowful  Coufm, 


Robert  Baillie. 


1 98.  To  Mr  Spang.     November  1658. 

Couhn, 

Our   church  lies  as   it    did.     The  reprefentation 

printed  by  Mr  Sharp  at  London,  they  i^.\\x■'X  never  eilay  to 
unfwer ;  but  our  late  declaration  of  new  dehres  of  peace^ 
llicy  anfwered  a  part  of  it  with  a  very  bitter  pamphlet ;  to 
which  Mr  Ptutherford  printed  a  preamble  in  his  preface  to 
a  late  ani'wer  to  Hooi;:er.  Being  deiircd,  I  fent  my  obler- 
vations  on  that  preamble  to  Mr  Douglas ;  but  on  that  and 
their  whole  pampblet,  JNIr  llutchefou  has  written  a  very 
acciu'ate  and  Iblid  review,  with  i'ome  additions  of  I\lr 
Wood's  -,  all  which  I  think  are  now  on  the  prefs.    It  is  ve- 

2  n 


i;ili;(iJ  i;>lv.'<, 


iijwiii  r-Ad-ioh 


.Let.  19S.  ,ro  Mr  Spang.  '     .425 

ry  like  the  end  of  tliis  obftinaic  clin'erence  will  he  a  ior- 
mal  fcparation  :  the  iboncr  the  better  ioi'  the  kirk  ;  for 
tliey  abide  among  us  only  to  incrcalc  thcli'  party  ^  and  if 
they  were  formally  lcp;irated,  they  could  do  Uii  the  Ids 
Jiarm. 

The  country  lies  very  quiet ;  It  is  exceeding  poor;  trade 
IS  nought  ;  the  Englilh  have  all  the  money.  Our  Noble 
families  are  alnioll:  gone  :  Leiuiox  has  litde  in  hicotland 
unfold;  Hamilton's  eilatc,  except  Arran  and  the  barony 
of  Hamihon,  is  fold  •,  Argyle  can  pay  little  annualrent 
for  yoo,ooo  or  800,000  nicrks  ;  and  he  is  no  niore  drown- 
ed in  debt  tlian  in  pubiick  liaireu,  almoft  of  all,  both 
Scots  and  3'aigliih  ;  the  Gordons  are  syine  ;  the  Dou- 
glases are  little  l.ietter  ;  K-linton  and  Cicncairn  on  tl^e 
brink  ot"  breaking  •,  many  of  our  chiet  famirujs  eilaies  are 
cracking,  nor  is  there  any  appearance  of  any  huir.an  re- 
lief for  the  tirhe.  What  is  become  of  the  King  and  his 
family  we  do  not  know.  Sonie  talk,  that  he  iaould  be  in 
the  Ilague.  T^Lany  take  hh  unliindncfs  to  i>jlcarras  very 
ill  ;  efpecinlly  that  he  lliotdd  oppoie  his  Lady's  yn'ovifion  to 
the  overnglu  of  the  little  Lriiice  ol'  Oi'angc.  Kisobfrinate 
obfervance  of  Hyde  oifends  all  ;  b\it  what  he  minds,  no 
man  here  knows,  and  tew  care.  The  Lvotector's  death 
was  imexpccted  :  t]\e  way  ot  it  we  do  not  learn  ;  mcii 
fpeak  as  they  life.  What  fome  fpeak,  o^  troubles  cA  body 
and  mind,  and,  after  a  fwoon,  the  crying  out  of  the  de- 
vil and  a  northern  araiy,  niuft  be  but  a  fable,  ^\'e  were 
afraid  for  trouble  rJter  his  death  ;  but  all  is  fettled  in 
peace.  V/e  doubted  what  might  become  of  the  ofilcers  of 
the  army  their  petition  for  the  generality  of  Fleetv.'ood  :. 
if  they  infilf  in  it,  it  caimot  but  breed  evil  blood  ;  but 
they  are  wifer  than  to  diiler  N^hen  fome  would  be  glad  of 
it. 

\\\  Edinburgh,  at  their  election,  they  fell  on  a  paflage 
agaiuit  the  mind  of  many.  Sir  Andrew  Ramfiy,  a  righc 
iharp  yotmg  man,  but  very  protid,  had  carried  himlclc 
for  two  yearii  in  the  place  of  I'rovoft,  very  haughtily  ;  and 
in  his  abode  at  London,  had  been  at  vair  charges  to  the 
town  for  no  profu  ;  yet  was  ftill  in  hope  to  liave  got  iToni 
the  Protector  v/hat  might  .have  done  tb.e  tov/n  good  in 
their  exceeding  low  condition.  MrThomplon,  the  clerk, 
who  had  brought  him  to  his  place,  became  Aery  ungra- 
ciotis  to  him,  by  the  fuggellion  moft  of  ]>ailie  J;u]ri.",  who 
defiring  to  have  Ids  i^on  toniun(ft  clerk  with  i\ir  V/.  Tliomp- 

YoL.IL  3  li  fen,. 


i-r^  .■..■,  V.'  ,, 


426  ro  Mr  Spang.  Let.  198. 

fon,  was  rcfiifed,  on  fear  that  fuch  a  conjnnflion  fliould 
put  liimfLlf  to  tl.if  door.  Upon  this  dilicrcncc",  the  Pio- 
voll,  and  th.a:  liailic,  did  what  they  could  to  bear  down 
the  clerk,  r.nd  were  ready,  wlien  able,  to  have  Ihihed  him 
from  his  place.  TJie  cler<,  and  ah  the  town,  would  mofl: 
gladly  have  ]iad  Archibald  Sydeierf  for  Provol]:,  the  far 
ihteft  for  the  cliarge  :  but  Ramlay  kept  Sydeferf  from  the 
leets,  according  to  the  late  a^:  of  the  Englifli  parliament, 
,  for  his  guilt  of  the  engagement ;  and  got  on  the  leets  him- 
felf,  Ijailie  Jaufie,  and  (being  perfuaded  that  none  would 
give  him  a  vote)  Sir  Jumes  Stuart.  Thomnfon  finding  it 
ib,  hew-rought  underhand,  that  any  living' might  be  cho- 
{<i\\  be] ore  his  enemies  llamfay  or  Jauhe.  Thus  Sir  James 
carried  it.  This  oiTended  many,  and  feared  them,  lell: 
(the  man  being  very  wife  and  active,  and  an  open  favour- 
er of  tlie  remoi-illranis)  it  might  make  a  great  chanre  in 
Edinburgh  and  all  the  laiid  for  that  party's  advancement. 
When  I  met  with  Thompfon,  my  good  friend,  I  railed  on 
him,  that  for  revenge  of  his  private  fuit,  and  ipleen  againfl 
Ramfay,  he  had  betrayed  the  publick  intereil  into  the 
hands  of  a  protellor.  I  w.ts  impatient  of  all  apologies; 
yet  1  hear  Sir  James  has  given  afiurance  enough  to  Mr 
Douglas,  and  others,  and  denies  his  remonftrantifm.  For 
myfelf,  I  do  not  will  believe,  nor  much  trull  him;  but 
(fear  the  great  evil  of  this,prank  of  the  cleik  :  Sir  James 
once  caft  him  out  of  his  place;  if  he  do  it  again,  no  man 
vill  }nty  hiuK 

Being  v/eary,  I  hfve  now  laid  afide  my  chronology.  I 
have  drawn  the  iacr^d  and  profane  fiory'lhortly  from  the 
fountains  through  the  Old  Teftament/in  feven  epocbas, 
-  to  every  one  of  which  I  have  fubjoined  the  moll  of  the  or- 
dinary  queuions  of  clironology  ;  and,  after  a  ]M-etty  free 
debate  with  all  forts  of  men,  determine  them  after  mine 
own  mind.  I  have  alfo  fet  down  the  ftory  of  the  New 
Teftament,  tlie  f:ril  cpocha  of  it  to  the  death  of  John  ih^ 
EvangelUt,  and  at  the  back  of  it,  feventeen  of  thechieftll 
ipieAions.  ileing  tired,  I  fublitle.  It  may  be  I  revile  it, 
and  ^.^'^<^  more  queftions,  cfpecially  from  the  Apocalypie. 
Thereiore  what  you  iind  of  nev.'  books  that  may  further 
me  in  this  dciign,  let  liic  College  have  them.  I  think  we 
waiu  few  of  the  olJ.  'i'his  \ car's  fiudy  I  call  it  upon  the 
whole  head  of  jullilicaiion,  moft  to  meet  with  liilhop  For- 
bes, printed  l.trely  at  London  by  Mr  '1  homas  Svdiei-f,  13i- 
ihop  oi  G.dloway,  ;uul  our  moderate  mid-men,  whom  I 

have 


:t    'jiii 


i.et.  I98i  To  M)'  Spang.  427 

have  eftcemcd,  ever  fince  I  knew  tlicm,  real  Pnpifts  in  tlic 
moft  and  main  ;  alio  to  meet  with  IJ.ixicr,  v.lioin,  albeit  I 
highly  cllecm  tor  picry  and  learning,  )ct  I  think  a  very 
unhappy  broiler,  a  full  avowed  Aniiraldill,  and  a  great 
confoiindcr  ol:  the  head  of  juftification.  I  pray  you  in 
your  firft  to  Voetius,  remember  my  hearty  fervicc  to  iiim, 
and  tell  jiim  from  me,  that  many  his  lovers  here  long  for 
a  third  volume  of  his  Difputaiions ;  alio,  th.u  tliey  ex- 
ceedingly dehrc  fome  Exercitations  from  him  on  the  way 
of  Amirald,  and  that  the  heads  of  juflification  were  vin- 
vicated  by  Jiim,  from  Baxter  and  I'orb.'s,  and  all  other  ad- 
verfarics.  We  love  here  very  well  rNJarefius's  writs,  all 
but  his  bitter  ilytings  with  Voer-us.  We  lop.g  to  hear,  that 
thefe  two  very  eminent  and  tdehd  men  were  better  friends. 
What  you  fent  us  of  Jefult  Semple  is  but  a  preface  to  his 
Hituonarhtm  Mathematician .,  which  Ave  pray  yoti  iearcli 
for. 

Your  Coufin, 

PlOBERT  BAILLIEi 


199.  To  Mr  spang,     January  31.  1661, 

Coulln, 
I  long  mttch  now  to  hear  how  it  goes  with  you  and 
yotir  family,  and  what  is  become  of  Dr  Straiig's  book  •, 
for  it  is  long  fuoce  I  have  heard  iVom  you.  yVs  you  defi- 
red,  and  as  my  cullom  is,  I  give  you  here  an  account  of 
our  aflairs  lince  my  lall  long  letter  5  though  you  poilibly 
know  all,  yet  it  is  not  unlit  you  fliould  know  our  Jenic 
and  conception  of  theai  alfo.  We  expecled  this  year  for 
great  quietnefs  at  home,  and  for  trotible  abroad;  hue 
God,  who  governs  all,  has  mtich  difappointcd  both  our 
hopes  and  fears,  making  far  more  confufion  at  home  and 
quietnefs  abroad,  than  was  expected,  Vs'hcn  tlie  PortU" 
guele  hatl  defeated  the  Spanilh  army  at  Elvas,  and  Tu- 
renne  had  polfeHed  fo  many  ]>laces  in  the  midil  of  Flan- 
ders;  the  Englilh  being  niafter  of  Dunkirk,  and,  with 
iheir  navy  on  the  coaft  of  Spain,  fearing  the  platc-jli:;ec 
from  comiu.g  home  ;  the  Swedes  being  leacly  to  iwallow 
up  Denmak,  and  thereafter,  with  his  Frerie!\  end  Dutch 
friends,  to  fail  on  the  Emperor,  a  chiUl  ;  the  profpcroits 
fight  of  lV.ii^.otri,  of  the  Venetians,  and  tlie  \\x\\\  of  Alep- 
po,   incrc.uing  ilic  lunnilts  in  Conltantinople  :   thjfc  thiiigs 

3  11  2  niadc 


.  1  <Vyj  J 


428  To  Mr  Spang.  Let.  199. 

iiiaclc  lis  expCiTt  great  clianprs  abroad.    But  before  -vvc  were 
aware  the  fcalcs  turned.     I'rance,  in  tlic  midll  of  his  victo- 
ries, flopped  ;  on  wliat  true  motive  we  cannot  dream.     His 
alliance  with  liis  coulln  of  Spain  leemcd  not   fo  deilrablc, 
the  Lady  bciiig  fo  far  in  years   beyond   the   King,   and  no 
great  matter  for  tocher  oHcred,  as  we  can  hear.     HowPic- 
incniilli,  who  cheated  tl\e  poor  Queen  of  Sweden   out   of 
her  religion,  her  kiuiv-lom,  aiul   rep\uation,    Ihould    have 
got  the  Cardinal  of  J'r.uue  fo  far  encJiantcd  as  to  lay  down 
jtrins,  when  they  moil  proipcrcd,  we  marvel,  and  wait  for 
the  end.     In  the  mean  time,  Spain  has  got  time  to  breatlie  ; 
the  riches  of  his  fafe-Iamlcd  ileet,  the  death   of   Modena, 
the  difcontent  of  Savoy  foi-  tlie  rrcneh  i-efufal  of  his  ilfter, 
after    the   interview   at   Jaxmis;    Arch-]^iike    Sigifmund's 
readinefs  to  march  to   Flanders  with   the   hn.perial  army; 
the  changes  in  England  d)-awing   our   thoughts   liome   for 
the  time  -,  the  Tope's  oblVmate  adherence  ilill  to  the  Spa- 
niard againfl  Toriugal ;    tlie   Queen   of   Spain's  two  ions 
have  put  tbat  old  Lmguiihing  King  once  again  on  his  feet ; 
yoiir  ilaies  beating  of   the   SwcdiiJi  navy  ;   Swetlen's  repul- 
fes  from  his  too  furious  and  unreafonable   affaults    of  Co- 
penhagen ;    the   Imperial,   Brandeburg,   and   Polifli  army, 
i'alling    on    Pomcrania-,    the   Dutch    league   of   Cologne, 
Ment7.,  and  others,  making   no   diverfion  ;    France    lying 
off;  the  Euglilh  navy's  going  home,  make   the   valour  of 
Sweden  to  be  overpov/ered,  and   alio   doubtful   of  the   e- 
vent  \  lor  v.c   do   not   expect   any  agreernenr  of  j^enmark 
without  all  his  conlederates  •,  and  that  they  will  never   put 
Denmark   in   the   poor  terms   of   Rofcliild's  capitulation. 
However,  the  fearful  ruining  of  all   Denmark's  ccunti-y, 
■  and  the  hopping  of  Sv/edcn  in  all  his  defigns  through   the 
.  flrong  armies  leagued  agairiH:  hir."!,   feems   to   be    the  work 
cFiicliy  of  you]' faites,  on  ibmc  reaibns  of  ihcir  own,  more 
than  yet  arc  villbie  to  tive  v.orld.     AVe  bleis  God,  that  Icls 
blood  is  yet  iiied  in  thele  bounds  than  we  feared.     We  are 
forry  for  the  i-uining  of  the  Prince  of  liolJuln  and  Coiir- 
land.     The  Turks  alh)  ieei:n  to  be  in  a  mucli  better  condi- 
tion ;    the  Perllan  invalion   of  Jnibvlon   being    a   nuic  ia- 
ble  ;   Faiia  of   Aleppo    and   all   his    party  ru.incd  •,    Ibigorli 
put  to  depend  on  the  Emperor  for  a  i'ublillenee  •,   tlie  Vizir, 
by  fea,  putting  in  Cantlia  what  men   lie   will  ;   the  rviuico- 
vites  \icLory  ag.iinft  the  Tartars   and  Cofuicks  being  of  no 
conibc^ucncc:  fo  v,-here  wc  c::pected  a  (juick  overturning  of 

liaui 


-.1 ;    ?  ■■('.';.. J.  !' 


Let.  199.  To  Mr  Spang,  425^ 

ftaics  and  empires  in  a  fliort  time,  afTairs  arc  fo  turned  a- 
bout,  that  what  was  fliaking  is  more  ilrnily  clhiblilhdd. 

IJut  with  us  all  contrary:  onr  very  iii-m-liko  foundations 
in  a  moment   overturned.     The   Proteclor   Oliver   cndea- 
vouring  to  fettle  all  in  his  family,  was   prcvcjited  by  death, 
before  he  could  make  a  tcltament.     lie  had  -not  fupplied. 
the  blank  with  his   fon   Riciiard's  name  by  his   hand,    and 
fcarce  with  his  mouth  coidd  he  declare  that  m.uch.  of  hii 
will.     There  were  no  witnciles  of  it  but  Seo-etary  Thurlo::: 
and  Tliomas  Goodwin.     iSome  did  fearfully  ilatter  him  as 
much  dead  as  livin?;;.     Thomas  Goodwin,   at   tlie  faft:  be- 
fore his  death,  in  his  pjaycr,  is  fnd   to   have   fpoke   fucli 
words  :    "  Lord,   wc  pray  not   for   thy    lervant's  life,  for 
*'  we  know^  that  is  granted  j  but  to  halte   his  health,  for 
*'  that  thy  people  cannot  want."     And   INIr  8terry  in  the 
chapel  after  his  death,   *'  O  I^ord,  thy  late  fervant  here   is 
**  now  at  thy  ri;^ht  hand,   making  intercefllon  for  the  fms 
"  of  England."     i3oth  ihcfe   are   now  out   of  favour   at 
court  as   court-parafites.     iiut   the  moft   fpoke,    and   ycc 
fpeak,  very  evil  of  him;    and,    as    I   think,    much   worfe 
than  he  deferved  of  them.     His  burial  was  large   as   mag- 
nificent   as    any   king   of   England.     Richard  imniediatcly 
fat    down  on  his  chair  \    and,    after    a   moft    folcmn   iu' 
ilalment,    got  addrelTes  ahnoll  from  all   the  ililres,  cities, 
regiments  of  the  armies   in  Englaiid,   Scotland,    Ireland, 
Dunkirk,    from    the    navy,    from    the    miniilry,    Prelbv- 
terian  and  Independent,    Anabaptiftick,    all    itriving    w]\(> 
fliould  be  lirll:  and  moil  promiGng.     All  neighbour-llatcs, 
of    France,    Ilollaml,    .Sv/cden,    Denn^ark,    Jirandeburg, 
Hamburg,   Portugal,    congratulating   his   fuccefllon.     No 
appearance  of  the  fmalletl  air  of  oppofxtion,  till  the  oili- 
cers  of  the  army  began  to  petition  for  a  general,   and  p;iy- 
mcnt  of  their  arrears.     For  their  fatisfaction,  a  parliament 
w\as  fummoned   againft   the    ayih   of   January.     This   did 
meet  frequently.     Some  fay  it  was  pretty  well   chofen,    of 
men  who  for  the  moll  had  good  dcfigns  for  the  publick, 
and  aimed  at  a  folid  fcttlcment  both   of  church  and  ftatc  ; 
but  among  them  were   men   for   contrary   dcfigns.     'I'he 
liril  fencing  was  about  the  a6t   of   recognition  ;    lc)j-  albeit, 
at  the  entry  in  the  lioufcs,  every  one  took  the  oaih  iii  the 
humble  petition  and  advice  -,  yet  when  it  came  to  an  a6t  of 
recognition,  many  and  Iharj)   debates  arofe.     it  was  car- 
ried to  acknov/ledge  lliehard   for    ProtCvjtor ;    but   with;.], 
that  the  bill  could  not  paik  till  the  limitations  of  iiis  power, 

the 


430  'To  Mr  Spang.  Let.  199; 

the  full  fcciiriry  of  the  privileges  of  parliaments,  and  li- 
berty  of  the  fubjccls,  liiould  pafs  in  the  fame  \\i\.  A 
committee  was  appointed  foi",  that  work,  and  Sir  Harry 
Vane  fet  in  the  cJiair.  The  Houfe  of  Lords  did  pafs  itj 
but  in  a  poor  and  flighting  way  of  another  Houfe.  In  the 
mean  time,  Opdasn,  with  the  Dutch  licet,  palled  to  the 
Sound.  All  were  alavmed  wiili  this  ;  and  in  a  very  Ihort 
time,  the  ProteiSlor,  with  the  confent  of  all,  lent  Pvlonta- 
gue  with  as  great  a  ileet,  to  wait  upon  them.  All  did  ex- 
pert: a  prefent  breach  betwixt  us  and  you  ;  hut  fince  your 
fleet  did  nothing  but  fupply  Copenhagen  with  fome  men 
and  vi(Sluals,  and  did  not  traniport  any  of  the  confedci-ate 
army  to  raife  the  fiege  j  the  Knglifli  and  Holland  iniiruc- 
tions  have  been,  not  to  light,  and  lb  to  do  but  little  fervice 
to  cither  party  all  this  long  fummer.  Whether  you  will 
do  fo  ilill,  when  the  Englilh  arc  returned,  we  will  fliortly 
fee. 

The  parliament's  next  work  was  about  pay  to  the  army; 
This  was,  and  yet  is,  a  bufmefs  almoll  inextricable.  The 
land-arrnies  in  Scotland,  England,  Ii-eland,  Flanders,  and 
Jamaica,  with  the  navy,  reckoning  every  frigate  of  40 
guns  to  a  regiment  ol  loot,  could  not  be  within  100,000 
men  of  daily  pay  ;  the  revenue  being  all  exactly  coimtcd^ 
did  not  amount  to  ]j.  1,900,000  Sterling  ;  the  necefFary 
charge  of  the  army  and  ftate  was  above  2,2005000;  it  was 
.  no  marvel  then  that  the  arrears  of  the  arniy  ihould  ex- 
ceed 2, '500, 000,  and  the  Protestor's  debt  many  hundred 
thoufand  pounds  alfo  :  how  all  this  Ihould  be  paid  with- 
out the  country's  ruin,  was  the  parlian'ient's  great  care. 
While  they  are  about  this,  the  oilicers  of  the  army  have 
their  daily  meetings  in  Fleetwood's  lodging  or  Walling- 
ford-houi'e.  The  Anabaptiilick  and  llepublican  party 
had,  by  many  papers,  which  now  are  printed,  been  {c- 
cx'ctly,  for  a  long  time,  plying  Fleetwood  and  the  oillcers 
in  confcience,  to  return  to  their  iirft  principles,  to  over- 
throw Oliver's  feltiih  innovations,  to  abolilh  the  other 
houfe,  and  all  government  by  one,  under  v/hatlbever  name. 
The  parliament  ilnding  thefe  people's  addrelfes  take  much. 
%vith  the  oflicers,  and  that  Juch  meetings  on  fuch  high 
confultations  could  not  i'tand  with  their  aiuhority,  re- 
folved  an  a6t  for  difiblvip.g  the  meeting  of  Wallingford- 
houfe,  and  to  command  all  the  olliceis  to  attend  their 
I'everal  charges  in  the  three  kingdoms,  and  to  take  an 
oath  of  obedience  to  the  prtleat  parliament.     While  tivj 

other 


"'^"••"•'"  t 


J^et.  199.  To  Mr  Spnnff.  431 

other  houfe  is  advifing  on  that  vote,  the  Prote^lor  joins 
with  it,  and  accoi-dingly  commands  the  officers  10  be  gone 
to  their  charges.  He  and  \.\\c  hoiifc  fuppoicd  that  they 
had  To  great  a  part  of  the  army  and  city  for  them,  that 
there  was  no  hazard  of  any  foixe  :  but  they  found  them- 
felves  quickly  miilaken  ;  j'or  tlie  ofikei-s,  with  all  fpced^. 
jTiakinr^,  a  rendezvous  at  the  back  of  8t  James's  park  in  the 
Pali-Mall,  at  eleven  o'clock  at  night,  before  the  Protec- 
tor had  provided  any  thing  for  oppofition,  tliey  came 
immediately  to  Whitehall,  arid  made  tiie  Protector  con- 
fent,  under  the  great  feal,  not  to  the  adjourning,  (which 
at  hrfi:  would  liave  fati:;fied),  but  the  diiTblution  of  the  par- 
liament. To  this  mofi;  hardly  he  didconfent;  but  liis 
imclc  Defborough,  and  bi-other  Fleetwood,  drew  hini  to 
it  with  firm  promifes  of  the  army's  rcadinefs  Aill  to  ferve 
him.  When  the  ollicers  iaw  the  parliament  fo  eafdy  dif- 
folvcd,  they  found  tliemfelves  not  lecure,  till,  contrary  to 
Fleetwood  and  Delnorough's  mind,  they  made  the  Pro- 
te(Slor  lay  down  his  place,  and  took,  for  a  time,  the  go- 
vernment of  all  into  their  own  hands.  To  this  alfo  the 
Protcclor  did  quietly  fubm.it,  and,  from  a  very  great 
prince,  did  defccnd  to  a  very  jn-ivatc  and  quiet  gentleman. 
The  officers  immediately  put  down  the  council  of  ftate  ; 
removed  all  the  Protector's  confidents  out  of  the  ai-rny  ; 
the  regiments  of  the  Protector,  Ingoldil^y,  Whally,  Goffi, 
Falconbridge,  Howard,  and  others,  were  given  to  Lam- 
bert, Overton,  and  fuch  whoui  Oliver  had  (nued.  The 
tower  was  taken  from  liarkftead,  the  great  feal  froni  Nat. 
Fiennes,  and  a  great  change  made.  But  the  officers  were 
quickly  weary  of  the  biu-den  of  the  parliament.  After 
much  advifement,  they  fell  on  a  very  unexpecTted  over- 
ture, to  fit  down  with  a  parliamentary  power,  fo  many 
of  the  long  parliament  that  remained  not  caft  oiu,  when 
the  Protestor,  in  the  year  1652,  had  dilTolved  them.  Of 
thefe  they  foiuid  in  the  city  and  about  it,  about  forty,  wlio, 
with  Lenlhal  their  fpeaker,  they  nioved  to  fit  down  in 
the  houfe,  the  6th  of  May  ;  who  fince  that  time  have 
ruled  as  a  parliament.  At  the  very  firft,  all  the  army's 
propofals  palled  in  ac'ts  of  parliament.  A  coinuil  of  liate  of 
thirty-one  was  conlliiutcd.  All  this  was  done  Avithout  any 
din,  except  what  Mr  Prin  and  fome  other  lliarp  pam-. 
phleteers  made  ;  which  they  milVegarded.  i'^or  the  city  of 
^jOndon,  and  the  moft  of  all  the  regiments  in  the  three  na- 
tions, feiu  them  congratulatory  addrelles,  fo  inli  of  good, 

word^ 


■43-  '         TailJr  Spang.  Let.  199. 

words  as  ever  were  made  to  cither  of  tlic  Cromwells  j 
v/liofc  names  by  many  were  then  torn  in  the  -vvorft  Lm- 
t^uage,  pictures,  and  pamphlets,  tliat  could  be.  Some  {lie 
vas  expected  from  Henry  in  Irehuid,  INIonk  in  ScotUuid 
and  fornc  otiicr  of  the  Proteclor's  friends  j  but  all  came  to 
jull  nothing.  ■  ■ 

The  new  old  parliament's   fn-ft   and  chief  Avork  was,    to 
conftitute   the   army.      A   committee   of  nomination   was 
to  nominate  every  officer  in  every  regiment ;  the  Crowner, 
•Lieutenant,  jNIajor,  even  Captain,  Eniign,  JVc.     All  thefe 
were  appointed  to  come  to  the  bar  of  the  IJoufe,  to  receive 
their  new  commifllons,  and  make   their  oath  there  to  the 
parliament,     'fhis  was   a   long  and  fafhioiis  work,  and   is 
not  yet  ended.     Many  olTiccrs   were  left   out   without  any 
Eccufation.     Nothing  of  this  was  the  work  of  the  General, 
which  many  took  for  a  flighting  of  him.     The   army   en- 
dured all  this   as   coming   from  the  hands  of  their   trufly 
friends.    But  another  work  of  the  parliament  iiartled  them 
more  ;   the  eftablilliing  of  the  militia  of  the  counties  in  fuch 
hands  as  the  parliament  nominatctl.     Thefe  went,  if  com- 
plete, to   the  number  of  20,000   horfe   and   80, ceo   foot, 
to    be    paid   by    the   counties  when  they    were    in   fervice. 
This  vv'as  a  vifible   curb   to   the   army's  power,  and   a  ha- 
7.ard   to   their   pay  ;  for   the   country  was  unable   to   pay 
botli  :   but  it  ilems  the  coimtry-militia  Avas  but  for  a  time. 
•    While  thcle  things  are   in   doing,  there  arifes  a  trenerai 
inilcoutcnt  among    the   people    every  where    in    England; 
which  bred  a  confjiiracy  in  many  iliires,   to    take   arms   at 
ievcral  rcndezvoules  the  iMth  of  Auguft.     But  before  the 
ift  of  Au^^uil  ail  was  revealed  :   Malley,  Titus,  and  others, 
from  the  ]>'ing,  were  faid  to  have  been   for  divers  months 
:it  work  in  the  city  and   country    to    make    a    party.     The 
chief  fiiickling   v.as   where  leaft  expected,   in  Chcihire  and 
Lancalhire.     Sir   George   I'ooth   had   drawn  molt  of  the 
people  after  him.     The   report  of  this   Hew  everywhere, 
and   increafcd   the   number  and  ftrength  of  the   confpii-a- 
tors  hugely  above  truth  ;  for  when   it   came  to  the  proof, 
they  were  imuul   inconliderable.      Fleetwood    and   the  n^i- 
litia  of  J.ondon  kept  down   the   city,  the   rifmg  wliereof 
was  moft  feared.      A    few  old  troops,   and  the  new  militia 
of  the  fuiies,  prevented,  and  eailly  fupprcifed,  the  rendex- 
voufes  in  Kent,  Ilertfordihire,   Glouceilerlhire,  Notting- 
ham,   Darby,    Leieeiter,    Shroi^ihire,    and   01  her    phices. 
Lambert,  with  4000   or   5000  iiorle  and  foot,  making   a 
■     ■         Z  '  quick 


I^ct.  I  pp.  T'o  Air  Spnng.  ^33 

<]ulck  march  nortlnvnrd,  met  with  Sh-  George  Booth  at  :i. 
bridge  fomc  miles  from  Cheftcr:  liis  io,ooo  liorie  v/jrc 
become  2000  horfc  and  foot.  The  difputc  was  nought, 
fcarce  half  an  hour.  Sir  George  had  not  30  killed,  and 
Lambert  hardly  one.  Cheiler,  Manchcfter,  Prellon,  Li- 
verpool, rendered  on  the  firfl  fummons  ;  Sir  George,  flee- 
ing towards  London  in  womens  apparel,  was  taken  at 
Newport  Pagncl,  the  Earl  of  Darby  in  Shrewfoui-y.  In 
a  very  few  days  all  was  compofed  without  blood.  Sir 
George  Jiooth's  confeOions,  they  fay,  are  fo  lib-.ral,  that 
many  talk  he  has  been  but  an  emifiary  of  purpofe  to  dif- 
cover  who  were  difafiected  to  the  parliament,  to  have- 
them  crulhed  ;  but  otliers,  who  know  the  gravity  of  the 
gentleman,  and  confider  his  declaration,  do  not  believe 
this,  nor  hjs  rumoured  confL:!]ion:i.  At  the  fjrft,  many 
of  the  Prefbyterian  minifters  in  the  city  and  country  were 
(aid  to  be  on  this  plot  ;  but  this  likewife  appears  now  to 
be  a  vain  report.  Ere  long,  doubtlefs,  we  will  hear  of  all 
the  bottom  of  the  bufmeis  ;  for  the  time  we  know  no 
more  but  what  the  Diurnal  tells  us. 

So  foon  as  tliis  was  over,  the  army  was  careful  to  caufe 
the  parliament  diiTolve,  and  pay  oft' the  county-militia,  that 
it  might  not  ftand  when  there  was- more  ufe  for  it  than  to 
be  a  vifible  ctu-b  to  them.  Yet  the  people's  general  mifcon- 
tcntment  remains  :  for  thouijh  the  decav  of  trade  his 
incrcafed  the  poverty  of  the  country,  yet  the  neceliuies  of 
the  army  and  navy  increafe  the  taxations  very  much,  nor 
is  yet  any  government  clfablilhcd.  The  parliament  and 
army  agree  againft  all  monarchy,  whether  of  Kings  or 
ProtciSlors,  and  againfi:  a  Iloufe  of  Lords  ;  but  what 
•form  of  republick  to  fettle,  this  they  dili'er  on.  Some 
are  for  the  perfeverance,  if  not  the  perpetuity,  of  this  part 
of  the  old  parliament  that  now  fits  ;  others  for  a  new 
parliament  of  Commons,  chofen  according  to  tlic  qualili- 
cations  which  this  parliament  Ihall  agree  upon;  others  for 
a  parliament  of  2000  or  3000  of  the  people,  with  a  co- 
ordinate power  of  a  fenate,  to  be  a  check  to  the  people's 
extravagancies.  What  of  thefe  ihall  be  determined,  avc 
expect  to  hear.  Some  think  that  dirlerence  in  the  parlia- 
ment not  like  to  be  agreed.  Prevalence  of  the  CVia leers 
and  Fifth-monarchy  men  ib  far,  that  they  have  olnaincd 
James  Naylor,  that  monftrous  bhifphemer,  out  of  prilon  ; 
and  have  moved  i'omc  wife  Prelbyteriann,  Lideoendcnts, 
ajid  more  fober  Anab-ipcifts,  to  fyncix-Lifm  againif  their 
\Qh.  U.  3  ^      '  danuer^ 


^34  ro  Mr  Spavg.  Let.  ,99, 

danger,  will  force  the  army  once  more  to  raife  ilic  parlii 

■  meat,  and  fcipplicatc  Lambert,  a   very  wife,  ftoiu,  adive 
iobcrgeivJeMKui,   to    take  the  government  x.non  him  •  bu[ 
^vhat  ine  euu  cl  all  ^\'ii|  be,  we  refer  it  to  God. 

Scotland's  condiilon  i\n-  the  tiuu^  is  not  good  :   cxhauPc- 

cd    m   money;   clcad   in    trade;   the   taxcs^near   doubled; 

imcc  the  6.h  ot  May  without   all   law,  nor   appearance  of 

any  ,n  haue.     My  Lord  Warillon  w.s  called  to  the  Houfe 

of  leers  by  .he    aft  Pro.ec^lor.     When  the  parliament  was 

ch.iolved,   his   olulKcnd  Sir  Henry  Vane    got  him    in   the 

conned  ol    hate,   and  the  moil  ordinary  chairman  thereof. 

aVll  the  weight  of   Scots    aiiairs  lies   on   Jdni   alone.     Av^ 

pie     aanough  he  wentthilher   a    commiihoner   from    A- 

berdeeni.ure    and   iht   in   tjie   llouie  of  Commons,  com- 

rlymg  wuh  .he  Piotec-lor  i\.  long    as    he    flood,   and   with 

Ihc  new  paihameui   fo   much  as  any  dehred  ;   vet  was  mif- 

regarued,   and,  for  iear  of  arrellment  for  debt,  flipp-d  a- 

Avay  home  with  Jmall  credit  or  contentment.     The   reft  of 

the  Scots  comminior.ers,  Swinton,   Gariland,  Major  Bar- 

,clay    LarlotLin:ithoov.,  KarlofTu-ecdd.de,   he.  compl. 

as   theyplealed,   %n:;ied  liule    thing;   but    AVarifton   was 

all.     ilc  wa.s  maue  to  beheve,   that  our  union  would   be   a 

Ihort  buhne..; ;  and  that  it  was  better  to  want  law  than    to 

have  It  before  tnc  union  :   but  that  conceit  has  made  us  to 

^vant  the  ft.mmer  leihon,  and  n.ay  be  the  winter  alk)  ;  for 

he  debate,  o    the  un:on  grew  ib  long,   that  ihev  fay    it    is 

hud  auc.c  ml  i..ey  have  once  agreed  on  the  government  of 

Lngland,   to  wm.h   we  are    to   be   united.      No  man  pays 

•aro  deut   but  .or  ms    own  accord.      That   which  much  re- 

larucd  our  umon,  was  a  petition  from  many  hands  in  our 

coimiry,j>utonoyCariJand,  young   Dundals,  our  Oua- 

kers,   rnu  n^any  others,   lor   a    full  toleration  to  be  in'fc'rt- 

cu  m  t  k:  aet  ot   our  union.     This  was   ib   well  backed  by 

low.eof   taeoh.cersol  the  army,   that    till    i^   be   iatisftd 

,im-amgc,mbegotdone,  though  Wariiion   do   his  utter- 

■  nioft  agHu>:i  1:. 

ITpm.  iu,].ic;^n  ih.t  h;me  in  Scotland  mi.ht  he  on  the 
3'.ngluh  p  or,  lue  General  called  all  who  had  b.cn  in 
arms,  an.  were  unc.er  bond^.,  to  take  a  new  oatli,  of  r-- 
nounc;ug  the  Stuarts,  a:al  adhering  to  the  prelent  povern- 
r.ent.  Who  reluicd,  were  laid  no  in  prifons  ;  Mcmtrofe, 
G.   lender      ..oyn,^   Se.drk,    Kcnnnnr,    Didup,    Loudon. 


.Pav.d  La.y,  o;v  jame.  Luudden,  and  other..    Some  took 
U,  as  G.eucau-o,  uud,  a.  they  I'^v,  licth:^,  JMomgonuay, 


Let.  ic)ij.  To  Mr  S/^niig.  '  435 

fvc.  But  It  Is  tliought  there  was  no  iScots  flcfli  on  tl\!s  de- 
Kign,  wlicrbcr  bccaufc  not  trudcd,  or  not  dchred  by  the 
Enghlh,  who  would  do  it  all  thcii-  aloiic,  is  not  known  ; 
but,  liou'cver,  it  is  thought  none  of  our  nation  were  up- 
on it.  What  was  talked  of  Kinnonl  and  General-JMajor 
INIonigoniery  landing  in  om-  highlands,  was  found  a  mere, 
iable.  Our  people  are  lb  ill  bit,  and  lo  exceedingly  low, 
that  though  there  were  no  gariilbns  to  liold  them  down, 
they  have  neitlicr  mind  nor  ability  to  make  any  noife. 

Our  ehureh  lies  as  it  was,  full  of  grief  i\yr  inward  di- 
vin.ons,  and  outward  hazards.  As  yet  ibelii.gii'h  trouble 
us  not  :  and  truly  they  have  rio  caufe  ;  for  whatever  h^ 
our  thoughts,  yet  in  all  expreflions  we  are  as  (juie!:  and 
pe.iceable  as  they  could  wilh.  Being  at  raid  for  AVaiifton's 
incellant  defigns,  the  breihren  of  Ldinburgh  moved  I'lr 
Sharp  to  go  up  again  to  attend  his  n^otions.  Tlie  Protec- 
tor  Richard  took  very  well  with  liiin,  and  fnndry  mem- 
bers of  parliament ;  but  when  thefe  were  put  (.lo.vn,  V/a- 
vifiion  deferred  him  to  the  council,  a;  corrcfp.onding 
with  Madly  and  Titus.  ].'>eing  u})on  tbi--  c;dled  to  tli^ 
council,  Sir  Henry  Vane  and  i'-ir  Scot  were  fcnt  out  to 
confer  with  Idm  •,  to  whom  he  gave  abundant  fatijfadiion  ; 
and  a  little  arter  v.^as  fent  home  in  peace. 

Our  town  has  been  in  more  peace  than  formerly.  INIr 
Cillefpie's  four  months  ablence,  want  of  publick  judica- 
tories has  lielped  to  it  j  but  no  good-wiil  in  Ibme  i?  inlack- 
ing  to  keep  in  tlie  lire.  The  lall  trick  they  have  fallen  on 
10  ufvu-p  the  magiilracy,  is,  by  the  diligence  of  their  [c{-- 
fioners  to  mal:e  factiop.s  in  every  cralt,  to  get  the  dc.cons 
and  deacon-convceuer"  created  ot  ilieir  iVJ.e  :  and  lierein. 
they  have  much  prevailed  ;  but  with  Inch  itrife  as  ibme- 
times  it  has  come  to  ftrokes,  Ihit  this  j.ent  way  docs  n.oc 
fatisfy.  It  is  feared,  by  Warifton's  diligence,  lome  orders 
fliall  be  procured  by  Mr  Gillcfpie,  to  have  all  tlie  magi- 
ftratcs  and  council  ehol'en  as  he  v/ill.  Thefe  in  place  have: 
guided  the  town  i'o  moderately  and  wifely,  tlu'.tnor.e  arc  ex- 
pected to  do  it  better  :  n.utwiihftandip.g  or  tlicir  luige  charge 
to  defend  themhlvos  ag^aip.i't  Tvr  (iilhfpi.-.'s  j-lei's,  t!i;;y 
liave  flill  kept  the  town  free  of  ail  taxes,  vviie-.t  all  our  o- 
ther  borouglis  are  v.-rackcd  with  them.  TIkv  h:.\^  bui'c  a 
fair  meal-ninri;et:,  which  has  been  nc;ir  3000  Piierks  ;  a  f.iii* 
bridge  at  Culiii's  port,  which  will  l..-.  ;:bove  lor.o  meiks  ;  ii 
very  lair  mercham-irJlpita;  near  li-e  bridge,  whicli  wiii  be 
.a  great  i'u;n,  and  is  i^.ioll  done  by  co.itri„uiio:i. 


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■436         .  .  f'o  Mr  Spang.'  .  Let,  199.  f   i 

i  \ 

My  Lord  Belhnven,  without  any  cxaniplc  I  ever  j  1 

heard  of  in   Scotland,  with  his  hidy  a  very  witty  woman's  j    j 

advice,  feigned  death,  and   for  feven  years  was  taken   by  i    ! 

idl  for  dead,  yet  now  appears  again  fafe  and  found   in  his  i    j 

own  houfe.      He  Avas  much  engaged  for  Duke  II aniikon  :  1   j 

fearing  the  creditors  might  fall  on   his   perfon   and  eftate,  ;.   j 

and  knowing,  if  he  were  reputed  dead,  his  wife,  by  con-  | 

jun6t  fee,  and  other  wife,   would  keep  his  eftate,  Ire  went,  i 

with    ]iis    brother    and    two    fervants,    towards    England.  ; 

*I']iefe  returned,  ajiirining,  that  in  Sohvay  fands  my  Lord  : 

was  carried  down   by   the   river,  and  they  could   not   re-  \ 

fcue   him.     liis   horfe   and  hat  they   got,    but  when   all  ' 

fearch  was  made,  his  body  could  not  be  found.     His  lady  \ 

and   fVicnds   make  great  dool  for  him,  and   none   contro-  ' 

verts  his  death.     \:\  the  mean  time   he   goes  beyond  Lon-  , 

don,  and  farms  a  piece  of  ground,  and  lives  very  private-  \ 

ly  there.     He  had  but  one  boy^,  a  very  hopeful  youth  and  | 

pretty  fcJiolar -,  he  is  ftruclc  with   a  fever,  as   his   mother  ' 

faid,  but   as  others,  with  a  fall  from  his  horfe,  whereof  i 

in  a  few  days  he  dies.     In  this  real  death,  by  God's  hand.^  ! 

who  will  not  be  mocked,  the  hope  of  that  houfe  periihed.  1 

So  foon   as  the  Duke's  debts  were  fatii^fied   by   felling   his  1 

own  lands,  the   fecret  journeys  of  my   Lord   to   his  own  \ 

houfe  were  f[)ied,  and  (o  much  talked  of,  that  he  now  at  i 

lafl  appears  in  publick,  for  his  great  difrcpute  ;  and  though  1 

he  dilpofes  of  his  ellatc   to   his   good-lbn   Siivcrton    after  ; 

his  dcati),  yet  many  think  both  their  elbites  will  go.  ^ 

Thus   far   I  had   written   witli   my   former  long   letter  . 

much  of  a  year  ago  ;  but  it  lay  befide  me,  that  I  might  lee  \ 

fome   fettling  of  tliele   extraordinary  and  happy  changes,  ! 

v.'hich   the   hand  of  God,  above  all  human  hope   or   rea-  * 

fon,  has  wrourht  its   alone.     After  Sir   George   Booth's  | 

<lefeat,  all  did   almoft   defpair  of  Inrman   liel[)  from   our  | 

evils.     I  hear  fwcet  Balcarras   at   the  Has;uc  died  of  griei-  ' 

for  that  calamity.     His  body  h.is  lady  brought  home,  and  '^ 

caufed  bury  honourably   at   ids  parllh'church.     V/i;kout  i 

doubt  that  was  one  of   the  moll:  brave  and  able  genilenieu  1 

of  our  nation,  if  not  tlie  molt  able.  I 

It   was   the   parliament's  work,  efpcclally  Vane,  Ilaf!"-  ' 

i'ig,  and   Scot,  to   iearch  out  all   the   accomplices  ol   Sir  j 

Geoi'ge  Booth  ;  and  doubilefs,  if  God  h.ad  not,   in  aniut-r  • 

to  the  prayers  of  the  choice  minill-ci's   and  people  o[  Lim-  i 

calhire,  given  them  fomcwJiat  elfe   to   do,   they  had  made  i 

jViUch  execution  of  jnanv  rood  and  hcr.cf!:  men.     But  be-  j 

.      .  '  hold. 


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Let.  199.  To  Mr  Spang.  ^37 

hold,  wjiilc  tlicy  arc  running;  to  fuck  all- this  blood  and 
fpoil,  the  Lord  cafts  another  bone  in  their  teeth.  TJir. 
officers  who  had  defeared  Sir  George,  lifted  up  wiiJi  th.it 
deferring,  cxpc(^tcd  from  the  parliament  all  they  could 
dcfire.  With  this  confidence  they  appro. ich  the  city. 
rJany  of  tlicm  fubfcribe  a  petition,  to  get  all  the  general  . 
oHicers  cflablillicd  5  and  when  this  did  net  rcliiJi  v.-ell  in 
the  houfe,  (for  Haflerig  and  Vane  ^vcrc  very  jeahjus  of 
Lambert),  they  prefs  it  harder:  whereupon  the  houfe,  fruli- 
hig  to  the  late  oaths  of  obedieiKe  from  all  the  oillcerr^ 
i-nakcs  bold  to  calhier  Lamberv,  Aihiield,  Cobbet,  and  di- 
vers others.  LT))on  tliis  atfi-ont,  the  olficcrs  v/ent  to  the 
houfe,  and  with  throats  didblved  them.  In  iliis  new  con- 
fufion,  all  was  piu  to  a  Oand,  not  knowing  wliat.  to  do. 
A  judicial  blind ncls  fell  among  them.  All  were  male- 
content,  and  raifed  in  mind,  to  cxpccl  and  defij'e  r.  change  ; 
but  none  durft  ventin-e  on  any  more  aclion. 

Our  noblemen,  very  fecretly,  moft  by  the  uiediarion  of 
my  Lady  Wemys,  a  witty  acftive  woman,  whofe  daughter 
Buccleugh  was  in  INlonk's  cuilody  at  Dalkeith,  did  oft  fb- 
licit  him  to  attempt  for  the  King  ;  but  doubts  and  fears 
flill  kept  him  oiY:  yet  ^when  Hallerig  and  others  had  ina- 
portuned  him  from  England  to  afiiil  the  parliament  \\- 
gainil  the  violence  of  Lambert  aud  his  party,  he  called 
tlie  mo(t  of  the  army  to  draw  near  to  Edinburgh.  He 
fent  for  commillioners  from  every  one  of  our  fhires,  and 
defired  them  to  advance  lix  months  niaintenance.  Though 
this  in  our  deep  poverty  was  to  us  almoft  luifeafible,  yec 
on  good  hopes  it  was  chearfidly  and  quickly  done. 
lie  had  of  his  own  above  L.  50,000  Sterling,  v/hich  help- 
ed him  to  give  good  fatisfaction  to  his  foldiers,  v/hile  the 
army  in  England  was  put  to  live  on  free  quarters,  all  the 
fliires  refufmg  to  pay  any  more  money  till  a  free  parlia- 
ment did  command  it.  There  went  a  ftrong  remon- 
ftrance  amongll:  the  moll  of  the  fliircs,  againft  an  arbitrii- 
ry  f.vord-govcrnment,  and  uU  taxes  till  a  free  parliament  v 
but  to  iugar  it,  il\ere  were  two  clauies  piu  in,  one  againft 
the  Stuarts  and  all  monarchy,  another  for  full  liberty  of 
confcience  to  all  ieclarics.  'Eiiis  encouraged  Monk  to  de- 
clare to  the  ofilceis  of  the  army  at  London  his  deures  of 
a  free  parliament.  This  did  mucJi  kartle  them  ;  and 
when  many  papers  palled  among  them,  aivl  P.Ionic  conti- 
nued refolute  to  maixli  into  JLiisdand  lor  that  end,  I'lciC- 
wood  lent  down  to  h::n  M.  Caryl,  Col.  Wha'.iy,  Golf, 
iiud  his  broihcr-iu-law   Dr   Clai-jjcs.     Thele  wiouglit  ]:ini 

to 


^3^  To  Mr  Spang.  Let.  1-9, 

,  -to  a  treaty,  for  wliich  lie  fcnt  ihiccof  his  ofiiccrs  to  Lon-i 
don,  Clobcrry,  Wilkes,  and   Kni;;Iit.     Thcl'e  were  fo  la- 
boured on  by  their  Iriends,   that  they  made  an  accord,  and 
riibfcrii^ed  it.      Jiut   Monk   bcin^  more   and    more   encou- 
raged both  from  Scotland    and   £iu',land,  and  havinq  pur- 
-  ged   his   army  from  Cobber,   Yoin)g,   .Sorrie,   Holms,  and 
many  Auabaptills,  filling   their   places  with   ;i   number  of 
tScottilh  old  ibldicrs,  he  refuied  that  accord,   as  done  con- 
trary  to   his  inflrtidtions.      Finding  him  grow   in    ftrength 
and  rcfolution,   they  fent  to  the  north  Lambert  with  qood 
of  their   belt   lioi'fe,  and   fome  -ijooo   or   4000  foot,  with  ' 
>Yhic]v  he  came  to  Newcaftle  on  free  quaitcr.    Monk  came 
10    J)ej"wick   in    tlie    i:ii(.lil;  of  Deciirilxr,   and    lay    on    the 
iields  in  a  very  cold   wir.tcr   near  Coldfiream,  with   6oco 
or   7000   good   foot,  and   within    2000   horfe.     Many  of 
our  noblemen   came   to   him   at   Berwick,   and   oiiered   to 
raife  quickly  for   his   fervice  all   the  pov/er  of  Scotland  j 
but  the  moft  of  his  oflicers  refufed  ic,  fearing  the  tumb- 
ling of  their  army  and  friends    in    England  •,  for  as  yet  all 
of  them,   in    their  right-well  penned    p;ipers,   did    declare 
as  pofitively  as   ever,  with    di\ine   attehations,  againft  all 
kings  and  monarchy,  and  for   a   free   parliament,  and  all 
former   principles.      Lambert   v/as   the    far    itronpell;,  and 
ealily    might   have    cut   in    pieces    all    Monk's    partv,    and 
made  havock  in  our  poor  land,   as    they    fay    it   was    their 
purpofe,   dcfigning    the  chief  of  the    nobles  and  minihers 
for   the   fcaifcld,   and  many  minifters  for  jama.ica,  Avherc- 
of  I  heard  myfelt   was  one  ;  but  blelTed   be   the  Lord  who 
kept  us  from  their  bloody  teeth.      Monk   refolved  to  keep 
his  ground  ai  Coldfrream,   and  if  lie  was  beat,   to  retire  to 
Stirling,  and  take   our  help,      Our    nobles,   by    his    allov\'- 
ance,  but  without  all  eiMr.'.gemcnr,  fent  rJajor  Ikmten    to 
Bieda,   where  the  King  was,  with  his  fifter,   in  a  vej-y  hard 
condition.     He  had  gone  to  Bayonne,  conferred  with  the 
Cardinal  and  l)u  Haro,   to    get    his    interell   conlidered  ia 
the  treaty,      fie  got  irom  both  cor.rteous    words  ;   bur,    in. 
ctfect,  W'js    by    both  neglected.      C\)ming  back  with  a  per- 
plexed  heart,    with    his    brother   Tor!:,    tb.rotigh   Fi-ance 
and  f'lar.ders,   to    his  fifter   at    Breda,   icaree    tolerated  by 
the  States-Generars  connivance,   to   ab"^!e  in  ilie  I'l-ince  of 
Orange'.s    boinids,     he     is     much    jefrejhed    bv    v.  iiai    he 
heard  from  Scotland.      About  tiie  fime  ti:uc  liroghill  and 
Sir    Charles    Cutts   il:nd  Sir  Ai'tluir  Forbes    to    l.im    IroMi 
Lxlund,  and  foaic  from  England    make   hiai   hui:efr.l   oi 
■  ■      •    .     \  ■  LamberL. 


jLct.  199.  To  Mr  Spang,  AZ9 

Lambert,     This  puts  him  to  an  uncertainty  to  what  pai'ty 
lirfl:  he   iliouM    apply   himfclf.      I~lydc   inclined   moft   to 
Lambert.     Laudertlalc's  letters,  and  thofe  from  Scotland^ 
advifed   to   truA;   Monlz  or  Scotland.     However,  Ormond 
inclined  to  accept  the  Irifh  ofievs.     All  the  melTengcrs  he 
dimiiircd  kindly,  with  pood  anfwers.    But  in  the  mean  time 
Col.  AVotham 'invited  llaRei-ic;,  and  fome  of  the  militia  of 
the  late  parlianient,   to  Ponimouth,  where  he  command- 
ed.    Here,  incontinent,   forces   are   gathered,  fome  4000 
or    i;;ooo    men,    who   march    diret^Uy   to    London,      lac 
people   favoin-ed   them   rather   than    their   oppofues.    But 
I        '  Fleetwood   vath   his   forces   in   the  city,  and  Dcll:>oroutdi 
I  with  his  cannon  from  live  tovv'cr,  hckl   the  city   at   under. 

I  Yet  fo  foon  as  liafierig  came  near  with  his  iorces,  report- 

I  ed  to  be  far  above  the\ruth,  both   liectv/ood  and  B.foo- 

I  rough  retired,   and  Haflerig  entered  ;  who  incontinent  lat 

I  down  in  the  lail  parliament,  fent  letters  to  Monk  to  haltc 

I  up,  and  emitted  an  act  of  indemnity  to  all  who  fubmitted. 

j  Lambert   was   not   any  longer  able    to   keep  his  people  in 

i  order,    fo    retired    fi.ecdily    tov.-ards    London,    antl,    with 

\    .       Fleetwood  and  the  reft,  accepted  the  avSt  of  indemnity,  and 
I  retired  to  their  houfes. 

I  On  the  iftof  January  \6Co,    Monk   marched  orderly, 

1  and  at  leifure,  to  I^ondon.     Where-ever  he  came,  ke  w;is 

I  received   as  an  angel;  bells  and  boniires   welcomed  him. 

7    ■        All  declared  their  earnelf  defu'e  of  a  free  parliament,   and 
.;  jrave  him  great  encouragement   to   procure  it.     He  was  ci- 

;•;  vil  to  all,  'but  referved  himfelf  to   fee   farther.     IMr  Dou- 

i  glas  and  T^lr  Sharp  had  been  free   with   him    in    Seoilind. 

i  On  his  letter,   Mr  Sharp  followed  him,  and  overtook  him. 

So  fooa  as  he  reached  Loiulon,  he  was  to  hln:i  thc^  mo^l 
;  -  wife,  faithful,  and  happy  couufdlor  he  Ir.-.d  ;  and  u  it  hid 
.)  not  been  for  God's  alliitancc  to  Mr  Sharp,   I-:u!iic  \Yas  di- 

i'  vers  times  on  the  point  of  being  circumven-d,  or  or  him- 

fclf 10   have  yielded  to  d^ltruciive   cour.fels.     The    ])  ■rha- 
ment  fent  two,  and  th.e  city  tlnve,    to   meet   liim    .  •.    Not- 
i  tingham  with  many  fair  words,    and    great    hnnon.    ;    but 

J  ioined  three  with   him    in   comniilhon    to    curb  b      power. 

:  They  had  put  Vane,  Vv'hitlock,   and   other.;,    '         of   the 

)  Houfe  ;    they   were   fecure    of   FieetwooJ,     ■  ..      •::t,   n.ud 

i  the  reft   of  the    arnw  :    their  only  fear  •■  •'      :■.'..     'i  liey 

I  .    '        deflrcd  he  Ihoukl  not  bring  his  army  to  :'      ■:'.:■;■.  he  quar- 
'  tcred  about  it ;   but  himlelt   c.une    to  ;  1  =  •..•,   lu-^i    not 

jnany  good  words,  and  gavw  as  rn.;:'.        .j'j:.C:  ;    l-uxs   pe- 

iiilone(4 


4-10  ,  .      '^^  ^^''  '5>>z/;^'.  Let.  199. 

lidoncd  for  a  new  frcs  parliament.   Several  of  tlic  petitioners 
were  Liid  up  lor  this.     Monk  at  all  this  was  filent  and  am- 
biguous.    There  had  fat  long  in  the  city,  very  fecrctly,  a 
con-iniitiee  of  two  from  every  fliire,  and  fotir  of  the  citv, 
advifing  how  to  caft  olY  the  yoke  of  llavery.     When  tlicv 
found  the  nmip  ot   the  long  parliament,  alfo  the  petition 
pf  2<;o  members,  unjuftly  by  Cromwell  caft  out,  to  be  re- 
admitted ;  and  all  that   could  be  obtained  from   Hafleri!);, 
who  then  rided  all,  was  to  fupply  the  Iloufe  againif  Aicli 
a  d  ly  with  members    of   many  qualifications,  which   thev 
made,  and  whereof  they  would  be  judges,  chieily  that  all 
ihould  fwcar  againft  the  Stuarts,  and   all   government  by 
oric.       The   people,    almod    defperate,    juct    in    common 
•council,  and  votetl  no  more  addrcffes,  nor  more  payment, 
till  a  new  free  parliament  did  lit.     lieiewith  the  IJoufe  h 
enraged,    and   vote   the   uncitying    of   l^ondon,    a  calfinf 
-down  of  all  their  gates,  polls,  and  chairis  ;    for  walls  they 
had  none  fmce  Cromwell  pulled  down  tlieir  lines  of  com- 
munication.    The  common  council   was   abolilhed,  and  ;i 
new  one  appointed  to  be  chofen.     Monk  was  commanded 
to  fee  thefe  votes  executed,  and  fo  become  rnoft  odious  to 
the  people,  that   the   more  cafdy  they  might  tleflroy  both. 
Jilonk  was  in  a  very  hard   taking,    yet    obeyed  ;    and    the 
people  permitted  him  patiently  to  ilo  all  he    pleafed.     The 
gates  and  pofts  are  pulled  down,    the   common   council   is 
changed  ■,   but  behold  a  prcfcnt  change.     The   fool  Idafle- 
rig  liad   wiped   the   city   and   Monk's  nofe   to   the   blood. 
Monk,  by  conference  with   the   fecluded   niembers,   Pref- 
byterian  minifiers,    and   chief   citizens,    is   encouraged    to 
^\'rite  a  lliarp  letter  to  the  parliament,  oi  his  refentment  of 
their  feverity  to  the   city,    and   dallying    with    Fleetwood, 
Lambert,  Vane,  Ludlow,  and  others,  though  declared  a- 
j^ainff-,  farther,  of  his  own  engagement   to    the   city,  that 
within  five  days  they  Ihould   ilfue  letters  for  calling  a  new 
free  parliament  againll  the  2:;th  of  April. 

In  the  mean  time,  Ilaflerig,  Scot,  and  others,  fent  ma- 
ny mellages  to  him  ;  and  near  had  gained  him  to  come  otit 
of  the  city,  and  lie  at  Whitehall.  But  Mv  Shar])'s  ni'.dit- 
labours  here  were  happy.  On  the  2Cth  of  February, 
Monk  went  to  the  Houle,  and  Cct  down  the  fecluded  mem- 
birs.  At  this  the  city  and  country's  joy  was  ihexprefll- 
blc ;  bells  and  bonfires  evei-y  v>here  ;  Monk  made  Cap- 
tain-General of  all  forces  by  fea  and  lantl  of  the  three 
J^ing  loms,  and  Cci;e;\d-I\Iaior  of  the  city-militia  ;   Hafle-> 


i  njT 


t^K 


-•v" 


Let.  199.     '  ^"^  ^^^  ^^"""S'  '"^'^^ 

rir,  Secretary  Scot,  and  others   of  the  rump,    fnc.ked  .w 
v.ay  to  the   country  •,    Lambert  and  Overton    were   put   .a 
iheToxver:  a  council  of  Rate  ot   thu-ty-two,  Lewis,   liol^ 
Us,  Crew,"  Knighton,  Tierpcint,  and  fuch  •,    the  covenant     ^ 
Appointed    to   be   hung   up   in   the    lloufe,   aho    m   every 
church,  .nd    to   be   read   once   lolenudy  every  y;-^^- *'    -  ^- 
Georoe  Bootli  and  all  his  party  were   let   free;    alio   Lau- 
derJale,  Crawford,  and  all  of  ours,   were  treed   ot    then 
lono  prifons.     Com.ulliloners  from  our  iau-es     Glencairn,. 
i:»u?ie,  Carden,  William  Thomplon,    wuli   Monk  s    good 
allowance,  came  to  London.     Lrequent  pnvate  meliengers 
went   to   the  King-     He,  from  Drcda,  lent  over  S,r  Jomt  . 
Greenville  and  Dr  Worley.  %vith  a  very  graaousmeJage  to    - 
both  lloufes,  to  the  Citv,  and  to  the  General,  which  fatishcd 
all.     An  order  of  parliament   was   given  to  proclaim  the 
Kinc^  May  i!.  which  was  done   over   all  Lngland  mod:  lo- 
lemnlv.      A  committee  of   llx    Lords,    twelve  Commons, 
three  Aldermen,  nine  Common-Couulel  ors,  ^vuh  Inndry 
city-miniUers,  Calamy,   Ma.uon,    Reynolds,    cV'c     ient^_  to 
]',reda   to   haUe    the   King  home -,    50,000  pounds  Stening 
fcnt  him  in  money,    10,000  in  gold  ;  to  his  orother,  1  ork, 
10,000  in  money,  one  in  gold  ;   to  Gloucelter  live  m  mo- 
Ly,  one  in  gold.     Landing  at  Dover,  he  ftayed   Sunday 
nCanterbun,  Monday  in  Rocherter ;   Tueday    May  29- 
bis  birth-day,  came  to  the  city,  with  the  mo  L  io  emn  ihev 
aud  heartiell  joy.  that,  I  think,  was  ever  in  Lugland.      At 
Whitehall,  Mancheller  and  Grlmelton,    the    Spealccrs   ot 
the  two  Houfes  did  welcome  him   in    more  cordial  than  c- 
loquent  fpeeches.     He  had  from  Breda  given  hill_ kcunty, 
on  his  word,  to   men   of  all  profeilions,  to  live  m  peace  ; 
for  iatisfacVioa  to  the  foldiers   of  their  arrears;  for  keep- 
ino  them  in  pollellion    of  the  crown  and  church  lands  till 
they  were  Hitisfied  ;  for  pardoning  of  all  bygones    except  a 
few    whom  the  parliament  might   except,    for  theu-   emi- 
neiuhandin  his- lather's  murder.     The   llrft   mornmg   he 
came  to  Whitehall,  he  iiTued  a  proclamation  againft  pro- 
f^uitv,  f\vearin^,  and  heaUhs.     Thanklgiving  to  God  tor 
this  his  own  wJrk,  with  bells  and  boniires,  went  quickly 
tlu-ouph  all  the  three  kingdoms.     Monk  was  m;ulc  Laron, 
Vu-1   ImdDukeof  Albemarle,  Maher  ot  the  llorie,  one 

of  the  Privy  Council,  General  of  ^^^^  f^'^i^^-^^V^'-'ft  r' 
Kin--  Onno:.J,  Steward  of  the  Houic  ;  Mancxcftti, 
Ch^m^berlain  ;  Liuderdale,  a  Gentleman^ot  the  Bedcnam- 
ber-  Hyde,  Chancellor;  Nicholas  and  Ctdpepper,  ..ecie- 


Voi-.  IL 


ic^  '       tancs  i. 


44«  '         '^o  ^^f  Spcvig.  Let.  199, 

tai-ics;  PicyiioUls,  Cahmiy,  Tvlanion,  Baxter,  chaplains-, 
the  country-iriiliria  put  in  hands  conlidcnt ;  the  Kui", 
Duke  of  York,  ( ii'mond,  the  moll:  of  the  courtiers,  made 
.Colonels  of  llie  ftanding  regiments,  tiie  Colonels  willingly 
ceding  to  be  Lieutenants.  But  quickly  the  parliament  fell 
on  a  better  way,  with  all  poflible  Ipccd  to  diihand  all  for- 
ces by  Tea  and  land.  For  this  cn(}y  belide  the  maintenance 
and  excile,  a  poll-money  was  appointed  to  defray  arrears; 
(>reat  Aims  c.ur.e  in,  and  a  chearful  enou'.'h  dilhandin"  was 
made;  fo  that  bciore  tliis,  except  a  few  garrifons,  and  a 
very  few  horfe  and  foot,  are  all  peaceably  difoanded  in  the 
three  kingdoms  :   a  riighty  unexpected  work. 

TJie  King,  jn  wifdom,  moderation,  piety,  and  grave 
carriage,  gi\ing  huge  iatisfa^.'^tion  to  all ;  the  parliament  re- 
nored  him  the  power  oi  the  miliiia,  his  neg:uive  voice,  the 
tleterniinatioii  oi  all  eccleliafiick  diilercnces,  and  whatevej- 
he  could  have  wiflicd  ;  took  a  courfe  for  buying  back  liis 
revenues,  and  much  augmented  them.  He  endeavoured 
carefully  to  ivlicve  all  that  had  been  fufTcrers  for  him  or 
l^.is  father.  He  pixlu-d  t!ic  lioules  to  halle  the  bill  ;of  in- 
demnity. They  excepted  a  veiy  few  from  it;  fcarce  a  do- 
.i;en  executed  :  in  which  tlie  pct^ple  had  much  more  fatif- 
Liv^ion  than  he  ;  for  he  would  liave  been  induced  to  have 
pardoned  all ;  but  it  was  the  jullice  of  God  that  brought 
Peters,  IL'-rrifon,  and  others,  to  a  fliameful  death  ;  to 
hang  up  the  bones  of  Oiiver,  Ih-adllraw,  Jrcton,  Ihide,  on 
the  gibbet  at  Tybiu-n  ;  to  difgrace  the  lu'o  Gootlwins,  blind 
Milton,  Owen,  .Sterry,  Lockiers,  and  others  of  tliat  ma- 
leficent crev,'. 

The  nioft  of  our  nobles,  with  very  many  of  our  gentry, 
run  tip  to  V\''hiLeIuil!.  All  wcvc  made  welcome.  "  Old  j)la- 
ccs  were  rcfrored  to  Cr.avford,  Callils,  and  others.  No 
wonder  the  Chaneellor  aixl  Sccrer  iry's  places  were  taken 
from  London  ;!nd  Lothirji,  and  given  to  Glencairn  and 
J.auderdale;  yet  with  recompence  enough  to  them  both, 
Avliom  fome  thought  delerved  little.  Loudon  had  his  pen- 
iion  of  J;,  icco,  and  gift  of  ann\iiiies  contin\r:d.  Lothian 
f,ot  his  fecoiid  fon  dii-eclor  of  ;hc  cliancery,  v.-hicji  SiiV 
Jolm  Scot  was  tho\lght  not  to  deferve.  jMontrofe's  Mar- 
quifate  wa=?  conllrmcd  ;  the  culloms  of  Glafgow  given  to 
him  till  he  was  paid  of  a  great  fiur. ;  Argyle  is  ordained  to 
refund  hira  a  great  fum.  Selkiik  made  Duke  Hamilton, 
iiiul  out  of  ihc  cu!ioms  of  Leith  J,.  20,000  .Stcrhng  alllgr.- 
<,d.  rJarlh;d  got  L.  jo,oc.->  .Sterling  out  of  Ui^  cuhoms  of 
....  AberdeeUo 


'    i>i    c.'r.   •■    Ixt' 


Let.  10. 


To  Mr  Span^;. 


443 


Aberdeen.     Dklnp.  Er-rl   of  Dundee,  a  fum   out  o.   the 
^L  of  Dundee.     The  King  gave  an.ong  then,   all   he 
had  in  Scotland,  and   much   more.     K>r  judicatories,   he 
am  onted  the  committees  of  clla.es   ot   d.c  year    1050  to 
fr        vn    and  the  parliament  December  12.     lor  a  Com- 
n  inUme;.  b^  onr  iblcs  conient    lell  i^-c  iho  dd   be    1^ 
it    the  Lord  Middleton,  Earl  oi  Kttcrcaa-n,  y.  no  nma 
ted  ;  Nvho  was  not  very  acceptable  to  .nany ;  eaxcKihy  no. 
^^in.  the  day  of  the  parliament,  bv>t  eauimg  n  to  be  ad- 
t::|.ned  to  Jam.ary  :  yet  when  he  is  ccnne   ^'o.vn,Jns  w.  - 
dom,  lobriety,  and  moderation,  has  '-^^  -'  >  i^^^^^^  ^ 
him  belter  beloved  and  reputed   for   that   great  cnagc    as 
f-t  as  any  other  we  could  have  got.     So  far  it  went  every 
xv',f>v<-    rn  the  r>reat  ioy  of  all. 

^"I'u'a'm^hin,  is  perfeelly  blefled  on  earth,  n.n.e  water 
xvas  quickly  poured  in  the  wine  of  m:'.ny -,  1  am  lure  nt 
::^  as  I'eiprefied  it  in  a  iharp  and  Iree  later  to  L^ 
derddc.  r/iihops  and  liturgies  were  every  whe.c  la  up  nx 
Faoland  and  Irela.^d  without  contradi.uon  ;  our  league 
and  covenant,  by  a  number  of  pruned  pamphjet.  vv  > 
torn  to  pieces.  This  was  me  more  gr,evous,  tl.a  .A_tlu. 
^"Ling  it  appeared  moil  eafy  to  have  been  ivn^.ueu 
ffi  grack3us  rvhueily  was  ready  to   have   been    ^dvued   oy 

lus  ^rliament,  the  leading  men  there  -;-;Y  Mr  Sh'  n" 
n.ners    and    l^efbyicrians ;    Lauderdale    ami   Ah   oIk-i  p, 
Sat  B.-eda  and  London,  had  very  n.ueh  or   the  Jvu.g  . 
ear      Monk  was  for  us  in  that   at   the   begmnmg   hem   c- 
nou-h  •,  the  C:k!ecn  and  her  party  was  on  our  La.  ,  t.y   i. 
^^op:d    n.en^vere-  lundry   of    them   as   cvd    as    be,m.^ 
B  anhill,   Wren,  lleylin,  Thorndyk.:,  Co.nngs.    Sy.^  ;. 
Hammond,  Pierce,  none  of  ^^-^-\^^^^V. 
Juxon  and  Duppa  ImalUly  learned,  ^^-;;^-:;^^;^  ^^^  ^l, 
blc  indeed,  and  very  w,le  men  ;  bm  tn.  o.c  ra  mn. 
the  reformation  of  England,  ^^^^' '^ '^''\-\^:X;^l 
to   me  was  ilrange,    and  very  grievous,  ami  ^    -'v;-^     ^ 
know  not  yet  the  oottom  of  that  myitery.     1^  wU      ml  o.. 

■  friends,  Scots  and  Englilh,  ha^;e  been   hone  t  /"  ^  |;; 
ful.     Sure  they  have  not  been  io  prudent  and   ^'^^1^";"   ;;^ 
as,    I  think,  they  ihould   have   been.    ,V^^^f  JV /?^     :;^ 
^vasthe  origiual  of   all  our   late   troume.  i  -^-  ;    ;^; 
no^  f.dl  in  time  to  procure   nnv   commotmn.,  u    petition. 

■  and  reammlraaces  do  not  pre-.^:m  tnejn.     ^    ^ 

It  is   like   the    general  joy  lor  the  ivuig s  nappy  lam^-, 
and  the  general  abhorrence  oy^ur  lat.  c^.rai.ui^s  and  m  - 


i^4A  '^o  Mr  Spang,  Let.  199, 

fcrics,  together  with  fear  Icfi:  any  jufiling,  even  by  peti- 
tions, miglit  give  occallon  to  ihcfc  who  were  watchino  for 
it  to  make  fonie  new  commotions,  made  our  friends  cafy 
to  be  prevailed  with  not  to  oppolc  the  King's  delires*,  efpe- 
cially  the  King  promifing,  by  conference  with  the  chief 
Prcfbytcrians  and  Epifcopals,  to  do  his  endeavours  for 
their  agreement;  as  indeed  he  laboured  much  in  this,  and, 
by  liis  declaration,  drev/  both  fome  nearer  than  they  were; 
but  for  Utile  f  itisfaiTlion  of  either  of  the  parties :  the  Epifco- 
pals,  not  having  all  th'jy\\'crc  wont,  were  difcontent :  the 
Prelbyterians  found  the  other  had  got  too  much,  and  more 
than  in  confcience  they  could  ever  aflent  to  ;  yet,  for  love 
to  the  King,  they  were  filent,  when  all  the  bifhops  were 
folemnly  inftalled,  and  the  liturgy  evei-y  where  reftorcd, 
clean  contrary  to  our  covenant,  and  at^ts  of  the  Englillx 
parliament  fince  1641.  Chancellor  Hyde  was  thought  the 
great  accor  in  this  Epifcopal  bufincfs,  while  a  few  hours 
treaty,  or  but  a  petition  from  the  Houfes,  General,  and 
city,  Tent  with  the  comniiflioncrs  to  Breda,  niight  eafily 
have  freed  us,  for  the  great  good  of  them,  and  of  all  thele 
vexations. 

It  was  a  huge  grief  alfo  to  us,  and  more  to  the  King, 
that  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  remove  that  moft  excellent, 
and  exceeding  hopeful  I'rincc,  the  Duke  of  Gloucefler,  in 
a  few  day's  fickncls,  of  the  mcafles  or  fmall  pox;  and 
what  came  on  the  bad:  of  it,  the  noife  of  the  Duke  of 
York's  ckindcftiue  marriage  with  the  Chancellor's  daugh- 
tc]-,  was  to  the  King  and  his  loving  people  a  very  great 
grief;  efpecially  that  t.hird  jicavieil  ftrokc  following,  the 
death  oi  that  moJV  excellent  Princefs,  and  exceedingly  be- 
loved both  of  the  Iving  and  all  his  fubjec^'.s.  I  wilh  v.h.it 
fome  fj^-eak  of  her  cl.indeftinc  marriage  with  Harry  Icr- 
myn's  brother's  fon  may  be  found  to  be  a  falfe  lie.  J  low- 
ever,  thefe  mofr  iad  accidents  did  temper  our  exceeding 
great  and  juft  joy.  Alfo  there  were  fome  fears  of  the  fee- 
tarian  party's  plots  ;  but,  blclled  be  God,  they  are  conn- 
to  nou^;ht.  That  bloody  rnad  fpiric  of  IMunfter  l(>dgcs  in 
many  or  them.  The  Chancellor's  I'pcech  doling  the  par- 
liament, fhews  their  d'jjign,  on  the  ?.  ^th  of  December,  ta 
have  fired  the  city,  fei/ed  on  AVhitchall,  the  King,  Yo)k, 
Albemarle,  and  others.  Overton,  Ludlow,  W'jiyte,  arui 
many,  arc  taken  for  this  :  yet  many  ditl  not  believe  it.  I'ut 
ibmcthing  of  it  did  adtually  appear  fmce  ;  for  while  the 
King  is  convoying  his   mother    to   P(.;rtfjr*outh,    fon-e    of 

vWJc 


Let.  199.         .  To  Mr  Spang,  '         /\t\^ 

thcfe  fanat'icks  ditl  rife  two  divers  times  In  tl\c  night  \  but 
■tvcre  cafily,  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  alone,  fnpp relied, 
without  any  conliderable  bloodflied,  blellld  be  God  ;  for 
fare  it  is,  tliat  pariy  is  yet  too  iirong,  but  likely  their  own 
madnefs  will  fhortly  annihilate  them. 

The  Bifhop  of  London  baptized  Charles  the  Duke  oF 
Cambridge  at  Worcefter  houie  ;  the  Lady  Ormond  was 
godmother.  The  Queen  entertained  that  night  the  Diichcis 
of  York  at  her  table,  and  to-morrow  the  King  entertained 
her  and  her  huioand,  his  brother,  at  his  table.  The 
Qu^een  went  immediately  with  her  daugluer  towards  France^ 
to  agent  her  marriage  with  JMon'ieur  Duke  of  Anjou  ;  al- 
beit fome  think  dileontent  at  her  ion's  marriage  did  fur- 
ther jier  journey. 

For  lis  in  Seotland,  thus  things  have  v/cnt  among  us. 
After  Monk's  march,  fome  ftickling  there  was  in  the  weft 
to  have  had  meetings  in  fliircs  for  new  commiirioners. 
They  liked  not  Glencairn's  empioymeut.  They  fpake  of 
Lauderdale  and  Crawford;  but  their  dellgn  was,  Lockhnrc 
and  the  remonlirator's  intereil.  My  Lord  Lee,  Sir  Jolut 
Cheelly,  oir  George  JVhtxwell,  my  Lord  Stair,  Ivlr  Gi!- 
lefpie,  and  others,  \vere  faid  to  be  the  contrivers.  They 
laboiuxd  to  have  had  Selkirk  and  CafHls  v/itii  them;  but 
this  was  foon  crullied  by  Monk  ana  Ivlorgim  ;  for  ther 
v;ere  informed  of  tlieir  inclination  to  Lambert  more  than 
to  then).  V/hen  the  coumnttee  of  our  cftates,  to  our 
great  joy,  had  fat  dov\-n  in  our  parliainent-houfe  to  pre- 
pare matters  for  our  parliament,  ]\Ir  James  Guthrie  ha- 
■^'ing  met  before  at  Edinburgh,  and  elfev/liere,  with  diver.7 
of  his  party,  did  tryft  it  {o^  as  he  and  they  met  in  Piob:;r. 
Simpfon's  houfe,  the  next  door  aimoft  to  the  meeting  of 
cftates,  and  did  draw  up  a  petition  to  the  King,  maki:ig 
many  profeihons  of  their  joy  for  his  return,  but  withal 
remembering  h.im  of  his  covenant  to  fupprefs  bifiiops  and 
ceremonies  in  England,  aiul  to  beware  to  piit  the  govern- 
ment ol  Scoilmd  into  the  hands  of  malignants.  I'hev  al- 
fo  write  letters  to  Mr  P.  Gillelpie,  and  the  chief  of  thcii- 
party  in  the  well,  to  meet  then:i  at  Glafgow  the  next  week, 
w'wXx  fo  many  as  they  could  bring  with  them.  The  com- 
mittee hearing  of  this,  iiiuBcdiately  lent  I'onve  of  ti'ieir' 
number  to  them,  feized  0:1  their  papers,  brou^dic  rheiii  be- 
fore their  coiu't.  Thev  \\c\c  Ibrj-y,  at  their  iii  tl  d()wn;it- 
ting,  to  have  to  do  wiili'minifters  ;  but  Mr  Guthi-je':>  n il- 
k'ls  and  proud   iafuleiice,    irritated,    efpecially  wh-n   ill 

their 


4-0  •  To  Mr  Span-.  Let.  199; 

ihcii-  nuinl)cr,  ^Mi.  P.obcyt  TruiU,   jo.  .Stirling,   AL'X'iiw 
tier  IMoiicrJcir,  John  Scv.^.plc,  John  I^iu^rp.y,   Ciilbeit  Uaily 
and  iundi-y  others,   abiblutc-ly  ivfulcd  to  acknowledge   any 
iault.     Surely  they  had  no  warrant  to  meet,   bein"^  no  kuk- 
judjcatory,  and  their  ill  band   ol:"   rcnionltranee  could  aive 
them  no  privilege  in  a  body  to    adinoniih    the    King,   how- 
to  govern  England,   and   tax  him    for   making   mahgnants 
members  of  judicatories.     Upon  their  obitinacy,  all.  iwere 
lent  to  the  calllc  at  once.      Mr  Thomas  iianilay  went  ftark 
mad.     He  was  always  but  a  weak    fooliili    thing.      .Sundry 
ol-  them  fell  ilek,   and  were  lint  to  their  own  houles,  as  at 
lalt   all  v^'cre   f'ent    to    their   lodgjngs    in   Edinburgh.     JMr 
James  Guthrie  war,  conihied  to  the    tolbooth   ol"  Dundee, 
and  Mr  Cillcipic  to  the  calllc  of  Stirling  ;  Mr  James  Simp- 
ibn  to  the  tolbootli  of  Edlnbm-gh  ;   as  alfo  jNIr'john  Dick- 
lou.   minider  ol  riutherglen,   for  many  odious  ipceches   in 
pulpit  againll   the   ilatclir.en.      I\lr    James    Naelmith   ali'b, 
for  ipeeches  in  pidplt,  wab  confined  to  his  chamber  in  Edin- 
burgh.     But,    above    all,    Mr  Rutherford    was   difgraced  ; 
his  book,  Lex  Rex,  bin-nt  by  the   hand   of   the   han'^man 
iit  the  crofs  of  Edinbm-gh  and  St  Aiulrew's  ;  himfelf  con- 
ilncd   to    his   chamber,    his  ftipend  llquellrated,   and  him- 
Jelf  cited  before  t\\c.  parliament.     Mr  Andre./  Cant  preach- 
ing againft  Mi-  rLutherlord's  hard  nf.ige,    was   accuild    be- 
fore t!ie  magifcrares  of  trcalbn.     lie  tlemitted  his. miniilry, 
and  came  to  his  i\)\\    at   Liberton,    where   both    live    very 
quietly.     The  Commiillonej-  ul'ed  the  old  man   very  cour- 
tcouHy,    ar.d   likely   will    protect   him    from   trouble.     Sir 
James  Stewart  and  Sir  John  Ciicclly  were  lent  prifoncrs  to 
the  cahle,   where  yet  tliey  abide.      V/arillon  lied  j   where- 
iipon  he  was  declared  iugitive,  and  all  liis  places  void.    His 
poor  lady  could  not  obtain  to  him   a    paG   from    the  King 
to  \\\c  in  baniihmenr  j   fo  he  lurks  daily  in  fear  of  his  life. 
Argvle,   by  his  {on  Lorn's  letter,  being  advertiled   th/,t  the 
Ivim;  l<-'f^'-^  kindly  with  all  men,    venuu'ed    to    po    to    Lon- 
don  :   but  in  the  chamber  of  prefence,   before    he    'ixw  the 
King,  a  warrant  under  the  Iving's  h.md  meets   him   to   be 
can-jctl  to  the  Tower  clofe  prifor.er  :    yet   when    his   Lady 
came  up,  ilie  got  free  accels  to  him  \  but  could  not  obtain 
to  him  a  hearing  beiore  tlie  King.      Sv.inton,   who,   cither 
by  a  flirong  hy[>ocriiy  c)r  temptation,   .had   ttn-njd  Q^iiiiker, 
was  taken  at  London,  aivJ  lent  to   h\\vy,'.c.      Argyie  and 
lie  were  fent  to  the    par'.iar.;e;:it    by   I'.a    in    one   ih.p,   by  a 
grei'.t  guard   of  citizens.     Loili  weje  carried  oa  'io'S.y  and 

S\NiiUoa 


;\        ,r.  1    -;:l     (.,  ;i;')      ,--:..  '    '■     ■'    '■ 


■*!:■■•      J.         IMi    .ti    (!!':!' 


Let.  199.  7-.  Mr  Spang.  4-17 

Swinton  dircovered,  through  all  the  Rrccts  of  Edinburgh, 
Arindctothecafilc,  and  Swinton  to  the  to loooih  dole 
irifoners.  Cant.  Govan  was  caft  In  the  toljootli  for  a 
^;;!r;-ne  m  hons,  JaUVay  of  Aberdeen,  Olborn  tlje 
Quaker,  veve  iikev/.fe  put  in  the  tolbooth  •,  the  chief  of 
the  remonrtr..nts  were  cited,  and  were  made  to  Inbicnbe 
then- renouncing  the  remonurance,  and  appeann;',   b.'  o,e 

Z  parlian.ent,1tnd  Ibn.ethins  ^^^^-^<^^^^^;'^^.  !'^^^ 
atthcbeginnlnc^;  but  at  once  ^'^'^^'^"^^  }V' .}:'^\^ 
Maxwell.  Mr  John  Harper,  and  other,  iub.crib.d  an 
Our  folks,  Mr  John  (Graham,  Mr  John  Spreu  ,  lay  lon^ 
in  the  tolbooth  of  Edinburoh  for  veKdmg  •  In't-  ;^^ . --^t 
^  they,  John  lohnllon,  and  Thomas  Paterlon,  luo.crjoca 
I  it.     Jan.es  Porter,  our  Catholirk  clerk,    was   conun.d  ^to 

^         his  houfe,  and  referred  to  our  mai;iftratcs,  to  be  diipo.ed 
'  on  as  theyplcaild.     That  whole  party  was  clear  run  uown, 

5  to  the  contentment  of  the  mod  ;  for  tliey  lutve  heen  u  n)- 
i  ftrumcnts  of  irreconeileable  divhloa  for  twelve  years,  botii 
in  kirk  and  kinodom.  For  myfelf,  I  rejcuced  not  at  the 
I  hurt  of  any  of  ^hem  •,  but  wilhed  all  of  them  mignt  have 
I  -been  ipared,  on  their  nood  behaviour  in  tune^  to  come, 
I  ^vhich  now  is  like  will  be  eahly  obtained,  thougn  before  U 

J  ^vas  defperate.     The  pitv  and  favour   ot   many   is   tt.m.ng 

!  towards  ik.em,   bv  the    infolent   behaviour    ot   lorne,    wno 

f  are  {Vilpected  ma^  make  a  new  party  amon^  us.     Our  uatc 

I  is  very  averU^  to  hear  oi^  our  league  and  covenant.      L-any 

?  of  otir  people  are  hankering  after  bidiops,  having   fo.;:vot 

I  the  evil  they  have  done,    and    the   nature   of    tne.r  o.ncc. 

i  An  exceeding  great  profaniiy,  and  contempt  ooin   o.    t,,. 

i  miniltry  and  religion  itfelf,  is  every  where   prevaLnr.      ^\. 

young  fry  of  minifters   in   Lothian,    Fife,   and  edewaci^, 
look  as  if  they  intended  fome  change,  w.thout  ^\>y^.c^v  or 
reverence  to  the  older  minifters,  who  lardy  nut    tnem^  m 
1.         their  places.     The  wifeft  and  beft  are   y.t   cpjiet   ml   mey 
■  i'cc  whither  tliefe  things  v/ill  go.  ^ 

4  The  goodnens  of  the  King  himWf  is  liic  omy  hope  we  nayc 

r  to  get  any  thing  to  go  right:.      For  our  pr.va'e  matters    in 

^  the  coUes^e,  this  t^velvcmonth  we  h;!ve  ;>ea  at  peace,  our 

unrert  [Mr  P.  GiUelpie]  being  quieted,    i  le  lent  \ui  wde  to 
London,  to  oIn:r  all  iVrvice  to  tin:  K-::,:,  as  Mnciare  hud  t.o 
I  Glencairn,  and   he   to   Mr  Sluirp.   wiio   wrote   it   to    utr 

I  Dou-d  ;s  :   he  otiered  to  do  his  endeavour.,  for  .:.pdconacy, 

f  though   this   he   denies.    Kowev  r.    ihe   got  no  accel.  nor 

I  countenance,  only  oceaiioi^ed  ;:Ue  ;ving  to   remember  uau. 


..':"J      ,,::f; 


448  '  To  Mr  Spang.  Let.  199. 

and  name  me  to  his  place.  Lauderdale  wrote  to  me,  that 
k  fluck  only  at  a  foi-m  of  prcfcntauon,  wliich  he  defircd 
ISlv  James  Sharp,  when  he  came  Jiome,  to  fend  nn  to 
him.  The  intcrveening  of  other  tilings  makes  it  ftick  yet 
there  ;  for  myfclf,  1  never  moved  in  it,  diictStly  nor  in- 
clirecn;]^,  nor  purpofe  to  do.  Ten  years  ago  I  mioht  have 
liad  it  with  the  liking  of  all  who  liad  intercft  ;  but  I  fet- 
tled it  upon  good  rir  Robert  Ptamfay,  by  an  atl  of  the 
general  afiembly.  Since  his  death,  Mr  Gillefpie  intruded 
Limfelf  by  the  Engliiii  power.  At  his  coming  wc  were 
large  L.  1000  Sterling  to  the  fore;  this  day  v»'c  will  be 
as  much  in  debt,  and  a  number  of  confufed  bulinclles  iu 
our  hands,  which  itw  who  know  will  be  very  v/illing  to 
nndertake  :  yet,  on  the  report  of  my  )-efufal,  fundry  are 
bufy  feeking  it  by  their  friends,  far  and  near.  Many  of 
my  friends  deal  with  me  to  take  it.  I  have  promifed, 
when  the  prcfentation  comes,  to  advife  before  I  can  either 
accept  or  rcfufe. 

1  have  now  my  piece  ready  for  the  prefs.  Becaiife  it  is 
in  Latin,  aiid  long,  I  will  not  get  it  printed  here.  I  (X^~ 
bate  fundry  queltions,  modeftly,  but  roundly,  with  Dr 
V/alton,  and  fundry  of  the  chief  Epifcopal  men ;  fo  I  dc- 
fpair  to  get  it  printed  at  London.  JMoft  of  my  matter  is 
new  and  plcafmt.  I  have  fent  yon  x.\\cfinmnn,  to  be  com- 
municated to  whom  you  will.  J  hope  you  may  get  it 
printed  there  freely,  it"  you  advife,  I  ihall  fend  the  book 
ivith   the   next.     Keej)   thefe  fheets  clean  ;  for   they   mufc 

be  put  in  the  book,  either  in  the  beginnin.g  or  end. lla- 

gotfi's  calamity  has  grieved  us  fore.  That  gallant  brave 
prince  fhould  not  have  been  left  to  the  Turkiih  fm-y.  I 
fear  his  ftates  Ihall  turn  Turkilli  or  Auflrian.  Still  we 
inurvel  what  Mazarine  can  mean  by  his  Spanifli  peace, 
when  Well:  Flanders,  Catalonia,  and  IVIilan,  were  likelier 
10  have  been  conquered  by  the  French  than  thefe  many 
years.  Conde  is  brought  home  to  France.  Portugal  is 
totally  deferted.  What  can  the  end  of  this  be  (  The 
people  are  nothing  ealed  of  their  taxes  ;  the  clergy  com- 
plain as  much  of  their  opprcflion.  Tlie  Prince  of  Orange, 
too  Y/ell  dclcrving  of  the  honfe  of  France,  fpoiled  in  his 
minority,  by  treachery,  of  his  patrimony.  The  Vene- 
tians not  alllfted  either  by  France  or  Spain  with  any  con- 
llderable  help  more  in  their  peace  than  war;  but  the  Ve- 
netians put  in  a  worfe  cafe  after  their  help  than  before. 
^-^lowever,  guide  as  they  will,  blclTld  be  God  for  the  peace 
2  of 


j  I  Let.  199.  To  Mr  Span^.  449 

•I 
I  of  the  churclics  abroad,  and  the  liappy  rcftorailon  of  our 

!  i^i"I^)  ■\\'hcn  all  the  world  ablolutcly,  and   at   liome  alfo, 

;  I  %vc;ll  near  had  dcferted  jiiin.     At  lait  I  brcal:  off. 

•  I  Your  Coufni, 

RJOBERT  Ba1LLIE>, 
January  31.  166 1. 

200.  For  Mr  Spang. 

CouHn, 
I  liopc  ere  now  you  have    received   my  book,  and   tliat 
I  ere  h)ng   I   fliall   h.;ive   your  fenfe  of  the   printing  of  it. 

I  Since  my  laff  lon^  ijtier,   tiius  our  affairs  went,   fo    far   as 

I  I  undei-fland  ;uid  r..)nembLr.     The  Commiflioner  was  met 

I  at   Mullelburgh   with    1000    horfe.       The    parliament    fat 

I  down   at   the   b'-ginning  of  January   on    the  TuelUay.     It 

I  rode  in  a  very  niagnilick  way:   fev  of  the  nobU  s  were  ab- 

I  fent.     The  Chancellor  had   To   guided    it,  that   the  ihires 

I  and  boroughs  iliouid  chufe  none  but  thcie  that  were  -.tblo- 

I  lately  for  the  King.      Divers  were  cited  to  the  parliameiit, 

I  that  they  jiiiglit  not  be  members',     "lie   parliament's  pulfe 

I  was  quickly  felt  :   for  v/hen  Callils  moved,  that  the  election 

\  of  a  Prelide/n  iliould  be  by  vote  of  parliament,    the  Com- 

I  miflioner  obt  lined,   tiiat  the  Chancellor  fliould  prelide  by 

f  virtue  of  hi-^  oili-.e,  as  before  it  wont  to  be.     The  oath  of 

allegiance  was  appointed  next  to  be  taken  by  all  the   mem- 
J  bers.      There   was    infertcd    in    tlic   midft  of   it,   the    main 

I  claufe  of  the  oatli  of  fupremacy  :   "  That  the  King  was  i"u- 

?  -'^  preme  governor  over  all  perlbns  in  all  caufes."     About 

\  this  fundry  did  fcruple ;  yet  when   the   Commiilloner  and 

Chancellor  declared,  that  they  intended  thereby  no  eccle- 
i  fiallick  power  to  the  King   in   word,  facraments,  or  dil'ci- 

^-  pline,  but  a  iupreme  civil  power  to  put  churchmen   in   all 

things  to  their  duty  ;  all  were  fatisned,   and  took  it  in  thar 
;■  fenfe  :  only  Cafllls   and   Kilburnie   retulld,    becaufe   they 

\  could    not    obtain    that   (c\\(c    to    be    cxprelled    in     writ. 

i  Therefor.3  it  was  appointed,  that  all  members  o'i  parliament^ 

-•         •  all  officers  of  ftate,  lords  of  iMlion,  and   others  in  lliii-es 
8  and   boroughs    ihould   take   it.     Tiie    minillers   o^    Eu  :i- 

'■  burgh  defired  a  wor^.i  to  be  aaded,  which  would  1:  ive  la"'s- 

lied  all,  •'  Civil J'nj'rc'mc  govcrmr  •,"  and  wjtiiout  t Jiat  wurd 

C/y/7  they  fcemed  p.remptor  to   refufc  it.     At  t'lis   I  w.is 
;  very  forry  :   f^^.r  I  feaitU  it  Ihould  occaiioa  trouble,  and  a 

'  Vol.  il.  3  L  iic^Y 


\:j/t; 


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450  -For  Mr  Span-.  Let.  20.1. 

new  fthirm,  without  great  cauie,  as  I  wrote  to  them  when 
the  ■^Ct  ol-  pai-liaaiciu  ciinie  out,  of  putting  :ill  uitrants  ii\ 
the  miniftry  to  it  ;  aiul,  as  I  hear,  tliey  will  put  all  nva- 
fters  of  coUc.ics  to  it.  For  myfclf,  I  took  the  oath  of  al- 
Iqjiance  and  iuprcnucy  thirty-four  years  asTo,  when  I  en- 
tered regent,  and  yet  never  ierui)led  it.  My  Lord  Caflils, 
without  doubt  the  truly  heil  man  of  our  nobility,  and 
as  loyal  as  any,  k)c  tins  fcruplc  is  as  good  as  removed 
from  parliament :  and  thougli  he  be  fince  at  London,  and  has 
favour  and  countenance  enough  k)'^  vhe  King,  as  v>'ell 
he  deferves  ;  yet  it  is  lilc^;  to  put  him  from  the  exercife  of 
allhis  places,  of  Jullice-Gencral,  Lord  of  Council,  Sellion, 
and  Lxchequer.  'J'he  Ihire  of  Ayr  had  elected  Sir  James 
Dalrymple  oi  St.iir  wiih  tlie  laird' of  Blair,  the  Chancel- 
lor's brother-iu-liw -,  but  tlicir  fcrupulolliy  being  feared, 
a^  nx;w  eh-aion  was  m  idc  of  Kilburnie  and  ILiflehead. 
Kilburnle  following  Calhls's  vote,  appeared  no  more  in 
parliament. 

Their  next  vv-ork  was  about  tlie  prerogative.  With 
very  httle  or  no  dilliculty,  all  was  given  to  the  King  he  de- 
fn-ed  ;  iole  power  of  peace  and  war  ;  of  militia  by  Yea  and 
land;  of  calling  and  railing  of  p-.riiamcnts,  anti  all  things 
elfe  was  in  cpicllion,  whicii  lately  were  called  the  liber- 
tics  of  the  nation,  and  privileges  of  parliament.  At  firlt 
it  was  only  fp,;>ken  to  annul  the  parliament  16.10,  which 
had  annulled  that  of  j6.(8,  and  jvad  Tent  for  the^King  on 
an  iinreafonable  ire.r.y.  This  palled  eanly.  But  at  once 
the  delign  appeared  o'i  annulling  all  the'  former  parlia- 
ments li  nee  lO:;-,  v/hiclv  lia.l  o'-vcn  any  civil  fanction  to 
the  general  alllan.bly  of  Gku'goo/  1638,  or  any  after  alTem- 
bly,  which  raiilled  our  Iblemn  league  and  covenant  or 
church-govcrment,  and  all  v/e  had  been  doing  thele  years 
,  bygone.  This  cau fed  a  great  nuife  and  gritd"  over  the 
whole  land  ;  fo  that  for  a\vhlle  ihe  moiion  was  retired, 
and  all  fuch  intention  denied  :  but  v.-hen  things  were  bet- 
ter prepared,  it  was  openly  prelled,  and  caVried,  icarcc 
forty  appearing  in  the  contrary.  While  the  pre/by terv  of 
lidinburgh,  fyn.Otls  of  Lothian,  Fife,  (;iafgow,  and  o- 
thers,  were  preparing  petitions  againll:  tbis,  they  were 
fore  threatened,  and  th;it  of  Fife  railed  by  llothes,  tliat 
of  Lothian  by  Callender,  Dumfries  by  Annandale,  i\'c. 
When,  by  our  owti  privy  ways,  wc  had  got  the  King  in- 
formed of  all  tbis,  vre  were  once  in  good  hopes  of  a  re- 
toiedyj  but  yet   tliat  appears  not.     Laudeidale,  in   whoui 


i'  ;:  ■  A 


Let.  200.  For  Mr  Spaup^.  '  451 

we  trufted,  being  overpowered  '^[ud  diverted  by  tbc  great- 
er court  oF  Chancellor  ilyde,  and  the  iM'Oat  zeal  that  fun- 
dry  litre  have  to  his  fervlcc.  However,  we  are  fdlcd 
v/iili  grief  aivd  fear  of  troublini";  l)oth  the  inward  and  out- 
ward peace  of  onr  cluirch.  Mis  Majcfiy's  ktter  to  the 
pren)ytcry  of  IvJinburL^h,  conliriVied  our  hopes  tl\at  no 
change  Ihoidd  be  mule  in  our  church  •,  but  feeing  what 
is  pall  lince,  we  know  not  now  whai  to  lay,  who  defire 
inoll  idiillv  to  oet  anv  tnie  p^round  of  aiH)lo<>ihn(r  lor  all 
the  King  and  hare's  a^iions.  Some:  fpeak  of  a  dangerous 
improvidence  in  tliefe  acts,  n';  if  all  pollihility  ol  any  fo- 
hd  agreen-i'-nt  l)ei\vixt  the  ICing  and  his  fubjeets  were 
t!n:rel>y  taireii  away,  if  any  dilVoi-d,  which  (Jod  forbid, 
fhould  ever  pgi'.in  i'all  out  :  lor  wliat  fecurity  is  left  to  the 
Jviiig  to  give  to  his  people,  Avhen  treaties  confirmed  by 
King  and  p  irlianvjnt,  in  all  due  forms,  are  not  binding, 
but  lo  cafdy  reverfed  on  the  alledrxaiiecs  o!'  fears,  tenip- 
t.ition;,  ir.eonveniencies,  and  the  like,  v.liicli  v>'iU  never 
be  wanting  ? 

'i'lic  moil  of  the  parlianv:nt's  work  was  on  delinqttents 
procelles.  Tlie  great  (.ne  a^ms  Argyle.  INkmy  hearings 
]-iad  he  on  Ids  long' libel.  1  ks  ciefer.ces  were  very  pi'Cg- 
liant.  The  Advocate  was  fjmetimes  uncivilly  tart  to  him  •, 
the  Co!"nnjilli  jner  alfo  I'hai-p  enough.  Sir  John  Gilmour 
in  many  things  reafoned  foi"  him.  There  v/as  no  inlack 
of  full  hcM-ing,  and  debates  to  the  utter. noft.  His  aft  of 
indeniniiy  liept  him  from  all  that  was  li!)-,'lled  bclore  the 
)ear  16;  i  \  al!  ii\e  odious  clarLiours  of  his  cruelty  againll 
the  Lamo;-ids,  ]>Iacdonakk,  arid  others,  were  cut  off;  al- 
beit in  all  thefe  lie  gnve  fiir  anfweis.  r\Iuch  of  that 
guilt  lay  on  his  depute  (ieorge  Campbell,  and  on  his 
friends  Aidkiuglafs,  IMacconocliie,  and  others.  Thele 
appeared  not  when  cited,  and  therefore  were  forefaidted. 
George  appeared,  ami  was  made  clofe  prifoner  :  yet  a  par- 
don caivie  ii'om  the  iun.g  to  him,  procured,  as  v/as 
thought,  by  his  ptirje  ;  for  many  are  poor,  ai\d  he  was  very 
rich,  liis  mailer's  chief  indiclment  was,  .compliance  with 
ihc  Engliili,  his  htting  in  the  jwrliament  at  London,  his 
aflifting  Tdonk  againll  Glencairn  and  JMiddletoa  on  the 
hills. 

"\Vh':n  his  libelled  crimes  appeared  not  unpardonable,, 
and  b.is  'iow  kord  Neil  went  up  to  fee  his  brother  J..orn  at 
Lontlon,  and  I'pake  Ibmewdiat  liberally  of  his  father's  la- 
ti^faftory  anfwcrs,  Monk  was  moved   to   fend  dovva  four 

C!  L  2  0^ 


>i.rA    -") 


■11) 


/1 5 2  For  I\Ir  Spang,  Let.  2Co. 

pi*  five   of  his  letters  to  liimfclf  nnd  otliers,  proving  his  j 

full  compliance  with  ihcni  ;   th.it  tiie  Ivirig  lliould    not   re-  \ 

pricvc  hini.  'The  Ch.mccllor  and  Uothc^s  went  to  court  to. 
jfhew  the  h>,z;v.-d  oi'  his  cfc.ipe.  The  iTian  was  very  wife, 
and  queilio.ilefs  the  greateft  Aihjccl:  the  King  had,  foi-nc- 
tinie  much  known  and  beloved  in  all  the  three  kinjnlonis  •, 
it  vas  not  thotight  Tale  he  Ihould  live.  The  condemna- 
tory fcntence  he  took  well ;  fupped  the  night  after  chear- 
fully  ;  parted  with  his  gracious  lady  that  Saturday  at  night 
Chrihianly.      r*ir  Douglas  and  INIi-  J  lutchcfon  preached  to  j 

him  in  the  tolhooih  on  the  Sxiriday,      Ivlr   Dichfon  prayed  ] 

v/ith  him  all  Spiulay  uig'it,  e^^ept  a  little  tinie  of  his  fl'.cp,  j 

On  the    JNIonday    he    breahi'aiu  d    a::d    dined  •,   a.Lout    two  | 

o'clock  he  went  through  the  llrecLS,  wiih  his  hat  on,  with  j 

his  fr:«.nds  ;  v^rv  chcarfully  mounted  the   icatTol'l   at   the  \ 

crofs  ;  fpoke  well    at   the  corners  of  the    fcaflold  ;   prayed  i 

twice.      Mr   ILimihon  and  Mr  llutchefon    waited  on  hiin.  I 

He  hlefild  ihe  King  and   his   family;  attcAed    God  of  Ins  | 

freedom  frpin  all  di  ligns   againft  the  King   or  his  father  ,  | 

gave  lome-pieces  tp  the  executioner -,  laid  down    his   head  j 

on   th'^.  block  very  courageouilv  •,   at   the  ftrettJiing  otit  of  j 

his  liand,   iJie  Jjgn  agieed   on,  th-;    maid'.n   cpiickly  flruck  I 

piF  liis  liead.     liowever  he  h.'d  bv^en  nuich  hated   by  the  < 

people,  yet  in  dca'di"he  was  much  regretted  by  many,  and.  ] 

by  none  iniulud  ever.     His  friends,  in  the  night,  in  TJari-  j 

fchall's  lixdiorjc  coach,  cari'icd  him  tlirough  Falkiilc  ar;d  j 

Glafgow,  and   tiicnce   to   Kiljiatrick,  whvre  iliey  put  Ijim  \ 

in  a  boat  for  .Duncon,  and  buried  bJm  with  his  taihers  in  | 

the  kirk  oi  Kiimun.     His  head  was  ict  up  on  ihc  weft  end  ' 

of  tJie  tolboorh,  wljcre  .Mtunrofc's  liead   had   Aood.     At  | 

<he   beginning   of  the   p  Uiiament,    r-Iontrofe's   head   and  i, 

body,  buried   in   the  boroug'.i  uiuir,  was   apy>oiiued  to  be  1 

carried  honourably  to  tl:e  Abbey  cjiurch  ;  whence,  on  the  | 

King's  ciiargcs,  he  w.is  cirri. d  to  St  Giles's  to  be  entomb-  | 

cd  tije/e,  wi".h  a  g  tater  lolenmity  than  any  oi   cur  Kinrs  \ 

ever  had  at  li.cii  Lu^ial  in  otoiland.     His  Ton   is   a   good  j 

niodef^  gentUuian,  has  given   no   olTencc   to   any,  neirlur  | 

at  London  nor   in    ibe  jiarliament.     The  King's  liberality,  I 

"•yith  hit  lady's  portion  and  yiriue,  are  like  to  put  him  in  a  \ 

tttter  condition  tlu-.n  was  any  of  liis  ])redeceli<.>rs. 

Argyle  long  to  me  was  tl\e  bclf  ;md  mofi;  excellent   man  j 

our  Aate  of  a  lonp,  time  had  (iijc^ytd;  but  liis  tomiibance  >   [ 

with  the  Knglilli  and  reiuonftranvs,   took  my  heait  orfliim  j 

thcfc  eight  yciirb  j  ytt  1  mourned  for  his  death,  and  itill 

"\"    ■       '      ■  ■        ,  P'"'y  i 


Let.  200.  Tor  Mr  Spang.  453 

pray  to  Qod  for  l/is  family.    His  two  Tons  are  good  yoiuh'^ 
and  were  ever  loyal.     The  ruin  of  the   family  may  prove 

-]ii)rtful  to  the  King  and  kingdom.  Without  the  Kin^'5 
favour  debt  will  undo  it.  When  Ilunily's  lands  are  ren- 
dered, ai;d  jMontJofe  paid  near  100, coo  pound,  hiii  old 
debts  of  400,000  or  500,000  mcrks  will  not  be  got  paid. 
Many  wonder  of  his  debt,  and  thinlc  he  muft  h;ive  mo- 
ney,  for  he    got  nnuh,   :ijid  was  always  iober  and  iparir.g. 

•  My  [;,ood-fon,  Mr  llobcrt  Waiibn,  wa^^  v/itji  his  Ir.dy  \tx 
Pvofiieath  the  ni[^ht  \\\c  King  laiided  in  lui'dand.  He  told 
me,  all  the  dogs  that  day  did  take  a  firani^e  howling  and 
ftariug  up  to  my  Lady's  r haraber-vvind.O'.vs  lor  i\;ine  homs 
togethei".  IMr  Akx.u-dM-  CoI\iII,  jullicc-depr.'.e,  an  old 
fervant  of  tlic  luaife,  told  ne,  that  my  Lady  Is".-,  rwv.uic,  a 
gracious  lady,  my  i^ord'.-  liiL)-,  i\-o\n  lome  little  i!. ill  or 
pljyhoj'^noniv,  v-diich  IMr  Alexinder  Iv.kI  t.iii.dit  li.r,  had 
told  him  fome  years  ago,  that  her  brother  v.otild  die  in 
blood. 

After  Arjryle's  pj-ocefs,  tiiefe  of  the  niinlPi:crs  took  up 
moft  of  the  j)arlianienl''i  time.  Mr  Jam^s  Ciuthrij's  libel 
was  t^artly  drawn,  and  wittily  aiii\vcrc<.l  :  yet  he  delended 
alj  he  had  done  j  jut'tilied  the  matter  of  the  remonllrance, 
pi-otefcation,  catiles  ot'  God's  v.rath,  and  fathered  all  ou 
the  difeipline  of  the  cliureh  and  acts  of  aiiemblies,  even 
his  declinature  of  Iving  and  parlianient  at  Perth,  when 
cited  for  treaibnable  pi-eacaing.  Alter  many  days  hear- 
ing, pei-uftin^  t)bj'tiiiately,  lie  was  condemned  to  be  hang- 
ed, and  his  head  to  be  let  on  the  Nerl^erbow.  Though 
few  approved  of  his  v>ay,  yet  jnany  vt-cre  grieved  to  fee  a 
ininiflcr  {q  fevercly  uied.  JMr  Pauheriord,  had  nou 
death  pievciited,  v/as  in  the  fanie  hazard.  Mr  Cillelpie" 
had  gone  the  fame  way,  had  not  his  friends  periuaded. 
him  to  recant  his  j-emonflrance,  proteltaticn,  compliance 
with  the  Eriglifli,  and  to  petition  the  J-ling  and  parliament 
for  ir.ercy.  All  agreed  to  iupplicate  the  King  for  him  ; 
and  nov/  he  has  obtained  liberty  to  abide  at  Ormifton,  and 
fix  miles  about  it,  to  tiie  firft  of  March.  Mr  James  Nae- 
fmith,  I\Ir  John  Dickfon  of  Rutherglen,  Mr  John  Stir- 
ling, and  Mr  Traill,  did  ft.llov.'-  his  way  :  btit  Mr  il.  Mack- 
ward,  Mr  Rutherford's  iervant  at  London  four  years, 
made  miniftcr  at  Giafgow  the  way  I  wrote  to  you  before, 
in  a  fet  fermon  of  purpofe,  declared  his  griei-  lor  the  p.u-- 
liament's  hard  \ifa;'_,e  of  tlie  covenant,  wherein  all  lioneic 
men  did  concur  with  him  •,  but  in  lb  high  language,  as  ea- 
ter in  !\ 


^^"4  ror  Mr  Spa>,g.  Let.  200. 

tering  a  proten.uion  in  Iicnv.n  ar;ainfl  the  rnrliaaiciu's 
deed,  \v]iercol  he  too!c  all  his  hear.rs  for  v,'itneiH-s.  .-^uch 
terms  none  aj.provcd  ;  yet  for  all  that  cither  oneor  oilu'r 
could  %  ])e  oblt.nately  flood  to  all:  v.hich  provoked 
them  to  pafs  a  ienlcnce  of  h  lui/hn.cnt  tmon  Iiim 

All  the   rc/1  of    tlie   imprifonrd    miuil'k-rs   are    fit    ivct 
fome  upon  one  fatisf.aion,  and  fome  upon  another,    llov.' 
Jon^  then-  o,-  otn-  ]il.;r.y  /i.all  laft,   vc  know  not  ;    for   the 
parhament  feems  to  have  fmall  regard  of  any  of  us.     Thev 
took   a   way  to   noniinate    to   tlu-mfHves  preachers.      Mr 

Mr    D.cklon      Mr     iJamihon,     and    others    of    the     ml- 
mfeis   of  luluilnn-ch,    ,vcre   paA    by  •     ,,   ,A\   ,,,   of  the 
wei^l      except     .vr    jan.rs    ll.mihon    of    Cambufncthan, 
and   Ivir   Jjujdt    l;lan-:   but   in    all    the   ,io'd:s  of  ScoiL'nd 
men  were   pnehcd    out    who   were   thouglu   inclinable   to 
chan-e  our  ouuch -.'^overn.ncnt,   and  accordinp  to  our  in- 
^•ea.ves     agan,|-t   what   ^vc    were  1  u.ly  doin'^,   were    nrint- 
ed    good  or  v-eak  divines,    at   the  pleaJure  or  a  very  fallal 
Thomas   '^yd^rf     a    profuv:   atheiuieal   l\ipifr,    as   fame 
cownt  him.      h\r  j.iiair,   Ish  Dickfon,   and  Mr   Ilntrhefon 
%vcre,  wuhout    all    cauiV,   milchantly    abuf;:d    by   his   pen! 
without  the  refentmer.t  of  the  ftate,   till   his    Majefty  him- 
self commancted  to  ilbnce    him.     To   myielf  I  i^und  the 
Commilhoner    very    courteous.    •  AVith    mueh    ado    J    rot 
jnyfef  llu^ftedof  preaching.     J^Ir   Wood  and   Mr   Colvil 
did  then-  outy  very  honellly.     Divers  of  the  northern  m'i- 
mfters,  and  lome  others,   played   tlr.   fyconhants  ;    divers 
ai-efla^germg:_bat   what    his   Maieiiy  was  informed,   that 
the  moll  pi.tot    the  miniftry,   efpeeially    the   moft    "rive 
wie    and  learned     were   for  Epileopaej',  is   utterly   £tlfc  ; 
for  the  moft  and  far  heft   part  are   lying  in    the  dull   be- 
fore God,  for  what   they  fee,  and  for   which   they   fear, 
the_  grcat^  plagt.e  of  God,  even  for  the  increafin^T  abomi- 
nations of  burgh  and  land.  ^ 

Many  blame^Mr  .Sharp,  as  the  great  court-miniaer,  by 
whofe  iole  advice  iJie  King  and  ftatefmen,  both  .Scots  and 
iinghh,  are  put  on,  and  direaed  in  thefe  meddiim;s  with 
our  church  ;  but  I  have  found  him  always  fo  kind  a  fiiend 
to  myfch  that  I  will  be  loth  to  admit  fueh  thoughts  of 
him.  Indeed  the  Chancellor  and  Prehdent  of  the'Coun- 
cil,  when  the  parliament  feni  them  to  the  King  for  remo- 
ving the  garriions,'  took  him  up  with  them,  as  fome 
thought,  to  be  an  agent  betwixt  them  and  Lauderdale, 
Avho  w;ts  faid  to  be  colder  in   purfuing  Chancellor    Ily.le's 

dtiii'iis 


'Xct.  200.  f^or  Mr  Spmig.  4^5 

(Icfigns  in  Scotland  tlr,in  fome  others  •,  yet  wc  hear  not  but 
Lauderdale  and  ihcy  a^rcc  well  cnoii!^h,  and  that  he  keeps 
fully  his  court. 

The  parliament  laid  on  no  taxation,  for  the  land  is  ex- 
haufted,  and  very  poor  •,  yet  they  laid  on  a  greater  bur- 
den than  many  parliaments  before  them  thefe  many  years^ 
L.  40,000  Sterling  a-year  during  the  King's  hfe  ;  bait  to 
be  lifted  in  a  v/ay  not' very  burdenfome,  a  moderate  excile 
on  drink  alone.  When  all  this  alio  is  diftributed  among 
vvell-deferving  men,  the  uecelhties  of  many,  and  greed  of 
fundry,   will  not  be  got  faiiiiied. 

At  the  beginning  of  the    parliament    there   were   many 
brave  dcfigns  for  filhing,  and  more  ufe  of  trade-,   but  after 
fome  emp'iV  talk,   all  feems   to  be   vanilhed,  the  boroughs 
liicking  abiblutely  to  their  old  job-trot  for  their  own  hurt. 
The  charge  of  the  parliament  was  great.     It   had  fat  loiig 
for  no  very  pleafant  purpofes.     The  mod  deiired  it  to  ril'. 
Avithout  adjournment,    and   chofe    rather   to   be    governed 
hmply  by  the  King's  gooil  pleal'ure,   who   was  an  equitable 
and  wife  prince.     While   it   war,    adjourned  from  July  10. 
to  March  i.  it  was  not  very  acceptable.     They  feared  the 
interval  was  bat  for  the  ripening  the  defigns  of  bringing  in 
books  and  billiops,   either  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  prepara- 
tory to  all  was  in  England  ;    alio   to   line    niany   for   fmall. 
faults,    to   fupply   the   walfry    of  undefcrving   men.     The 
act  of  debitor  and  creditor  was  very  heavy  to  thcfc  that  had 
to  do  with  it.     It  was  a  pity,  when  the  King  intended  no- 
thing but  to  cafe  his  people,  and  make   the   hearts    of   all 
ihatloved  him  rejoice,  it  ihould  fall  out,   through  the  im- 
providence,  at  kaft,   of  fome,  -lo  the  contrary.     Our  good 
town  was  particularly  grieved,  that  the  nineteenth  part  o.. 
the  excife  Ihould  be  laid   on    them  alone,  notwlthitanding 
of  all  their  very  diligent  commlflioner,   John  Bell,  could 
do  to  the  contrary.     The  town   of  Edinburgh   got  a  part 
of  their  excife  to  defray  their   prefent   bnrdens  :    but    get 
what  they  will,  it  does  little    good  ;  i'or  their  debt,  it  is  a- 
bove  900,000  mcrks,   though    hill    they   be    henting    their 
town  for  their  needlcfs  prouigrdity.     They  lay  the    dumer 
they  gave   to   the   Commilhoner    in   the   College-hall   cofl 
them  large  L.  500  iSterling. 

In  England  and  Ireland  thus  affairs  are.  After  the 
King  had  dilfolved  the  parliament  at  Eondon,  Decern- 
her  20.  all  thin-js  bein'j  done  abundantly  lo  the  Ivavg  .1: 
contciiimcnt,  the  day  of  coronatiou  was  appointed  to  oc 

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45^  ^^''  ^-f"  -/'i'.'.^.  Let.  260. 

April  2S.  St  George's  diiy.  The  ceremony  was  very  fo- 
Icmii,  as  ever  ;iny  coronation  bvfore.  Our  only  grief  v/.ts, 
that  the  bi'hops,  in  anoiniin^f,  crowning,  and  all,  liad  fo 
.deep  a  hand.  It  was  tiiought  the  former  parhament,  how 
.bountiful  to  the  Ki:!g  lbe\cr,  had  one  defect  in  the  len^ali- 
ty,  tiiac  it  was  not  I'umniomxl  i;y  the  King,  but  called  by 
ihc  iornier  parliament.  To  remedy  this,  another  was 
cfilled  to  meet  Tda)'  o.  Great  care  v/as  had  to  get,  in  all 
tlie  iliircs,  men  conim'.'iion.ite  according  to  the  Jieart  of 
llie  c(HU-t.  T!ic  Pielbyterians  made  fome  llichling  for 
lljis,  but  to  no  purpole  ;  loi'  liie  Chancellor  was  fo  active, 
as  the  moft  aa"ecti(.>i;,!t;e  of  the  (lid  cavalier  party  were  ge- 
nerally chofjn.  When  tl'.L-y  met,  the  (Jlunccllor's  ipeech 
adverrifld  tJicin  to  beware  of  the  i'n  foytcrian  minitters, 
as  peftiK  r'ius  incendiaries.  'I'Jiis  grieved  us  fore.  But 
v/hcn  the  Houfe  c^f  Commons  did  not  only  vote  the  bi- 
iiiops  iiito  thj  ilunfe  of  Loru>,  but  the  folemn  league  and 
covenant  to  be  burnt  by  the  liand  ot  the  hangman,  all  our 
hopes  were  turned  into  defpair. 

The  parliament  of  Ireland,  v.Iilch  fat  down  the  fame 
oth  of  h5.ay,  was  not  b^-hind,  but  put  bllhops  in  the  lloufe 
of  Ivords  ;  yea,  choie  JJiihop  Uramhall  to  be  .Speaker  in 
the  Mouie  of  Peers,  tlxough  Mr  I)avi.5  of  Derry  was  ready 
to  challenge  him  of  uiiany  adulteries,  and  other  odious 
crimes.  The  periecu'don  of  Prcfljyterian  uiinllters  began 
to  be  very  hot.  Almoli  all  of  them,  both  in  ]''n<dand  and 
Ireland,  vcere  put  from  tiicir  charges.  The  King,  b:^fore 
the  parliament,  iiftcj-  lundry  conJerenccs  with  iJie  chief  of 
the  Epifcopal  and  PielLyterian  parties,  had  emitted  a  de- 
claration, albeit  full  enough  fo-r  books  and  bifjiOps,  yet  it 
had  fundi-y  rmiiiatjons  for  the  e.de  of  the  Pj-eiL^terians  ; 
but  all  v;;;s  neglected.  Tlie  biiliops  and  books  were  fully 
eifabliihed  as  of  old,  wirhout  ifs  or  iinds.  This  eaufes  a 
very  great  mifconientmenL  in  many.  What  tlie  end  vv'ill 
be,  the  Lord  knows  j  only  iov  the  time,  thoufanils,  who 
-heartily  pi"ay  for  ail  good  to  the  King,  do  cry  to  Heaven 
for  help  agaisift  the  Ppifcopal  opprciibrs,  who  little  regard 
their  prayers,  icnov/ing  that  they  liave  neither  any  will, 
nor  any  power,  to  ufe  any  lorce  againft  thera.  P-iuiphlets 
on  both  iid^::.  llee  thick  abiO.ul.  ihc  King  declared  to  all 
his  three  parliaments  the  uj  ;dn:oiiS  au.ice  he  liad  got 
from  .ill  his  counfellor:^,  to  i:iairy  iiie  Infanta  of  Portugal ; 
and  all  his  parliaments  gav..  tuelr  hearty  confent  to  it, 
though  it  was  villl)!c  it  brought  with  it  a  prefent  war  wit'i 
1  8pain. 


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Let.  200.  For  Air  S''nji(r. 


-457 


Spain.  This  was  little  regarded  ;  efpechlly  flnce  Hollarul 
adhered  to  our  King,  and  fubniittcd  co  him  all  ihcir  dif- 
ferences with  Portugal.  The  great  conditions,  which  vet 
ai'e  feci'et,  -.ind  the  great  hopes  of  the  Priiiccfs's  readinefs 
to  be  of  the  King's  religion,  maicc  all  to  like  the  match 
well,  and  to  pray  for  a  blelhug  to  it.  Tlic  parliament  at 
London  would  gladly  have  been,  as  they  fay,  at  changiii;'- 
the  a£t  of  indemnity  ;  but  the  King's  peremptory  adh(jrin'>- 
to  it,  made  ihem  let  it  alone,  only  i'ome  more  executions, 
and  forfaultries  of  them  in  the  Towei-,  are  cxpefted.  It 
was  much,  that  Sir  licnry  Mildmay  and  Robert  Y\''alUnj 
efcapcd,  with  drawing  to  Tyburn  v/ith  ropes  about  their 
necks  on  hurdles.  They  fpeak  of  Sir  Henry  Vane  and, 
Lambert  as  to  be  tried  for  their  lives.  They  arc  two  the 
mod  dangerous  men  in  England.  Their  exectition  will  be 
well  enough  taken  by  all  generally;  yea,  thougli  Solicitor 
St  John's  Ihould  be  added  to  tlicn-i.  The  King  delir^s  tlie 
parliament  to  adjourn  till  winter,  that  he  may  go  to  his. 
progrefs  towards  AVorcefter,  the  place  of  his  deadly  dan- 
gers, to  vifit  all  who  had  been  there  friends  to  him. 

After  the  adjourning  of  our  parliament,  liindry  of  oiir 
jiobles  pofted  to  court,  the  Commillioner,  Duke  llaniil- 
ton,  Montroie,  the  Treafurer,  Athol,  Aboyne,  and  o- 
thers.  There  were  there  before,  the  Chancellor,  llothcs. 
Lorn,  and  more. 

It  is  thou;>ht  their  nfirccment  will  be  fcarce  pood  upon 
their  private  intereHs,  and  elpecially  about  Lorn,  whe- 
ther he  fhall  be  reftored  or  not;  but  I  fear  they  ihali  a- 
grec  too  well  to  trouble  our  poor  church.  The  King's 
late  declaration  is  no  v/ays  huisfaclory.  It  continues  our 
church-dii'cipline  only  during  pleal'ure,  and  difcharges  a- 
ny  preaching,  petitioning,  or  meddling  with  the  churcli- 
government.  Mr  Sharp  is  the  only  nian  with  whcr.i  the 
King  advifes  ;  and  many  fay  he  is  corrupted  bv  II\de  ; 
which  I  wifli  be  faife  ;  otherwife  we  are  in  an  exceeding  hard. 
taking  :   yet  the  Lord  ever  lives. 

I  have  got  lundry  of  yours  lately,  two  yeftcrday  toge- 
ther, May  3.  and  July  4.  for  which  1  thank  you.  i 
think  before  this  you  have  got  fundry  of  mine  alio.  I 
long  to  hear  if  you  received  my  book,  and  your  fcnie  of 
it.  My  fpeech  at  my  entry  to  my  place,  you  have  Jiere- 
with.  If  you  think  lit,  1  would  put  it  at  the  end  of  my 
book,  as  a  publick  teliimony  of  my  loyahv,  alio  my 
prayer  and  exhortation  at  the  laurcaiioa. Our  Queen's, 

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45^  For  Mr  Spang.  Let.  200. 

i-ctin'ng  out  of  Er.nbnd,  with  licr  daughter  Henrietta, 
feme  ^thought  was  more  on  mifcontcnt  for  Chancellor 
liycJc's  too  ivreat  power,  than  for  any  reality  of  a  match 
vmh  the  Duke  of  ^njou.  The  match  of  the  Prince  of 
l''iorcncc  with  the  fccond  daughter  of  Orleans,  might  well 
have  fervcd  the  elded.  God  be  thanked  yotir  ftate  is  in  fo 
good  terms  with  all  their  neighbours.  AVc  hope  Spain,  in 
his  old  age,  and  infancy  of  his  ion,  will  bo  loth  to  ven- 
ture on  a  Vv-ar  with  England. 

When  the  King  was  going  to  liis  progrefs,  and  the  par- 
liament to  adjourn,  July  2.0.  ihcy  changed,  as  we  hear, 
their  refolution.  The  parli.imcnt  fat  flil'l.  Tlie  King  gave 
over  his  progrefs  for  this  year.  Pie  is  not  to  fend  for  his 
Queen  in  haite.  What  may  be  tlic  reafon  of  this  change, 
ye  yet  do  not  know.  I  am  glad  to  find  you  continue  jult 
in  my  fcnfe  of  our  publick  ah'airs.  .    " 


201.  For  Filr  IViUiam  Spang.     Vlafgow^  May  12.  1662. 

Dear  Coufin, 
My  lad  was  by  the  hand  of  my  lad  Harry.     I  have  kept 
niy  chamber  thefe  hx  NV-ecks,  and  yet  do  keep  it,  through 
a  rofe  in  njy  leg  ;    but,  hleffcd   be    God,    I   now   walk   up 
and  down  my  thambtr  and  yard.     The    do(itor   thinks   I 
have  a  fcuivy.     I  Jin.d  an  univerfal  Aveaknefs,  efpccially  of 
niy  flumach.     It  were  a  favour  to  me   to   be   gone  ;   yet  I 
am  v/i!liiig  to   abide  my  appointed  time,  and  take  my  part 
V'ith   oihers   in   thefe  very  hard  times.     It  was  one  of  my 
fpecial   deJires   to    luuc   my   book  printed,  which  you,  of 
your   fingid.ar   kindnci:;,   have  procured  udly  to  my  mind. 
I  will  not  he  able   to   reiurn  you  this  ipccial  favour.     It  is 
in  dne  paper,  a  brave  letter  and  volume;  I  coidd  not  have 
wiihed  it  better.     Only  I  M-ould  intreat  you  v/ould  haftea 
it  fo  mtich  as  may  be,  tliat  it  be  not  opus  prfthumum.      As 
you  have  Cent  me  the  th-lt  Sheets,  I  wiih  you  fent  me  like- 
wiie  whrt  ll'^cc  air  cad  off-'.     Tlic  corre^or  had  need,  for 
ihe  credit  of  the  preis,  to  be  more  careful.     In  thefe  two 
ilieets  you  fee  what  grofs  faults  arc  efcaped,  which  makes 
folccifins  and  nonienlc.     Do  your  bed  to  help  this. 

The  publick  adairs  you  know  them  as  wefl  and  better 
than  ].  Our  kirk,  all  tlie  KuglHh  times,  had  been  very 
faithful  to  our  King,  and  ib  indrumciital  as  we  could  for 
Jiis  rcdicution.     Wc  had   lod  much  blood   at   Dunbar, 

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I  Let.  2oii  Fcr  Mr  Spang.  i}|(j 

I  "  N.  '' 

\  Worcefter,  and  elfewhere,  and  at  laft  our  liberty,  in  his 

I  caufe.     Wc  /irmly  expected,  at  his  reftltution,   a  comfort- 

I  iiblc  fubfillcncc  to  ourlelves,  and  all  our  Prefuyterian  bre- 

i  thren,  in  all  the  dominions  ;  and  believe  the  King's  inten- 

*  tion  was  no  other ;  but,  by  divine  penriiilion,  other  couu- 

5  fels  thereafter  prevailed,  and    no\v   carry  all.     When   x\\c 

I  i'^i'^S  ^^'^^  "^^  liredi,  it  was  i'aid  he  was  not  averfe   from  e- 

I  ftablilliing  Prefbytery  ;  nor  was  tlie  contrary  peremptorily 

I  refolved  till  the  .Saturday  at  night  in  tlie  cabinet-council  au 

I  Canterbury.     Ax  the  beginning  it  went  on  foicly.     Cala- 

I  my,  Baxter,    Manton,    Fieynolds,    were    made  chaplain--. 

\  But  at  once  it  altered.     This  came  froni  our  fai^ine  nefdi- 

I  gence  and  inadvertence  *,    for  the   parliament  there,    con- 

I  lifting  of  the  fecluded  members,  the  city,  Monk  alfo,  and 

»  the  army,  were  for  us.     Plad  we  but  petitioned  for   Prei- 

I  bytery  at  Breda,  it  had  been,   as   was   thought,    granted  ; 

I  but  fearing  what  the  leaft  delay  of  the  King's  coming  over 

I  might   have   produced,   and  truhing   fully  to    the   King';> 

.1  goodnefs,  we  hafted  him  over,  v/itliout  any  proviilon  for 

I  our  fafety.     At  that  time   it  was,  that  Dr  Sheldon,  no'.v 

I  'Bifliop  of  London,  and  Dr  Morley,  did  poifon  IMr  Sharp, 

I  our  agent,  whom  we  trufted  ;  v/ho,  piece  and  piece,  in  fa 

f'  cunning  a  way,  has  trepanned  us,  as  we  have  never  got  fo 

mucli  as  to  petition   either  King,  parliament,  *or   council. 
My  Lord  Hyde,  the  great  miniiler  of  fcate,    who   guided 
jj  all,  and  to  whom,  at  his  lodging  in  Worceiier-houfe,  th-, 

^  Kii^S'  '^^'^tkly,  and  ofter,  tifes  to  r..fort  and    keep   counfei 

I  with  him  fome  hours;  and  To,  with  the  King,  Mr  Sharp 

I  became  niore  intimate  tliau  any  man  almoll  of  our  nation. 

I  It  feems  he  has  undertaken  to  do  in  our  chraxli  that  whicl\ 

now  he  has  performed  eafdy,  and  is  ilill  in  acting. 

He  had  for  co-operators  the  Commiflioner,  Chancellor^ 
and  Pvothes.  Lauderdale  and  Crav/ford  were  a  v/hile  con- 
•  trary ;  but  feeing  the  King  peremptory,  they  gave  over. 
His  Majehy's  letter  to  us  at  firll,  penned  by  r\Ir  Sharp, 
promifed  to  keep  up  our  cliurch-governnicnt  eilabliihed  by 
law,  and  to  fend  for  Mr  Douglas  and  or!iers  to  confer  a- 
bout  our  aPfairs.  The  latl  ^tr  Sharp  hiiulered ;  for  v/ith 
himfelf  alone  it  pleafed  his  Majefty  to  confer:  airi  th^ 
fenfe  of  the  hrft,  icw  of  us  dreamed  till  it  c  !:nj  out  there- 
after. We  were  ama/^ed  at  the  proclamation,  uifeharginj 
all  petitioning  againll  Epifcopal  government,  eftabliilis-d  by 
law,  as  it  v/as  in  the  year  i6:!V>  of  puttin;^;  dov/n  our  fy- 
liods,  prelh;  tcries,  and  felhons  ;  of  caliinvj  up  i\Ir  Sharp, 

3  M  2  Mr 


4^0  hr  Mr  Spang.  Let.  20  f< 

Mr  Fa'u-fcv.l,  ond  Mr  J,i.  Hamilton  of  Cambufiictlinn, 
alfo  Mr  Leighlon,  llicn  at  London,  to  he  conCccralcd  hy 
the  EnglHh  bHliop"> ;  which,  after  Ibmc  tiinc>  tltcy  were 
by  the  Billiops  of  liOndoii  and  Worcefter,  and  others, 
with  many  Engliili  r;uyfcs.  Their  feafl  to  all  the  Scots, 
and  many  of  the  En:;liih  nobility,  was  great,  "^riiey  Raid 
there  fonie  mojiths  longer  than  was  expected,  that  they 
might  be  furiiciently  inl'trucSted  in  the  EnglHh  way.  AVhen 
they  came  down^  they  were  received  by  a  number  of  no- 
blemen, gentlemen,  and  the  magiftrates  of  Edinburgh. 
'[  he  Commiihoner's  lady  feafled  theni  and  the  nobility 
that  night  magniticently,  as  the  Chancellor  did  the  mor- 
row thereafter.  Mr  Sharp  bought  a  I'.iir  new  coach  at: 
Jyor.don,  at  the  fides  of  \'.-hich  two  lacqueys  hi  purple  does 
run. 

.    The   parliament  of  England  did  all  things  for  the   King 

he  pleafed  ;  augmented  nnich  his  revenues  beyond  v/hat  any 

King  in  England  ever  h,'.d  befoix".    After  fome  conferences 

at  AVorccftcr-houie  betwixt  the  bhhops  and  a  few  of  ths 

Prefbytevians,    where    it    w.is    hoped    his    INJi-.jell'y    wcnild 

bring  tl\e  biib.ops  to  a  great    condcleeiillon,   at   lair   it   was 

found  they  wonld   yield   in   as   good   as   nothing:,  fo   the 

Iloufe  ol:   Connnons  fonned  a  bill  of  uniformity,  that   all 

ihould  be  put  front  their  charges  wb.o  did  not  conform  to 

the  bilhops   orders.      On    tJiis    the    Iloufe  of  Lords   made 

ibme  demur,  and  yet  does  •,  biu   vv-e    doid>t   not  of  their 

agreement  to  it  at  laii;  •,   and  from  thenceforth  a  fearful  pcr- 

fectnion  is  cxpce-Ld,  for  the  prevalent  party  of  tlie  Epiieo- 

pal  faelion  are  imbiltered,  and,  both  in  cloctriiiC  and  party, 

it   Teems,   fully  of  the    old  C.interburian  ftamp.      God   be 

msrciiid  to  our  brethren,  v/ho  have  no  help  of  man,   nor 

j;ny  lefv.ge  but  in  God  alone.     V.'e  fear   Our   cafe  ihall  be 

little    better.      Our   parliament   was    adjoiu-ned    froiii    the 

icth  of  I'.Iarch   to   tiie   Rth  of  May.     The  Commifiioner 

{^nd  our  no'-.les  we;e  dcfi.-'ed  not   tu  leave  Lonfion  till  they 

Jnui  fetii  llie  CKieen.      AHb  much  talk  v/as  cf  difcord   be- 

twi'st  the  Co'auiiliioner  and  'i'reafurcr  about  the  collection 

of  tlu;    neu'    revejiue  of  L.  .1.0,000   Sterling.     The    'j'rea- 

■  fiu'er  pleideel  it  irjght  come  into    the  cxcliec[uer,   and    the 

othei'  had   ob'air.ed  a  gift  of  ctdlecting  it  to  Ids  <H)otl-bro- 

ther  Lord  Lyon.     Tiie   Secretary    partled   \\\i\\    the   one, 

;ind  ;i\y  Lord  L'yde  with  the  other.     'Vhc  hv\{.:  v.is  inin-e 

long  and  loud  tnui  wis  !it.      Tlie  King  agreed  the:;";  at  Liit 

■  't\^  it  nii<d\t  be.     The  Corjimiflioner  came  from  London  on 

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Let.  201.  Tor  Mr  Spang.  461 


I  the  Wedriefday,  and  came  hither  on  the  Sunday  morn- 
I  inj.  The  archbidiops  confccrated  other  live  on  the  Wed- 
I  nefday  in  the  Abbcy-ciiurcli ;  IVIr  lialiburton  to  Dunkeld, 
f  iNlr  Paterfon  to  Pvoi's,  Mr  JNIurdoch  INIackenzie  to  JMoray, 
f  ]\Ir  Forbes  to  Caiihnefs,  IMr  Robert  Wallace  to  the  liles  5 
I  Dr  Wilhart,  defigned  for  Edinburgh,  and  Mr  David  Mit- 
I  che)l,  for  Aberdeen,  are  not  yet  come  out  of  England  ; 
I  nor  old  Sydlerf,  appointed  for  Orkney.     INIr  David  Eiet- 

■}  chcr,    whofe    patent    was    for    Argyle,    refufed    it,    the 

I  rent  being  naught.     The  Commhlioner  gave  the  feafl;  after 

I  confecration,  as  liis  Ivlajefly  had  defrayed  liberally  all  their 

f  charges  in  England. 

I    \  Our  bilhop,  the  ether  week,  took   a   Hart   to   come   to 

Clafgow.  'i  he  ConuniOioner  convoyed  him,  with  Mont- 
I'ofe,  Linlithgow,  Callcndcr,  and  fundry  more  no!)lc«- 
men  and  gentlemen,  cith  a  number  of  our  town's  folk, 
both  horib  and  foot,  vvich  all  our  bells  ringing,  brought 
them  to  the  tolbooth  to  a  great  collation,  lie  preachul 
on  the  Simday,  fobcrly  and  well;  but  Mr  Hugh  Eiair  in. 
the  afternoon,  ridlculoufly  worfe  than  iiis  ordinary. 
Some  of  my  neighbours  were  earneit  that  the  Chancellor 
and  he  Ihould  have  a  collation  in  the  college  on  Monday 
morning.  Againft  this  I  reafoned  nuicli  ;  but  av^;s  ovcr- 
Votevl,  to  our  great  and  needlefs  charge  :  200  potind  paid 
not  our  charge.  Mr  John  Young  made  to  tlie  billtop  a 
fpecch  of  Vv'elcoiT*e,  bjiide  my  knowledge.  Tl)e  Chan- 
cellor, my  noble  kiiivl  fehoLir,  brought  ail  in  to  \cc  me  in 
my  chamber,  where  I  gave  them  lack  and  ale  tl)e  befc  of 
the  town.  The  biiiiop  v/as  very  courteous  to  me.  I  ex- 
cuf-.'J  my  not  tifing  of  his  ffyles,  and  profeiTed  my  utrcr 
difference  from  his  v>'ay ;  yet  beh.oved  to  intreat  his  favour 
for  our  aflairs  of  the  cf)llege  5  wherein  he  promifed  libe- 
rally.   Wliat  lie  v/i!l  j-/crform,  time  will  t^.-y. 

Uie  council  called  for  IvIr  llobjrt  Blair  fome  monrhs  a- 
gO;  but  never  yet  made  hiiu  appear.  AVe  think  they 
Jiave  no  particular  to  lay  to  his  cliarge,  biu  the  c<)rnn(n\ 
qu.u'rcl  ot  Epiieopacy  j  only  will  not  Jiave  I'lm  a.bide  in 
.St  Andrew's  to  be  a  daily  eye-fore  to  his  Cr;iee.  Alfa 
.  tliey  called  iNIr  John  Cariiairs,  that  he  iiioidd  not  ht  in 
Clalgow,  to  preach  a.fcev  his  manner  againft  the  limes,  to 
bear  him  company.  Idr  James  iJaLfaiiih  is  lilci:wile  v.'rit.- 
ten  for,  as  is  tliought,  tliat  the  deanry  t^F  J  ],n-ii!toi-k  n^.ay 
vaike  for  I'dr  j;unes  llamfiy,  aaid  wi'di  liir.t  .Mr  Wiiliaia 
Ad.iir  of   Ayr,    the   two  miniiivrs  of  Kilma;Miock,    Mr 

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Let.  2oii 


John  Vcltch  of  Mauchline,  and  Mr  Alexander  Blair  of 
Galflonc.  The  guyfc  now  is,  the  biJ]ioi)s  %vill  trouble  no 
itian,  but  the  ftate  will  punilh  fcditious  minillers.  We 
are  in  the  mofl  hard  taking  we  have  lecn  at  any  time.  Ic 
is  the  matter  of  my  daily  grief,  and  1  think  it  has  broiicrht 
all  my  bodily  trouble  on  me,  and  1  fear  it  fliall  do  me 
more  harjn. 

I  pray  you  haden  my  book.  I  intend  no  other  preface 
than  it  has.  1  purpofi:d  a  dedication  for  Lauderdale  ;  but 
it  feems  itnow  will  not  be  M'elcome  to  him.  I  wrote  to 
him  of  it,  but  he  did  not  anfwer.  However,  that  will  be 
the  laft  flieet.  For  verfes  here  I  intend  none.  I  care  not 
for  vanities.  Let  me  have  my  count  with  you,  that  f 
may  know  what  Englifli  money  to  fend  you.  My  hearty 
fervice  to  your  dear  kind  wife  and  all  your  fweet  chii- 
dven.  I  reft,  after  the  old  faihion, 
Your  Coufxji,  to  fcrve  you, 

Robert  Baillie,' 


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GLOSSARY. 


jlwayj  —however,  nevci t])elefs 

allcnatly  —  only 

aneiu — concern  ing 

athort^ — among,  or  through 

attour  — over  and  above 

aiighiin  —  owinjj; 

backing  —  paniians,  afliOants,  fol- 
lowers 

bardifli  —  impertinent 

baxters' — bakers 

bcnfail  —  bias,  propcnfiry 

blepiium  —  mere  pretence 

blue  bore  —  fair  appearance 

bonny  —  elegant,  line,   iiandfcmc 

bruck!e  —  brittle 

briiik  —  enji-y 

boalt —  ilircaten 

brae  — declivity  of  a  Iiiil 

by, — bcfides,  vol-  i.  p.  339.  1111.41. 

bygone — time  paft 

bimk — night  perufal ;  fometimcs 
fl'.inc 

blythc — glad 

broaching —  hitchinj- 

caged  —  impvifoned 

caufcy  —  flrect 

cmtediy — haftily 

cummer" — golTip 

cracking — credit  dccieafing 

compear  —  appear 

caufcy-cloatlis  —  fafliionable  drcfs 

canny  —  prudent 

clatters — unceitaia  reports 

ccfbng  —  tax;:v5 

compefced —  dcteatcd 

coldiife  —  lukewarm 

culiioD'y — puitrony 

caulms — moulds 

coupers  —  horfe-jockcys 

coinzie-houfe  —  miiu-houfe 

cap  —  f.tlute 

curious. —  anxious  to  know 

curler  —  a  diveilion  oa  ice 

ding- — beat 

divot  —  lurf 

dorlacks  —  dag^.er  or  fliort  fwotd 

dfiJlliiig  —  fniali  lain 

dicfttd,  dyted  —  dlel:ated 

dil!e<l  down — died  aw.iv 

Podracenifm  —  an  adlrtcr  of  the  ar- 
ticles of  the  lynnd  of  Dort 

dainties  —  a  r.nc  tliuig 

diijuue —  liitaktaft 

dyvour  —  buDkiupc 


dool  —  grief,  mourning 

decerned — adjudged,    gave    jud?c>- 

mcnt 
decreet  —  decree  or  fentcncc 
dittay  —  accufttiori 
cleaved — deafened 
drcmly  —  mtidrly 
demented  —  diflracSted 
cxpone  —  expound 
cxecmcd  —  exempted 
eke — :add 
evited  —  fliuuncd 
ergh  —  fcare 
fetd —  fervour 
feus  —  quitrents 
foreanent —  oppofitc  to 
flit  —  remove 

frequent  numbers — great  numbcn 
flyiing  —  feolding 
flought  —  flame,  combuftion 
field-coming — coming  aijroad 
forcgainfl  —  oppofite  to 
falliious  —  troublefomc 
fafliric  —  trouble 
grip  —  hold 

guyfes — fafiiions,  ceremonies 
gloom  —  frov.n 
good -dame  —  grandmotiicr 
good -bi  other —  brotlici-in-law 
good- foil  —  fon-in-l.nv 
galiiard  —  brills,  lively 
lu)fe-net  —  fnarc 
liere-yefleiday  —  the  day  before  je- 

flcrday 
Jiaunllit  —  eagerly  catcl;ed 
hows —  difllculties 
haill —  whole 

horning  —  denouncing  a  man  a  rebel 
interlocutor  —  dccifuia 
inkling — diflaut  hint 
ilk  —  each 
inlack  —  want 
kyilic  —  appear 
Kilt  fire — How  fire 
Jaigh  —  low 
libel — indictment. 
laHuiefs  —  lamcii 
Jeet  — lift 
let  be  —  iiui;!i  lef> 
mint  —  attempt 
milter  -    w.iiit 
mdifon  —  evil  wifli,  curfe 
nullvCn  —  let  alone 
Miikhant  —  niifchievoiis 

nnlhappcn* 


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GLOSSARY. 


mirinppens  —  unfortiinatcnffi 

Jii)l  hs  would  he  —  whether  he  would 

or  not 
noiarb  —  attorneys 
Jieavcs  —  lifts 
i,i:>toui  —  ])u!)hciv.Iy  knoivn 
our  fault  of  you  —  our  waiU  of  you 

vol.  1.  p.  141^.  h  ^1. 

pendicle  —  ajiptnihioc 
Pafch— E.Ocr 
propone  —  pic[)r4!r.d 
perquirc  —  diuinelly 
phrale — rpietencc 
prevccn  —  prevent 


paiked — drul>;;r-,i 

procefs. —  prokc'jcioa 

pock  — bag 

peats — tiuf,  fcwel 

I  eel:  —  fmokc 

rcn-.tid  —  remedy 

icpoccd  —  replaced 

readily  —  polli'oly 

roovcd  —  cliuched 

/"ned  —  lop 

fcant  —  few 

fpeat  —  i:iund.uion 

iua — fo 

fpclred  — afked 

ftail  h'ifl — main  nrmy 

faiehrofr.ici  —  rourhly 

fpL',i-ik — /park 

fhoied  —  (hier.tcncd 

ffick  —  ftop,    P.ab 

fickcrly  —  iiirclv 

Cr.kli!;e  —  fuclilike 

faori  or  fyne  —  fooncr  or  later 

Aatk  —  flronn 

f.caith  —  harm 

fcuiekino —  drubbing 

|loops — fupporteri,  pilUi^ 


fetter  of  ticks  — letter  of  Icafcs 

tacks—  Icafes 

traikcd  —  weakened  by  fatiruc 

lint  — loft 

tyne —  lufe 

thercanciit — concerning  it 

trafh  —  rtfulc,  himher 

twenty  ILIUIii^t  —  twenty  pence 

tolhooth  —  prifon,  g.icl 

lliir- — thefc 

ihrawart  —  b:\ckward 

terncd  —  cholcrick 

the  morn  —  to  morrow 

tocher — -dowry 

tryft  —  appoi.umciit 

targe  —  liiield 

tirlies — trellis  or  rails 

thcre-cafl  —  in  thccafl 

trewfmcn  —  hij'hlanders 
unpaunded  — unpltdi^cd 
Uncanny — mifchievous 
unwell  —  fick,  not  well 
unkent  —  unknown 
unfriends — •enemies 
Unlaws  —  laws  of  no  force 
while  —  till 
whiles  —  fiinictimes 
xvir»  —  get  in 
\vytc  —  blame 
watcr-brae  —  river-bank 
vhilkas — whichas 
whinger  —  hanger 
vaikc  —  to  be  vacant 
vaikini  —  becoming  vacant 
voice  —  voie 
Zuill  —  Chrinmas 

one  lib.  Scots  is  io  pence  Sterling, 
one  mcik  Scots  is  13  Vd. 


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